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Less-than-truckload carriers, as many may know, is when many shippers’ freight may be placed on the same trailer instead of having to resort to any one company’s freight being available on one individual trailer. Many LTL shipments are altogether combined into a single truck to bring it to the destination, while putting it all to the top capacity.

And as of recent, there’s full confidence that LTL carriers will arrive in the third-quarter earnings. Such a move like this goes with the public carriers had been very successfully approached as freight goes back in the market after Yellow shut down.

There are valid concerns that there will be more of a tie-in to the past than something optimistically poised towards the future. But that’s a valid concern.

So what’s the exciting part?

LTL is making a comeback. Experts in the field say that Q3 is projected to be the most advanced time to make money.

But why is this the case? Well, obviously, Yellow Corp. Having closed down obviously made for an opportunity where about several hundreds of dozens of truckers would need to be in the market to just do about dang near anything.

That likely includes LTL cargo shipping!

For instance, third-quarter estimates were flying high for SAIA, by about 17%, therefore making that the biggest year over year jump in shipments throughout very public carriers!

However, some companies that had nonexclusive LTL exposure, like TFI international for instance, experienced a sense of sadness as their EPS estimates were reduced!

In a recent survey, beyond 300 shippers and three PL’s working with yellow stated they would search again for new capacity options if given the opportunity as the company disclosed that they were “closed.”

All this to say, that Yellow Corp. had left a very distinct mark on the trucking industry as it shuttered its doors. Who knows how future companies will succeed be on the third quarter, as diesel fuel prices rise, an AI technology becomes more prevalent?