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=== FedEx Freight === [[File:FedEx Freight - Detroit (49525266082).jpg|thumb|right|FedEx Freight hub in Detroit]] [[File:FEDEX Freight (8915186339).jpg|thumb|FedEx Freight [[semi-trailer truck|truck]] in [[Las Vegas]]]] FedEx Freight is the largest [[less-than-truckload shipping|less-than-truckload]] (LTL) freight carrier in the US, reporting {{USD|8.9 billion}} in revenue for 2021,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cassidy |first=William B |date=March 8, 2022 |title=JOC Rankings: Higher rates lead to unprecedented US LTL revenue gains |work=Journal of Commerce |url=https://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/joc-rankings-higher-rates-lead-unprecedented-us-ltl-revenue-gains_20220308.html |access-date=April 13, 2022 |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414005350/https://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/joc-rankings-higher-rates-lead-unprecedented-us-ltl-revenue-gains_20220308.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and operates LTL and other freight services in the US and Canada. The unit was formed in 2002 when FedEx bought regional US LTL carrier [[American Freightways]] (AF) and established FedEx Freight as a parent company for AF, renamed FedEx Freight East, and FedEx's existing regional LTL subsidiary, Viking Freight, renamed FedEx Freight West. Viking had been a Caliber subsidiary when Caliber was acquired by FedEx in 1998. FedEx bought Lakeland, Florida-based national LTL carrier Watkins Motor Lines in 2006 and renamed it FedEx National LTL. All three operated as an independent subsidiaries of FedEx Freight<ref name="FedEx Buys Watkins">{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2006 |title=FedEx buys Watkins Motor Lines |url=https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-buys-watkins-motor-lines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811225041/https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-buys-watkins-motor-lines |archive-date=August 11, 2021 |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=FreightWaves |publisher=American Shipper}}</ref> until January 2010 when they were merged with their parent to form a single entity, FedEx Freight Inc.<ref name="FDXF Merged">{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Scott |date=September 17, 2010 |title=Market falls as FedEx fails to deliver |page=E2 |work=Ottawa Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84244359/ |access-date=April 13, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=August 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827214610/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84244359/the-ottawa-citizen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The unit is the parent of: * '''FedEx Freight Canada''': Formerly Watkins Canada Express, the Canadian services of Watkins Motor Lines.
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