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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.

After recently expanding its lanes, less-than-truckload carrier Roadrunner is ramping up acquisition plans, the company’s top executive told Transport Topics.

Roadrunner’s latest lanes add over 21,000 new miles of coverage across the U.S. and Canada and establish Kansas City as a major new hub, the company said July 24.

A private equity vehicle led by Roadrunner Freight CEO Chris Jamroz bought a majority ownership stake in the less-than-truckload carrier from Elliott Investment Management.

Roadrunner opened a new less-than-truckload service center in Atlanta, the longhaul freight carrier announced April 10.

Less-than truckload carrier Roadrunner on Jan. 31 announced a significant expansion of its network with plans to add new lanes.

Roadrunner opened eight new lanes across its network as part of a multiyear process to improve service offerings, the company announced June 20.

Roadrunner improved transit times across 149 major lanes as part of an ongoing initiative to improve speed across its network, the company announced May 17.

Roadrunner implemented another round of transit time improvements across its network as part of an ongoing, multiyear process to improve business operations, the company announced Jan. 5

Roadrunner grew its nationwide metro-to-metro service network for less-than-truckload shipments with the addition of five direct lanes, the company announced June 23.