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To meet this need, Con-way, Inc. acquired Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), a privately held North American truckload carrier based in Joplin, Missouri, for US$750 million. CFI was an industry leader at the time of acquisition, operating over 2,600 tractors and more than 7,000 trailers, with more than 3,000 employees including approximately ...
Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad: Alexandria and Nebraska City Railroad: CB&Q: 1866 1870 Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway: Alton Railroad: A GM&O: 1931 1947 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad: Arkansas Railroad: SLSF: 1901 1901 Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad: Arkansas and Ozarks Railway: 1950 1961 N/A
The open hatch bulk carrier, often referred to as OHBC or conbulker, is designed to offer direct access to the hold through cargo hatches which extend the full width of the vessel. As a result, large cargo units can be lowered into place. If it is possible, the holds or hatches are designed around standard cargo unit sizes.
A hatch or hatchway is the opening at the top of a cargo hold. The mechanical devices which allow hatches to be opened and closed are called hatch cover. In general, hatch covers are between 45% and 60% of the ship's breadth, or beam, and 57% to 67% of the length of the holds. [4]
The company is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with more than 300 offices and over 15,000 employees [3] in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. [4] [2] [5] The company has contractual relationships with over 66,000 transportation companies, including motor carriers, railroads, air freight, and ocean carriers. [6]
Open Hatch General Cargo, abbreviated (OHGC), is a ship designed to transport forest products, bulk cargos, unitized cargoes, project cargoes and containers.
OnTrac (formerly LaserShip) is a last-mile delivery company that services the continental United States. [1] [2] [3] [4] Founded in 1986 as LaserShip, the company is ...
Class 1 railroads with intermodal terminals and maritime RoRo ports. In the United States, railroads are designated as Class I, Class II, or Class III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB).