ABF Freight System

ArcBest Corporation
Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: ARCB
Industry	Transportation
Founded	1923
Headquarters	Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Key people	Tim Thorne, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Revenue	US$1.47B (FY 2009)^[1]
Net income	US$-128M (FY 2009)^[1]
Total assets	US$870M (FY 2009)^[2]
Total equity	US$501M (FY 2009)^[2]
Number of employees	10,000 (2011)
Website	www.abf.com

ABF Freight System, a subsidiary of ArcBest Corporation,^[3] is a freight company beginning in 1923 as a local freight hauler. The company’s infrastructure includes a network for handling regional and national less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation of general commodities. ABF ended 2011 with revenue of $1.73 billion and approximately 10,000 active employees.^[4]

References

Moving companies of the United States

UniGroup	Mayflower United

SIRVA	Allied Global North American

Independents	ABF Freight Arpin Atlas Bekins Gentle Giant Moving Company Interstate National PODS Shleppers Moving & Storage Two Men and a Truck U-Pack Wheaton Xpress Movers

Trucking industry in the United States

Regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Economy of the United States

Regulations

Manufacturers

Truck manufacturers	AM General American LaFrance Autocar Bering Bremach Brockway Chevrolet CCC Caterpillar CNH Industrial Diamond Reo Dina F650 Pickups Freightliner Ford GMC Hayes Hino Isuzu Marmon-Herrington Mercedes-Benz International Kenworth Mack Mitsubishi Fuso Nissan Oshkosh Peterbilt Ram Trucks Sterling Smith Spartan Tiger Truck Toyota UD Trucks VIA Volvo Ward LaFrance Western Star White

Engine manufacturers	Caterpillar Cummins Detroit Diesel Mack MaxxForce Mercedes-Benz Paccar Volvo

Trailer manufacturers	Fontaine Fruehauf Trailer Corporation Hyundai Translead Lufkin Trailers Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company Vanguard Wabash National Wilson

Motor carriers

Truckload carriers	Celadon Con-way Truckload Covenant England CRST FFE Transportation J. B. Hunt Knight Landstar System PAM Transport Patriot Transportation Prime Roehl Transport Schneider Southeastern Swift USA Truck Werner

Less than truckload (LTL)	ABF Con-way Freight Estes Express Lines Pitt Ohio Express FedEx Freight Old Dominion Freight Line R+L Carriers Saia UPS Freight YRCW

Third-party logistics providers	Access America Transport C. H. Robinson Worldwide CaseStack Freightquote Ryder Total Quality Logistics

National parcel carriers	DHL Express FedEx UPS United States Postal Service

Regional parcel carriers	OnTrac

Moving companies	Allied Atlas Bekins Gentle Giant Moving Company Global Interstate Mayflower National North American PODS Shleppers Moving & Storage Two Men and a Truck United Wheaton

Truck stops

People

Organizations

Glossary

Glossary of the American trucking industry

Popular culture

Film	Black Dog Breakdown Convoy Duel F.I.S.T. The Gang's All Here Joy Ride Maximum Overdrive Over The Top Smokey and the Bandit (series) They Drive by Night White Line Fever Trucker

Television	B.J. and the Bear Ice Road Truckers Movin' On Trick My Truck American Loggers American Trucker

Music	"Convoy" "Papa Loved Mama" "Six Days on the Road" "Teddy Bear" "Phantom 309" "Giddyup Go" "The White Knight" "East Bound and Down" "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" "Drivin' My Life Away" "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" "Girl on the Billboard" "A Tombstone Every Mile" "Roll On Big Mama"

Radio	Road Dog Trucking (Dave Nemo) Red Eye (Bill Mack) Dale Sommers

Other	The Rolling Memorial Citizens band radio

Note: Defunct companies are shown in italics

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