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JAXPORT is the largest port by volume in Florida, and the 14th largest container port in the United States. [3] It carries about 18 million short tons of cargo each year [ 4 ] and has an annual economic impact of over $31 billion, including 138,500 jobs across the state of Florida related to cargo moving through the port. [ 5 ]
Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), a subsidiary of Heartland Express, is an American truckload freight carrier headquartered in Joplin, Missouri with operations in the continental US, Canada, and Mexico. Easily recognizable on the highway by their iconic bright red Kenworth trucks.
Southeastern Freight Lines was founded in 1950 by William T. Cassels in Lexington, South Carolina. The company first had 14 trucks and 20 employees with a $5,000 loan. [4] In 1975 W. T. "Bill" Cassels, Jr. became President of Southeastern Freight. The Florence facility was opened in September 1953 where Bill Cassels, Jr. operated one of three ...
U.S. Route 441 (US 441) is a 939-mile-long (1,511 km) auxiliary route of U.S. Route 41.It extends from US 41 in Miami, Florida to US 25W in Rocky Top, Tennessee.Between its termini, US 441 travels through the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Landstar System, Inc. is a transportation services company specializing in logistics and more specifically third-party logistics.Landstar also utilizes an extensive network of more than 11,000 independent owner operators, referred to internally as business capacity owners (BCOs).
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. traces its origins to 1934 when husband and wife Earl Congdon Sr. and Lillian Congdon (née Herbert) founded the company with a single straight truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. [7] [8] The name is a reference to a common nickname for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the "Old Dominion."
Saia is an American less than truckload (LTL) trucking company that originated in Houma, Louisiana, in 1924.With original operation occurring in Louisiana and Texas for the first fifty years, expansion came after 1980 when coverage began reaching into more states within the South.
In Georgia, US 41 is paralleled by Interstate 75 all the way from Florida to Tennessee, and I-75 has largely supplanted US 41 as a major highway. The first major city in Georgia north of Florida is Valdosta, and the primary US 41 has been rerouted to run along Inner Perimeter Road around Valdosta; there is a business route through Valdosta. The ...