About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: A-P-A Transport Corp., AAA Cooper, ABF Freight System, American Freightways, Averitt Express, Braun's Express, Celadon Group, Con-way, Con-way Freight, Con-way Multimodal, Con-way Truckload, Consolidated Freightways, Covenant Transport, CR England, Estes Express Lines, FFE Transportation, Groendyke Transport, J. B. Hunt, Knight Transportation, Lakeville Motor Express, New England Motor Freight, New Penn, Pitt Ohio Express, Prime, Inc., Schneider National, Star Transport, Swift Transportation, UPS Freight, USA Truck, USF Holland, USF Reddaway, Vitran Express, Werner Enterprises, YRC Worldwide. Excerpt: Schneider National, Inc. is the largest privately owned truckload carrier in North America. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the company maintains 23 regional operating centers in the United States. The company was founded in 1938 by A.J. Schneider. Sub-contractors for Schneider Logistics, a warehousing and supply chain division of Schneider National, were fined in October and November 2011 by the California State Labor Department for disregarding federal and state wage laws. The company is the third-largest of all trucking & logistics companies in the United States based on annual revenue. It operates 14,000 tractors, 40,000 trailers, and has partnerships with over 6,000 carriers. Schneider drives more than five million loaded miles per day, and provides services to more than two-thirds of the companies in the Fortune 500. The company operates in the 48 contiguous states, Puerto Rico, Canada, China, Mexico. It has three major areas of business; truckload, intermodal, and logistics. Schneider gained ISO 9002 certification on July 20, 1998. Schneider Specialized Carriers, a provider of flatbed and oversize/overweight load services was sold to Maverick USA Inc. in 2006. Schneider was well known for its Omaha orange-PMS 165 tractors and trailers (although their training literature calls it "international safety orange"). Known both inside and outside of the company as "pumpkin trucks," they were originally painted Omaha orange and black after being leased to Allied Van Lines early in the history of the company. The company no longer provides any type of household moving or storage services, but kept the colors. In recent years the company has purchased tractors and trailers in colors other than Omaha Orange, generally to satisfy specific dedicated customers, but with the added benefit of being easier to resell. The company does, however, continue to purchase the majority of equipment in Omaha Orange livery. The fleet of 14,000 tractors was once primarily composed