Saia provides first quarter ltl operating data

Johns creek, ga., march 03, 2021 (globe newswire) -- saia, inc. (nasdaq: saia), a leading transportation provider offering multi-regional less-than-truckload (ltl), non-asset truckload, expedited and logistics services, is providing ltl shipment and tonnage data for the first two months of the first quarter. in january 2021, final ltl shipments per workday increased 1.4%, ltl tonnage per workday increased 5.4% and ltl weight per shipment increased 3.9% to 1,355 pounds compared to 1,304 pounds in january 2020. in february 2021, ltl shipments per workday declined 6.7%, ltl tonnage per workday declined 2.3% and ltl weight per shipment increased 4.7% to 1,367 pounds compared to 1,306 pounds in february 2020. february trends reflect a negative impact related to severe winter weather that effected much of the central u.s., with the largest impact on business occurring in texas. as many as 70 terminals were either closed or had limited operations for several days in february. absent the february severe weather period, business trends were consistent with those seen in january.
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