More than 3,600 tractors and more than 5,500 trailers. Specialized carrier New Prime (which does business simply as Prime) provides refrigerated, flatbed, and liquid bulk tanker trucking services throughout North America. The company operates in the US and Canada and serves Mexico through arrangements with other carriers. A subsidiary, Prime Floral, uses the parent company's refrigerated equipment and facilities to serve the flower industry. In addition to its freight-hauling operations, Prime provides logistics services, including freight brokerage. The company was founded in 1970 by Robert Low, who continues to serve as Prime's president.

The Panalpina group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of forwarding and logistics services, specializing in end-to-end supply chain management solutions and intercontinental air freight and ocean freight shipments. Thanks to its in-depth industry knowledge and state-of-the-art IT systems, Panalpina provides globally integrated door-to-door services tailored to its customers’ individual needs. The Panalpina Group operates a close-knit network with some 500 branches in more than 80 countries. In a further 80 countries, it cooperates closely with partner companies. Panalpina employs about 14,000 people worldwide.

Frozen Food Express Industries, one of the largest temperature-controlled trucking companies in the US. Through its subsidiaries, which include FFE Transportation Services and Lisa Motor Lines, the company transports truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Hauling temperature-sensitive cargo accounts for most of the company's sales. Frozen Food Express Industries also hauls dry freight, under the American Eagle Lines brand, and offers logistics services. Overall, the company maintains a fleet of about 2,000 tractors and 4,000 trailers. FFE traces its roots to 1946.

FreightCar America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, rebuilds, repairs, sells, and leases freight cars used for hauling coal, other bulk commodities, steel and other metals, forest products, and automobiles primarily in North America. FreightCar America, Inc. designs and manufactures aluminum-bodied and steel-bodied railcars for use in various industries. It also refurbishes and rebuilds railcars, and sells forged, cast, and fabricated parts for all of the railcars it produces, as well as those manufactured by others. Its customers primarily include financial institutions, shippers, and railroads. FreightCar America, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Fremont Contract Carriers (FCC) hauls general and non-hazardous freight throughout the US and Canada. Its fleet consists of some 315 trucks, 550 high-cubed dry van trailers, and 100 flatbed, curtain-side, and step-deck trailers. The company's FCC Transportation Services unit provides freight brokerage and logistics services, in which customers' freight is matched with carriers' capacity. In addition to offering traditional trucking services, the company provides online load tracking and reporting on its Web site. FCC was founded in 1966.

TKK Logistics was acquired by Kintetsu World Express in December 2008. By air and sea, this company kares for your kargo. TKK Logistics (formerly Thai Kargo Kare) provides air and sea freight forwarding services in Thailand. (Freight forwarders purchase transportation capacity from carriers and resell it to customers.) Founded in 1986, TKK Logistics also operates as a charter broker, international cargo consolidator, licensed customs broker, and warehouser and packager. Its packaging offerings range from small cartons to large wooden pallets for heavy machinery. It also specializes in removal and reinstallation of heavy machines. A 215,000-square-foot warehouse supports its warehousing and delivery operations.

Heartland Express stays close to home as a short- to medium-haul truckload carrier -- its average trip is just over 500 miles. With the exception of traffic from its Phoenix hub, the company mainly operates east of the Rockies; it also offers service in the southwestern US. Although most of its loads go directly from origin to destination, Heartland also operates from about 10 regional distribution hubs, which are located near major customers.Heartland Express company regional hubs focus on short-haul freight movements (less than 500 miles). Heartland transports general commodities, including appliances, auto parts, consumer products, food, and paper products.

The BNSF system consists of 23,000 route miles owned by BNSF and 9,000 route miles of trackage rights, which allow BNSF Railway to use tracks owned by other railroads. Freight carried by BNSF Railway includes agricultural, consumer, and industrial products, along with coal. Consumer products, which make up the largest share of the railroad's freight traffic, consist mainly of containerized freight that comes to BNSF Railway from marine shipping lines. The primary subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, BNSF Railway provides freight transportation services over a network of 32,000 miles of track in the western US and Canada.

Alabama Motor Express Inc. company operates a fleet of about 200 tractors and 600 trailers. In addition to for-hire freight transportation, Alabama Motor Express offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are established for customers' long-term needs. Subsidiary LTI Services offers freight brokerage services, matching shippers' cargo with carriers' capacity, and the company's WDL business provides fleet maintenance services. Company president Scott White founded Alabama Motor Express in 1988.

Even though it does have plenty of horsepower, don't look for truckload carrier Triple Crown Services in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, or the Belmont Stakes. The company instead races for business in the field of intermodal transportation, which involves moving freight by multiple methods -- in this case, trucks and trains. Triple Crown maintains a fleet of about 7,500 RoadRailer trailers (manufactured by Wabash National) that can be pulled down the road by tractors or along the rails by locomotives. The company operates from more than a dozen terminals in the US and Canada. A unit of railroad operator Norfolk Southern, Triple Crown was founded in 1986.

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