Estes News Updates

Estes hinted that more purchases are likely in the pipeline, all part of an ongoing push to expand the carrier’s network now that it has fully incorporated terminals acquired from Yellow.

The less-than-truckload market segment of the North American freight market is set to rebound in 2026, although when the up cycle will kick off remains a vexing question.

LTL was something of a latecomer to the downturn, with the August 2023 demise of the then-No. 3-ranked LTL player Yellow shielding its peers from excessive headwinds.

Carriers attribute the softer outlook to shippers front-loading inventory earlier in the year due to tariff concerns, combined with cautious consumer spending amid inflation worries.

The sale of the properties follows the disposal of seven facilities via private sale in May as the administrators attempt to unload as many terminals as possible.

Estes Express Lines is boosting its terminal capacity as it incorporates assets acquired from bankrupt motor carrier Yellow, President and Chief Operating Officer Webb Estes said.

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The three carriers bought a total of seven former Yellow terminals in private deals from the bankrupt LTL carrier’s administrators as each sought to bolster its LTL operations.

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Estes Express Lines and an affiliate of R+L Carriers are to buy more terminals from the administrators of bankrupt former less-than-truckload rival Yellow, according to a court filing.