ABF Freight Expands Regional Services

ABF Freight System Inc. of Fort Smith, a division of Arkansas Best Corp., has expanded its regional transportation network to include the central and southern United States.
The move will allow increased next-day and second-day service to two-thirds of the company’s North American service centers, the company said.
ABF is using a network called Regional Performance Model, or RPM, which the company said will enable it to operate national long-haul and regional short-haul networks in parallel, boosting the reliability of both networks.
“With this expansion, we will continue to simultaneously operate regional and long-haul networks,” Robert Davidson, ABF president and CEO, said. “While the separate over-the-road networks will be invisible to customers, ABF customers will benefit from common pickup, delivery, sales and customer service capabilities along with the convenience of one carrier seamlessly handling regional, inter-regional and long-haul freight.”