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LTL Carrier Profile: YRC Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

LTL Carrier Profile: YRC Freight. YRC Freight is the third largest less than truckload (LTL) carrier with approximately $3.2B YRC Freight has 9.2% YRC Freight is the largest subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc. Yellow Transportation and Roadway formally merged to create YRC Worldwide in 2009. in sales (estimated 2012).

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

percent, 458,400 jobs), Iowa (14.0 The principal causes of manufacturing job losses were growing trade deficits, especially with China, Mexico, and other low-wage nations, and the weak recovery from the Great Recession since 2009. The top 10 states ranked by manufacturing’s share of total state employment in 2013 are Indiana (16.8

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DOT Gives $500 Million in Grants to Much-Needed Infrastructure Projects

GTG Technology Group

The TIGER program was created in 2009 with the stimulus bill. Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin are included in the grant. Combined with the fact that Lowell, MA connects several major freight corridors, this means the inability to use these bridges creates significantly longer drive times.