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Dive Brief:
- Estes Express Lines has reopened a pair of Yellow Corp. terminals. with shutter Minnesota and Californiathe carrier announced on LinkedIn.
- Estes acquired the leases for the St. Cloud, Minnesota, and San Fernando, California, along with two dozen properties and three other leases in Yellow’s bankruptcy auction last year.
- The terminal St. Cloud provides a presence in the largest population center in central Minnesota, and the San Fernando facility is an upgrade from a smaller Estes location it previously operated less than two miles away.
Dive Insight:
Estes is fighting with XPO, Saia and other carriers to renovate and reopen the terminals each company received in the largest bankruptcy in trucking history.
The terminal St. Cloud has 16 doors, nearly 5,200 square feet of dock space and another 840 square feet of office space. The facility is located on a 5.3-acre site near Interstate 94 and Minnesota State Highway 23.
The San Fernando facility is much larger, with 66 doors and 19,250 square feet of dock space. The 9.4-acre site is located near Interstate 5 and California State Route 118.
Other Estes leased properties acquired in Yellow’s bankruptcy auction are located in Tacoma, Washington. Sparks, Nevada; and Wichita, Kansas.
The carrier acquired strategic Yellow terminals near Canada to position itself to grow its cross-border shipping service, Estes Express Lines President and COO Webb Estes told Trucking Dive in February.
Yellow’s acquisitions of Estes terminals will add a total of 985 doors to its network, according to the company.