Southeastern Freight Lines opens service center in New Orleans

The facility additions include enhanced office and dispatch spaces, new appointment warehouses, a bunkhouse, gym and more.

By Tess Lovrak
Sep 21, 2023

Southeastern Freight Lines is opening relocated service center in New Orleans. The service center, located at 588 West Alpha Drive, consists of 120 dock doors and 82 associates, the company notes. The facility additions include enhanced office and dispatch spaces, new appointment warehouses, a bunkhouse, gym, large breakrooms and a sizeable increase in dock doors, according to the press release.

Previously located at 1525 Sams Avenue, the New Orleans service center opened for business in 1996 with 30 dock doors and 20 associates, the press release notes.

FTR: Trailer orders reach highest point of 2023

Orders were at their highest level since December 2022.

By Alex Crissey
Nov 21, 2023

The latest data from FTR shows that October U.S. trailer net orders rose by more than 6,000 units month-over-month (about 21%) to nearly 34,400 units. Orders were down just over 21% year-over-year but were at their highest level since December 2022. Orders over the last 12 months totaled 294,000 units. Build improved 4% m/m in October but lagged net orders, so backlogs rose for only the second time in 2023. September had been the first month of the year to see an increase in backlogs, FTR noted.