TST Overland Express

TST Overland Express division TST Solutions L.P.
Industry Transportation
Founded 1928
Headquarters Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Number of employees
1,095
Parent TransForce
Subsidiaries TST Truckload
TST Expedited Services
Website www.tstoverland.com

TST Overland Express is a less than truckload carrier (LTL) located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Company

TST Overland Express is a division of TransForce, Canada's leading transportation and logistics organization. With partner Estes Express Lines, TST provides service throughout Canada and the United States.

Transforce is a Canadian transport and logistics company based in Montreal, Quebec. It operates across Canada through 4 business segments. It has Canada's largest LTL business,[1] largest trucking fleet[2] and ranked 14th in terms of revenue in 2005 among North American LTL carriers[3] (however more recent lists such as suggest it may be closer to top 5 (2010 1st qtr revenue transforce $466.1 million versus 5th ranked US company $359.9 million[4])). Its trucking fleet consists of 6700 power units and 12000 trailers.[5] Two thirds of its business comes from operations in Eastern Canada while the rest is from Western Canada.

The company's main source of growth has been complete takeovers (it holds no stakes in other companies) of smaller trucking companies (35 since 1992) which are then made into subsidiaries, though more recently organic growth contributed to the 53% rise in freight in the first half of 2010.[6] In December 2010 Transforce will enter the US market when it agreed in prinicple to purchase Dallas based Dynamex with a $248 million takeover offer. In the 12 months leading up to October 31, 2010 Dynamex made $418 million in revenue (about a quarter as much as Transforce). .[7]

TST Overland remains committed to be a service leader in the competitive LTL truck transportation industry. Service requirements in this current environment require many systems and assets that can encourage better service.[8] In addition TST Overland is the first Canadian carrier to achieve ISO 9002.[9]

The company has 1,685 Power and Trailing equipment and covers 10 Canadian Provinces and 50 U.S. States[10]

History

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References

  1. "transforce in buying mood". 2009-09-10.
  2. "transforce expands its waste section". todaystrucking.com. 2010-03-02.
  3. "top 50 trucking companies". 2007-01-04.
  4. "Arkansas Best Widens 1st quarter loss". 2010-04-26.
  5. "transforce profile". ft.com. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  6. "TransCore’s freight index continues to rise above 2009". 2010-08-20.
  7. "Transforce Acquires Dynamex for $248 Million". 2010-12-15.
  8. "TST is speeding things up". 2010-07-10.
  9. "TST is first ISO 9002 registered carrier in Canada".
  10. "TST Overland Express Quik Facts".
  11. http://www.tstoverland.com/tstweb.nsf/73E3AC7CAA6536EB85257688006832EC/$file/SchneiderAwardWebNov2009.pdf
  12. http://www.trucknews.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000362497&ref=rss
  13. "TST Overland profile".

External links

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