ABF Freight System, Inc
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ABF Freight System, Inc was established in 1923 and is headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Its core business is less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping, consolidating freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload. Led by President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Davidson, ABF employs 13,000 people, including 7,000 drivers, and is the largest subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corporation (NASDAQ: ABFS). ABF has earned recognition from the American Trucking Associations' Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council 30 times since 1971. ABF is the only major carrier to have won both the Excellence in Security Award and the Excellence in Claims/Loss Prevention Award in the same year, which ABF accomplished both in 2005 and 2001.
[edit] Operations and Equipment
ABF operates 1,600 road tractors, 2,700 city tractors, and more than 17,000 trailers. The carrier's three-year road tractor replacement cycle ensures that ABF continually has one of the youngest fleets in the industry.
