Pitt-Ohio | LTL Trucking’s New Mix

[Dockworker]

Fighting for shippers, more LTL carriers are embracing logistics, freight management
It used to be that simply picking up and delivering freight was enough to keep every “motor carrier of property” in the land fat and happy. Those days vanished, however, along with the Interstate Commerce Commission, P-I-E Nationwide and 50-cent diesel.

Companies such as Pitt Ohio that are taking on the logistics mantle in their own operations may be on the best track for survival and expansion, he said. “They are very marketing- and technology-oriented, unlike many others in the industry,” Jindel said. “That has helped them explore services that leverage those strengths.”

LTL Trucking’s New Mix