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Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Ward Trucking operates primarily in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic US. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) In addition to its LTL business, the company offers full truckload and logistics services through the Ward Transport & Logistics brand name. Ward Trucking operates a fleet of about 375 tractors, 70 trucks, and 800 trailers from a network of terminals, stretching from New York to Illinois. William W. Ward founded the company in 1931 to haul freight from central Pennsylvania to New York City. Ward Trucking is run by members of the Ward family.

Watkins & Shepard Trucking offers less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight hauling throughout the US from about 20 terminals, mainly west of the Rockies. (LTL carriers consolidate cargo from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) The company's fleet consists of about 630 tractors and 1,600 trailers. Standard dry vans account for the majority of the company's trailers; Watkins & Shepard also uses flatbed trailers. In addition, the company arranges intermodal transportation, which involves hauling freight by multiple methods, such as road and rail. CEO Ray Kuntz and president Steve Williamson own Watkins & Shepard, which was founded in 1974 as Stan Watkins Trucking.

Watkins Associated Industries does business over the road, on the ground, and by the sea. Its trucking businesses include Highway Transport (liquid bulk cargo, such as chemicals and petroleum), Land Span (general cargo), Sunco Carriers (refrigerated cargo), and Watson Truckload Services (regional general cargo). Other units engage in real estate development (apartment complexes and shopping centers), door and window manufacturing (Tucker Door and Trim Corp.), property and casualty insurance, and seafood processing (Tampa Maid Foods). Bill Watkins founded the family-owned company in 1932 with a $300 pickup truck.

Transportation and logistics is Werner Enterprises' game; hauling truckload shipments -- both interstate and intrastate -- is its fame. Among the five largest truckload carriers in the US, Werner operates about 7,250 tractors and 23,880 trailers. Its trailer fleet consists of dry vans and, to a lesser extent, temperature-controlled vans and flatbeds. Werner's truckload transportation offerings include dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer. It also offers freight brokerage, intermodal freight transportation arrangement, and other value-added logistic services, as well as freight forwarding. Retailers, consumer and grocery products companies represent 75% of sales.

Pick a point on the compass -- Western Express Holdings isn't limited to a single direction when it comes to hauling customers' freight. The company's main subsidiary, truckload carrier Western Express, will go west, but it does most of its business in the eastern and midwestern US, concentrating on short to medium-length hauls of between 500 and 1,000 miles. The Western Express fleet consists of about 2,500 tractors and 4,500 trailers, including dry vans and flatbeds, which haul cargo for a diverse customer base. President and CEO Wayne Wise and his wife, Donna Wise, own a controlling stake in Western Express Holdings.

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