Road freight transportation is the movement of goods by surface transportation carriers such as trucks and trailers. It includes full truckload and less-than truckload transportation carriers. Road freight transportation also includes refrigerated trucks,which are used for the transportation of temperature-sensitive products. Apart from providing logistics services, road freight service providers also provide value-added services such as loading and unloading, documentation, door-to-door delivery, and packaging. They also provide strategic and operational value to many shippers worldwide. Currently, road freight service providers are improving logistics services by introducing innovative supply chain management (SCM).

PART 01: Executive summary 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 17

Market overview 17

Vendor offerings 18

PART 03: Market research methodology 20

Research methodology 20

Economic indicators 20

PART 04: Introduction 21

Key market highlights 21

PART 05: Market landscape 23

Market overview 23

Market size and forecast 25

Five forces analysis 27

PART 06: Market segmentation by type of carrier 28

Road freight transportation market in North America by

type of carrier 28

Road freight transportation market in North America by

type of carrier 28

Road freight transportation market in North America by

full truckload 30

Road freight transportation market in North America by

less-than truckload 32

PART 07: Key leading countries 34

PART 08: Market drivers 39

PART 09: Market challenges 42

PART 10: Impact of drivers and challenges 44

PART 11: Market trends 45

PART 12: Vendor landscape 47

Competitive scenario 47

PART 13: Key vendor profiles 49

UPS 49

FedEx Freight 52

J.B. Hunt Transport Services 57

YRC Worldwide 60

Swift Transportation 63

Schneider National 65

Other prominent vendors 67

PART 14: Appendix 71

List of abbreviations 71

PART 15: Explore Technavio 72

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