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Top 50 US and Canadian LTL Carriers

Pittsburgh, PA -- August 2011 -- SJ Consulting Group Inc, a transportation and logistics consulting firm in Pittsburgh, PA, appeared in The Journal of Commerce's 2011 Guide to Trucking for preparing the list of the Top 50 US and Canadian LTL Carriers. 

RANK CARRIER NAME 2009 REVENUE ($MILLIONS) 2010 REVENUE ($MILLIONS) 2009 - 2010 % CHANGE PRIMARY COVERAGE AREA NUMBER OF TERMINALS
(END OF 2010)		 PUBLIC/
PRIVATE		 UNION/
NON-UNION		 COMMENTS
1 FedEx Freight  $3,618  $4,421 22.2% Nationwide, Canada, Mexico 480  Public   Non-Union  Combined operations of Freight and National LTL subsidiaries in  January 2011
2 Con-way Freight  $2,574  $3,026 17.5% Nationwide, Canada, Mexico 291  Public   Non-Union   
3 YRC  $3,177  $2,642 -16.8% Nationwide, Canada, Mexico 324  Public   Union  Subsidiary of YRC Worldwide
4 UPS Freight  $1,807  $2,002 10.8% Nationwide, Canada, Mexico 263  Public   Union   
5 ABF Freight Systems  $1,260  $1,395 10.8% Nationwide, Canada 270  Public   Union   
6 Old Dominion Freight Line  $1,158  $1,377 19.0% Nationwide, Canada 213  Public   Non-Union   
7 Estes Express Lines  $1,174  $1,352 15.2% Nationwide 192  Private   Non-Union  Largest privately-owned LTL carrier
8 R+L Carriers  $960  $1,077 12.2% Nationwide 112  Private   Non-Union   
9 Saia Motor Freight Line  $794  $836 5.3% Nationwide (excluding Northeast) 147  Public   Non-Union   
10 Southeastern Freight Lines  $630  $723 14.8% Southeast, Southwest 75  Private   Non-Union   
11 Holland  $667  $698 4.6% Midwest, Southeast 57  Public   Union  Subsidiary of YRC Worldwide
12 Vitran Express  $519  $582 12.0% Nationwide (excluding Northeast, Southeast, Mountain), Canada 81  Public   Non-Union  Acquired Milan Express in February 2011
13 Day & Ross Transportation Group  $512  $&573 12.0% Canada 35  Private   Non-Union  Subsidiary of McCain Foods Ltd.
14 Transforce  $461  $518 12.3% Canada 93  Public   Partially Union  Consolidated operations of Byers into Canadian Freightways and Thibodeau into Select Daily
15 Averitt Express  $471  $495 5.2% Southeast, Southwest 80  Private   Non-Union   
16 Roadrunner Transportation  $316  $410 29.7% Nationwide 18  Public   Non-Union  Light-asset carrier. Completed public stock offering in May 2010
17 AAA Cooper Transportation  $354  $399 12.5% Southeast, Southwest 79  Private   Non-Union   
18 Central Transport International  $342  $354 3.5% Nationwide (excluding Mountain, Northwest), Eastern Canada 185  Private   Non-Union   
19 New England Motor Freight  $311  $317 1.9% Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Eastern Canada 30  Private   Union   
20 Reddaway  $317  $288 -9.4% Northwest, West, Mountain 55  Public   Partially Union  Subsidiary of YRC Worldwide
21 Manitoulin Transport  $250  $278 11.0% Canada 66  Private   Non-Union  Acquired Exalta Transport and Penner International in 2011
22 Pitt-Ohio Express  $255  $275 7.8% Mid-Atlantic 21  Private   Non-Union   
23 New Penn Motor Express  $250  $272 8.8% Northeast 23  Public   Union  Subsidiary of YRC Worldwide
24 Dayton Freight Lines  $214  $257 20.1% Midwest 40  Private   Non-Union   
25 A. Duie Pyle  $205  $231 12.7% Northeast 14  Private   Non-Union   
26 Quik X Transportation  $161  $180 12.0% Canada 14  Private   Non-Union   
27 Central Freight Lines  $162  $178 9.9% Southwest, West 50  Private   Non-Union   
28 New Century Transportation  $148  $170 15.1% Nationwide 4  Private   Non-Union  Light-asset carrier. Filed IPO in August 2010
29 Midland Transport  $145  $162 11.6% Eastern Canada 31  Private   Non-Union  Subsidiary of the Irving Group of Companies
30 Daylight Transport  $128  $144 12.4% Nationwide (excluding Mountain) 3  Private   Non-Union  Light-asset carrier
31 FastFrate  $132  $142 8.2% Canada 15  Private   Union   
32 Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines  $118  $&130 10.0% Eastern Canada 15  Private   Non-Union   
33 Oak Harbor Freight Lines  $104  $129 24.5% Northwest, West 32  Private   Partially Union   
34 Calyx Ground Transportation Solutions  $108  $120 11.5% Canada 25  Private  Non-Union Div. of Calyx Transportation Group (includes National Fast Freight and Totalline Transport)
35 Ward Trucking  $102  $114 11.8% Mid-Atlantic 21  Private   Non-Union   
36 Wilson Trucking  $110  $113 3.1% Southeast 36  Private   Non-Union   
37 Armour Transportation Systems  $100  $110 10.0% Eastern Canada 25  Private   Non-Union   
38 TransX  $76  $89 16.8% Canada 10  Private   Non-Union   
39 Lakeville Motor Express  $82  $89 8.5% Midwest 31  Private   Non-Union   
40 Watkins & Shepard Trucking  $67  $84 24.8% Nationwide (excluding Midwest, Southwest) 20  Private   Non-Union  Won exclusive customer contract that accounted for $11 million of revenue increase
41 Milan Express  $77  $80 3.6% Southeast, Midwest 36  Public   Non-Union  Acquired by Vitran Express in February 2011
42 Dohrn Transfer  $68  $78 13.6% Midwest 21  Private   Non-Union   
43 Clarke Transport  $67  $73 9.5% Canada 14  Public  Partially Union Subsidiary of Clarke Inc.
44 Gardewine North  $65  $72 10.3% Central Canada 34  Private  Non-Union Subsidiary of the Gardewine Group
45 Standard Forwarding  $58  $70 21.4% Midwest 16  Public   Union  Acquired by DHL in June 2011
46 Midwest Motor Express  $62  $69 11.1% Midwest, Mountain 32  Private   Non-Union   
47 North Park Transportation  $63  $67 6.3% Mountain 28  Private   Non-Union   
48 Land Air Express of New England  $57  $65 14.2% Northeast 14  Private   Partially Union  Buffalo terminal organized in March 2011
49 Dependable Highway Express  $42  $62 47.6% West 15  Private   Non-Union  Acquired Matheson Fast Freight in February 2010
50 Southwestern Motor Transport  $52  $54 4.0% Southwest 27  Private   Non-Union   
2010 TOP-50 NORTH AMERICAN LTL CARRIER REVENUES  $24,946  $27,434 10.0%          

Source: Company reports and SJ Consulting Group estimates
Compiled by Michael Scheid
Prepared by SJ Consulting Group

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