Announcements

Loup’s COVID-19 Response Plan

Released March 14, 2020

Announcement

To address ongoing service for our customers during the COVID-19 outbreak, Loup’s parent company, Union Pacific, has a pandemic operating plan in place.

FCA Recognizes Loup as Outstanding Intermodal Carrier

Released November 22, 2019

Announcement

We are excited to announce that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has recognized Loup with the “Outstanding Performance – Intermodal Carrier” award. FCA presented the award to Loup at the annual carrier conference in Detroit, Michigan, on November 6.

Kari Kirchhoefer Named Vice President of Loup

Released September 27th, 2019

Announcement

Effective Friday, September 27, Kari Kirchhoefer has been named Vice President of Loup. Kari has more than 26 years of experience with Loup's parent company, Union Pacific Railroad, and has held leadership roles on Union Pacific's Industrial, Chemicals, Autos and Agricultural Products teams, as well as former subsidiary Streamline. Most recently, Kirchhoefer served as Vice President-Industrial at Union Pacific. We look forward to the strong leadership and vision Kari will bring to leading Loup forward as we continue to provide innovative transportation solutions to our customers.

If you have any questions, please contact your Loup representative.

Loup Wholesale Intermodal to Implement Standard Union Pacific Per Diem

Released September 10, 2019

Announcement

To align with Union Pacific's Unified Plan 2020 efforts with focus on effective asset management, Loup Wholesale Intermodal will be implementing standard Union Pacific (UP) per diem at UP domestic ramps for containers in "Placed for Loading" or "Placed for Unloading" status more than 6 days.

Inbound Logistics Names Loup a Top 100 3PL Provider for Third Consecutive Year

Released August 1, 2019

Announcement

For the third consecutive year, Loup is honored to be named a 2019 Top 100 Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Provider by Inbound Logistics magazine. With hundreds of companies submitting credentials, we are delighted to see Loup selected as a top provider, and our employees’ dedication to providing top-notch service to our customers celebrated with this designation.

Announcing the 2019 Loup Select Connect Facilities

Released December 5, 2018

Announcement

This week, Loup announced its 2019 Select Connect facilities, a designation given to a select group of premiere transloaders in its more than 700-facility transload network.

Loup Opens New Railport in Oklahoma to Meet Local Frac Sand Needs

Released August 3, 2018

Announcements

Oklahoma is home to STACK, an active shale play located near the central portion of the state. Production levels are rising in this area, which is great news for oil producers, but they face a challenge: frac sand is required for the horizontal drilling process that produces their product, and the very best sand for the job, northern white sand, is located all the way up in Wisconsin and Minnesota. This very challenge is what drove a Loup solution: establish a railport in El Reno, Oklahoma — right in the middle of the STACK shale.

Inbound Logistics Names Loup a Top 100 3PL Provider

Released August 2, 2018

Announcements

We’re delighted to announce Inbound Logistics magazine has named Loup a 2018 Top 100 Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Provider. This marks the second year Loup employees have been honored for their dedication to providing top-notch service to our customers, as last year UPDS, one of the subsidiaries that merged to form Loup, also earned the designation.

Loup Operations Carrier Support Team Realigned

Released March 13, 2018

Announcements

In an effort to improve the quality and timeliness of responses to carrier inquiries, we have realigned our carrier support team within Loup's Operations department.

Loup Appoints New Operations Director

Released February 14, 2018

Announcements

Loup is excited to welcome a new member to the team: Mike Dickmeyer will serve as Loup’s Senior Director of Operations - Intermodal & Auto Parts. In his role, Mike is responsible for all of Loup’s intermodal operations, leading the Intermodal Operations team, and ensuring Loup meets the specialized needs of our intermodal and auto parts customers.

Coming Soon: ShipmentVision Capacity Manager

Released December 13, 2017

Announcements

Exciting enhancements are coming soon to our advanced shipment tracking platform, ShipmentVision. Starting this spring, Loup will offer Capacity Manager, a new functionality that gives customers unprecedented visibility to their inbound rail cars across all rail carriers. Capacity Manager is being rolled out now on a limited basis and will be available for a wider audience in early 2018.

UPDS Receives SmartWay Excellence Award for Second Consecutive Year

Released November 8, 2017

Announcements

UPDS (now Loup) is proud to have been honored with a SmartWay® Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the second consecutive year. UPDS was once again recognized as an industry leader in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency.

Loup Logistics Launches Today

Released November 1, 2017

Announcements

Today marks the very first day of business for our new company, Loup Logistics. Loup is the result of a merger of four subsidiaries, Union Pacific Distribution Services (UPDS), Streamline, ShipCarsNow and Insight Network Logistics (INL) into a single, wholly owned Union Pacific subsidiary: Loup.

UPDS Named Top 100 3PL Provider by Inbound Logistics

Released August 16, 2017

Announcements

After hundreds of companies submitted credentials, we’re proud to say UPDS has been named one of the Top 100 Third-Party Logistics Providers of 2017 by Inbound Logistics magazine.

This annual list, compiled by Inbound Logistics editors, celebrates logistics service providers that offer the capabilities and experience needed to meet readers' unique supply chain and logistics needs.