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FedEx Freight | List of closing terminals

Closed Arkansas centers
SCY- closed 1997 (contracted center)
RVL- closed 2009 (contracted center)
MTO- closed 2011
MNA- closed 2021?
CWY- Closed 2023
BLY, CDA, CNG, FCY, HOT, NPT and PBF- closed 2023

This will leave FSM, HRO, JBR, LIT, LOW and TXK.

I’m sure I missed a few from way back. Feel free to add or correct anything.
 
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I think FX realized that the cost to keep an entire terminal open is significantly higher than the cost of a few extra gallons of diesel.
Some of these terminals they're closing are within 20min from other centers.

Think about that. Cost of a building/lease. Then electricity, gas, water, taxes, insurance, groundskeeping. Then, you've got to have staffing. Some degree of leadership, and office personal.
All those expenses,

Or,,


A few extra gallons of diesel.
 
GirthQuake said:
Closed Arkansas centers
SCY- closed 1997 (contracted center)
RVL- closed 2009 (contracted center)
MTO- closed 2011
MNA- closed 2021?
CWY- Closed 2023
BLY, CDA, CNG, FCY, HOT, NPT and PBF- closed 2023

This will leave FSM, HRO, JBR, LIT, LOW and TXK.

I’m sure I missed a few from way back. Feel free to add or correct anything.
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So at one point they had 18 service centers covering Arkansas? This is ashame for those who will be affected but it's easy to see why they're doing this.
 
No F-bdy Bs said:
I think FX realized that the cost to keep an entire terminal open is significantly higher than the cost of a few extra gallons of diesel.
Some of these terminals they're closing are within 20min from other centers.

Think about that. Cost of a building/lease. Then electricity, gas, water, taxes, insurance, groundskeeping. Then, you've got to have staffing. Some degree of leadership, and office personal.
All those expenses,

Or,,


A few extra gallons of diesel.
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You had me until you mentioned leadership. If most EOL centers are like mine its a empty purple shirt that gives away our freight to other centers.
 
Redd7 said:
So at one point they had 18 service centers covering Arkansas? This is ashame for those who will be affected but it's easy to see why they're doing this.
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From the cost aspect I could see their reasoning. However if the economy wasn’t in a downturn things would have proceeded as they were
 
victor93 said:
From the cost aspect I could see their reasoning. However if the economy wasn’t in a downturn things would have proceeded as they were
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I'm sure they've considered the fact that the economy will turn back up eventually. Six service centers should be able to cover the state of Arkansas. Shreveport and Memphis are really close to the state line as well. Again, sorry to those that will be affected by this.
 
No F-bdy Bs said:
I think FX realized that the cost to keep an entire terminal open is significantly higher than the cost of a few extra gallons of diesel.
Some of these terminals they're closing are within 20min from other centers.

Think about that. Cost of a building/lease. Then electricity, gas, water, taxes, insurance, groundskeeping. Then, you've got to have staffing. Some degree of leadership, and office personal.
All those expenses,

Or,,


A few extra gallons of diesel.
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True. Most of the really small centers that have existed, for example Mena, were “driver centers” that had just a city and road Driver that ran the show and had no domiciled management on place. Basically a shed with a couple of doors, a computer and a forklift. I could name some more examples elsewhere.

There was a time when this company trusted its employees enough to take care of that kind of stuff but those days are obviously over.
 
victor93 said:
From the cost aspect I could see their reasoning. However if the economy wasn’t in a downturn things would have proceeded as they were
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Possibly, it might have been a plan all along and the downturn moved it up in priority. If you look at your operation in the western part of the country, they’ve had long P&D runs to cover the territory, some as much as 150 miles a day round trip.
 
I’m kinda sure now after this round of closures the engineering dept. is looking at end of line centers that do relay runs. I don’t think any of centers slated for closure had relays. Spanish fort was a drop yard. It would only make sense to put relays back into hubs.
This was only round 1. I believe everything is on the table.
They (I think) are remaking linehaul into a smaller more concentrated and quite flexible network. Good luck to those who were affected and those who will be in the coming months.
 
almost13ranch said:
Possibly, it might have been a plan all along and the downturn moved it up in priority. If you look at your operation in the western part of the country, they’ve had long P&D runs to cover the territory, some as much as 150 miles a day round trip.
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150 is common. Hell, at my old location, many were 250+ a day.
 
Redd7 said:
So at one point they had 18 service centers covering Arkansas? This is ashame for those who will be affected but it's easy to see why they're doing this.
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FedEx Freight is American Freightways bought and rebranded, which was rebranded from Arkansas Freightways when they expanded beyond state borders. That's why there were so many centers in AR. Got its start moving local freight around the state.
 
Snoopy1781 said:
FedEx Freight is American Freightways bought and rebranded, which was rebranded from Arkansas Freightways when they expanded beyond state borders. That's why there were so many centers in AR. Got its start moving local freight around the state.
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I'm not to old, but I heard the old timers talk about before deregulation you had to have authority to deliver in a state. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
 
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