What are Arcbest's Business Segments?
ABF Freight
ABF Freight has been in continuous service since 1923. ABF Freight System,
Inc. is the successor to Arkansas Motor Freight, a business originally organized
in 1935 which was the successor to a local transfer and storage carrier that
was originally organized in 1923. ABF Freight expanded operations through several
strategic acquisitions and organic growth and is now one of the largest LTL
motor carriers in North America, providing direct service to more than 98% of
U.S. cities having a population of 30,000 or more. ABF Freight provides interstate
and intrastate direct service to more than 48,000 communities through 247 service
centers in all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico. ABF Freight also provides
motor carrier freight transportation services to customers in Mexico through
arrangements with trucking companies in that country.
Transportation Management (ABF Logistics)
The ABF Logistics segment, formerly known as the Domestic & Global Transportation
Management segment, includes the results of operations of our businesses which
provide freight brokerage and intermodal transportation services, worldwide
ocean shipping solutions, and transportation and warehouse management services.
The strategic alignment of the sales and operations of ABF Logistics into one
reportable segment under a single executive management operating team better
supports the delivery of these solutions and allows customers to gain greater
awareness for these service offerings in an evolving marketplace.
Household Goods Moving Services (ABF Moving)
ABF Moving includes the results of operations of Albert Companies, Inc. and
Moving Solutions, Inc. We acquired 75% ownership of Albert Companies, Inc. in
2009 and acquired the remaining 25% in 2011. Moving Solutions, Inc. was established
internally to provide sales, marketing, technology, and customer service to
facilitate our household goods moving businesses. This segment provides third-party
transportation, warehousing, and delivery services to the consumer, corporate,
and military household goods moving markets. The segment generates a significant
portion of its revenues from military relocation services under government contracts.
A substantial portion of the freight transportation related to consumer self-move
services is handled by ABF Freight, which directly invoices customers for such
services. Certain costs incurred by ABF Moving in support of consumer self-move
services provided by ABF Freight are allocated to the ABF Freight segment at
cost.
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