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North America's Top 50 LTL Carriers

Pittsburgh, PA -- August 2009 -- SJ Consulting Group Inc, a transportation and logistics consulting firm in Pittsburgh, PA, appeared in The Journal of Commerce's Guide to Trucking for preparing the Top 50 LTL carriers in North America

#	Carrier Name	2008 Rev ($Mil)	Primary Area	Terminal Count (2008)	Public	Union	Comments
1	YRC	$5,706	Nationwide, Canada, Mexico	521	Public	Union	Formerly Yellow and Roadway. Division of YRC Worldwide
2	FedEx Freight	$4,568	Nationwide, Canada, Mexico	476	Public	Non-Union	Revenues adjusted to reflect calendar quarters
3	Con-way Freight	$3,016	Nationwide, Canada, Mexico	290	Public	Non-Union	Integrated three regional operations into one network
4	UPS Freight	$2,062	Nationwide, Canada, Mexico	316	Public	Partially Union
5	ABF Freight Systems	$1,759	Nationwide, Canada	286	Public	Union	Expanded regional LTL service
6	Old Dominion Freight Line	$1,538	Nationwide, Canada	206	Public	Non-Union	Acquired Bullocks Express (Dec. '07), Bob's Pick-up & Delivery (Feb. '08)
7	Estes Express Lines	$1,480	Nationwide	191	Private	Non-Union	Organic expansion in Upper Midwest
8	USF Holland	$1,100	Midwest, Southeast	71	Public	Union	Closed 6 terminals in Feb. 2008. Division of YRC Worldwide
9	Saia Motor Freight Line	$956	Nationwide (excluding Northeast)	147	Public	Non-Union
10	R+L Carriers	$864	Nationwide	110	Private	Non-Union	Organic expansion on West Coast
11	Southeastern Freight Lines	$740	Southeast, Southwest	76	Private	Non-Union
12	Day & Ross Transportation Group	$640	Canada	36	Private	Non-Union	Division of McCain Group of Companies
13	Vitran Express	$611	Nationwide (excluding Northeast, Southeast, Mountain), Canada	112	Public	Non-Union
14	Transforce	$609	Canada	76	Public	Partially Union	Member of Reliance Network for full coverage of the US and Canada
15	Averitt Express	$588	Southeast, Southwest	83	Private	Non-Union	Member of Reliance Network for full coverage of the US and Canada
16	AAA Cooper Transportation	$519	Southeast, Southwest	83	Private	Non-Union
17	Central Transport International	$456	Nationwide (excluding Mountain, Northwest), Eastern Canada	195	Private	Non-Union
18	Roadrunner Transportation	$367	Nationwide	17	Private	Non-Union	Light-asset carrier
19	New Penn Motor Express	$350	Northeast	24	Public	Union	Division of YRC Worldwide
20	USF Reddaway	$340	Northwest, West, Mountain	66	Public	Partially Union	Closed 21 terminals in Feb. 2008. Division of YRC Worldwide
21	New England Motor Freight	$322	Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Eastern Canada	38	Private	Union
22	Pitt-Ohio Express	$310	Mid-Atlantic	21	Private	Non-Union	Member of Reliance Network for full coverage of the US and Canada
23	Central Freight Lines	$308	Southwest, West	51	Private	Non-Union	Reduced footprint in Midwest and Northwest
24	Dayton Freight Lines	$247	Midwest	40	Private	Non-Union
25	A. Duie Pyle	$236	Northeast	14	Private	Non-Union
26	New Century Transportation	$219	Nationwide	3	Private	Non-Union	Light-asset load to ride hybrid LTL operation
27	Milan Express	$190	Southeast, Midwest	36	Private	Non-Union
28	Manitoulin Transport	$185	Canada	62	Private	Non-Union	Division of the Manitoulin Group of Companies
29	Wilson Trucking	$163	Southeast	41	Private	Non-Union
30	Daylight Transport	$159	Nationwide (excluding Mountain)	3	Private	Non-Union	Light-asset carrier with concentration on West Coast
31	Quik X Transportation	$156	Canada	14	Private	Non-Union
32	Oak Harbor Freight Lines	$145	Northwest, West	33	Private	Partially Union	Union employees were on strike from Sept. '08 - Feb. '09
33	Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines	$142	Eastern Canada	13	Private	Non-Union
34	Ward Trucking	$135	Mid-Atlantic	23	Private	Non-Union
35	Armour Transportation Systems	$120	Eastern Canada	25	Private	Non-Union
36	Dats Trucking	$115	Mountain, West	36	Private	Non-Union	Member of Reliance Network for full coverage of the US and Canada
37	Lakeville Motor Express	$115	Midwest	30	Private	Non-Union	Member of Reliance Network for full coverage of the US and Canada
38	Midland Transport	$106	Eastern Canada	22	Private	Non-Union	Division of Irving Moncton Group of Companies
39	Watkins & Shepard Trucking	$86	Nationwide (excluding Midwest, Southwest)	19	Private	Non-Union
40	North Park Transportation	$84	Mountain	24	Private	Non-Union
41	Bullet Freight System	$80	Nationwide	4	Private	Non-Union	Light-asset carrier with concentration on West Coast
42	Dohrn Transfer	$80	Midwest	19	Private	Non-Union
43	Standard Forwarding	$80	Midwest	16	Private	Union
44	Midwest Motor Express	$76	Midwest, Mountain	31	Private	Non-Union
45	Southwestern Motor Transport	$68	Southwest	24	Private	Non-Union
46	Land Air Express of New England	$67	Northeast	12	Private	Non-Union	Member of Reliance Network for full coverage of the US and Canada
47	Benton Express	$58	Southeast	24	Private	Non-Union
48	Mid-States Express	$55	Midwest	25	Private	Non-Union	Closed in March 2009
49	Dependable Highway Express	$54	West	13	Private	Non-Union
50	Purolator Freight	$54	Canada	123	Private	Partially Union	LTL division of Purolator Courier
2008 TOP-50 NORTH AMERICAN LTL CARRIER REVENUES							$ 32,484

Source: Company Reports and SJ Consulting Group estimates. Compiled by Michael Scheid