FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Roberts Express created the surface expedited freight category

A Roberts Express tractor-trailer sparkles in the sunlight. (Photo from a public forum on Expeditorsonline.com)

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Federal Express announced on October 6, 1997 that it was acquiring Caliber System, Inc. for about $2.4 billion in stock, expanding FedEx’s ability to compete with package delivery rivals. The acquisition was finalized in January 1998.

Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Caliber System’s subsidiaries included Roadway Package System Inc., which delivered packages between businesses; Viking Freight Inc., a regional less-than-truckload carrier serving the western U.S.; Caliber Logistics Inc., a...

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FreightWaves 3PL Summit: How a FedEx exec stepped up amid racial unrest (with video)

Ramona Hood, the president and CEO of FedEx Custom Critical (left) with La Toya Palmer, manager director for legal and human resources, during the FreightWaves 3pl Summit

Ramona Hood, the president and CEO of FedEx Custom Critical, assembled her management team after protests erupted following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in police custody. The first priority: Communicate with the fleet. The second: Respond to the larger movement fighting racial and social injustice.

For Hood, it was deeply personal. In 2020, she became the first Black woman to lead a FedEx division, and she has two adult sons. 

“As an African-American mother, as a leader of a company that...

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