USPS To Terminate LTL Market Test

August 19, 2011

USPS To Terminate LTL Market Test

by William B. Cassidy

Freight hauling program falls victim to postal consolidation, will end in September

The U.S. Postal Service is ending an experimental freight-hauling program as it faces massive losses, layoffs and a network-wide consolidation.

The program allowed the USPS to pursue less-than-truckload freight to correct imbalances of mail volume hauled between cities, filling out trailer cube. However, the cash-starved postal service is reviewing closing 3,700 offices across the country and considering laying off as many as 120,000 employees.

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