and in December said it would be eliminating 30 terminals and 1,500 jobs in a bid to reduce costs. Despite positive performances from RPS, Roberts, and Caliber Logistics in Q1 1997, Caliber announced in March it would be selling or closing a large portion of the eastern operations of Viking leaving it as a west coast-focused carrier.

Caliber reported Viking had seen losses of around after having been unable to bring Viking to profitability since merging its smaller, regional carriers into a nationwide offering. The cuts were expected