Thomasville, N.C.-based national less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) recently provided guidance for key August operating metrics. ODFL reported that revenue per day was down 4.8% annually in August, driven by LTL tonnage per day falling 9.2%, which the company said was partially offset by an increase in LTL revenue per hundredweight. And it explained that the decrease in LTL tons per day was attributed to an 8.2% decrease in LTL shipments per day and a 1.2% decrease in LTL weight per shipment. On a quarter-to-date basis, ODFL said that LTL revenue per hundredweight and LTL revenue per hundredweight, excluding fuel surcharges, were up 4.5% and 4.7%, respectively, on an annual basis. LTL tons per day was down 9.3% annually, with shipments per day and weight per shipment down 7.3% and 2.1%, respectively.