The company said NAST truckload and LTL combined volume rose 1.5% from a year earlier in Q2 2024. Truckload linehaul customer rates, excluding fuel surcharges, fell about 2.0%, and linehaul costs fell about 3.5%.

10-QQuarterly reportFiled Aug 2, 2024Period of report Jun 30, 2024Summary published (UTC) Oct 23, 2026

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The company said NAST truckload and LTL combined volume rose 1.5% from a year earlier in Q2 2024. Truckload linehaul customer rates, excluding fuel surcharges, fell about 2.0%, and linehaul costs fell about 3.5%.
The company said ocean freight rates rose sharply from a year earlier in Q2 2024, as detours and transit delays caused by the Red Sea conflict combined with improving demand. Global Forwarding ocean adjusted gross profits increased, while air adjusted gross profits fell on lower adjusted gross profits per metric ton.
The company said it recorded $9.5 million of severance and related costs in personnel expenses, and $5.7 million in other SG&A, for Q2 2024 related to its 2024 Restructuring Program. Interest expense for the same quarter was $22.9 million, down $0.3 million from a year earlier.
The company said cash and cash equivalents were $113.2 million as of June 30, 2024, compared with $145.5 million as of December 31, 2023. The company cited higher net working capital from rising ocean freight rates as a factor in the lower operating cash flow in the first half of 2024.

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Quarter ended June 30, 2024

Revenue: $4.5B
Operating income: $178M
Net income: $126M
EPS: $1.05

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Q2 NAST truckload and LTL volume and rates

The company said NAST truckload and LTL combined volume rose 1.5% from a year earlier in Q2 2024. Truckload linehaul customer rates, excluding fuel surcharges, fell about 2.0%, and linehaul costs fell about 3.5%.

Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing

Q2 ocean and air freight rates and Global Forwarding

The company said ocean freight rates rose sharply from a year earlier in Q2 2024, as detours and transit delays caused by the Red Sea conflict combined with improving demand. Global Forwarding ocean adjusted gross profits increased, while air adjusted gross profits fell on lower adjusted gross profits per metric ton.

Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing

Restructuring costs and interest expense

The company said it recorded $9.5 million of severance and related costs in personnel expenses, and $5.7 million in other SG&A, for Q2 2024 related to its 2024 Restructuring Program. Interest expense for the same quarter was $22.9 million, down $0.3 million from a year earlier.

Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing

Cash balance and operating cash flow for the first half

The company said cash and cash equivalents were $113.2 million as of June 30, 2024, compared with $145.5 million as of December 31, 2023. The company cited higher net working capital from rising ocean freight rates as a factor in the lower operating cash flow in the first half of 2024.

Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing

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