Posts tagged with 'ABF'

Thursday, February 19, 2015 Training magazine annually ranks employer-sponsored training and development programs ABF Freight, on the list for the sixth consecutive year, ranked 11th in 2014 FORT SMITH, Arkansas, February 19, 2015 – Appearing on the list for the sixth consecutive year, ABF Freightsm, an ArcBest company [Nasdaq: ARCB], placed sixth among Training magazine’s Training Top […]
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Fourth quarter 2014 net income increased 41 percent to $14.5 million, or $0.53 per share. Excluding certain identified items, fourth quarter 2014 net income increased 71 percent. Solid fourth quarter business growth at ABF FreightSM resulted in an 11 percent increase in revenue and improved operating margins. Fourth quarter revenue at […]
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Monday, January 26, 2015 ABF Freight joined the Teamsters and the U.S. Army at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. to announce the Teamsters Military Assistance Program, which offers qualifying soldiers during their final weeks of enlistment the training they need to earn a Class A CDL. Completion of the program will set the future veterans […]
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Teamsters Military Assistance Program proclaimed jointly by the U.S. Army, Teamsters and ABF Freight TMAP will train soldiers to become professional truck drivers upon their exit from the Army FORT SMITH, Arkansas, January 21, 2015 – ABF Freightsm, an ArcBest company [Nasdaq: ARCB], the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the U.S. Army today […]
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 The three drivers have over 9 million cumulative miles of accident-free driving America’s Road Team Captains serve as American Trucking Associations ambassadors FORT SMITH, Arkansas, January 15, 2015 – ABF Freightsm, an ArcBest company [Nasdaq: ARCB], is proud to recognize three drivers who have been named captains of the 2015-2016 America’s Road Team […]
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FORT SMITH, Arkansas, January 5, 2015 — ABF LogisticsSM, an ArcBest company [Nasdaq: ARCB], today announced it has acquired Smart Lines Transportation Group, LLC, a privately held truckload brokerage firm based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, effective January 2, 2015, for $5.17 million in cash. Smart Lines, founded in 2003, has 24 employees and approximately $18 […]
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● No other national carrier has earned the award more than five times ● ABF Freight earned the award in 1984, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2010 and 2014 FORT SMITH, Arkansas, October 31, 2014 – Already the only six-time winner of the transportation industry’s most prestigious safety award—the American Trucking Associations President’s Trophy—ABF FreightSM now […]
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Monday, November 3,2014 Third quarter 2014 net income increased 40 percent from the previous year to $19.6 million and $0.72 per share or $20.1 million and $0.74 per share, excluding pension settlement charges. Increased business levels at ABF FreightSM contributed to higher revenues and improved profitability ArcBest’s emerging businesses increased third quarter revenue 23 percent […]
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FORT SMITH, Arkansas, October 24, 2014 – ABF Freightsm, an ArcBest company, today announced an increase in general rates and charges effective November 3, 2014. Rates will increase by about 5.4 percent, although the effect on specific lanes and shipments will vary. New rates will be available to customers through abf.com on or before November […]
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Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 16, 2014 – ArcBest Corporationsm (Nasdaq: ARCB) today announced that Roy M. Slagle, ABF Freight System, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer, has retired as of Wednesday, October 15, after 37 years of service with the company. Slagle is being succeeded as ABF Freightsm President by Tim Thorne, who most recently […]
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