their headquarters in Missouri, includ- ing large firms such as Prime, United Van Lines, and Mayflower Transit in Springfield; Con-way Truckload in Joplin; and Jack Cooper Transport in Kansas City. Shipping to and from Missouri via these and other over-the-road carriers can be highly economical. For example, a study conducted by Logistics Management Solutions (LMS), a transportation management firm, con- sidered the cost of less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload (TL), and intermodal transportation in and out of a company headquartered in St. Louis. The exercise compared rates for moves between St. Louis and port cities on the West, Gulf, and East Coasts. It also looked at similar moves between those ports and Memphis, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Chicago.
“Depending on LTL class, St. Louis ranked either the lowest cost or the sec- ond-lowest cost among the cities,” says Denny Schoemehl, president and chief executive officer of LMS, which serves customers throughout the United States. RAIL AND RIVER OPTIONS Along with its highways, Missouri boasts 4,000 miles of railroad track, making it a major rail transportation center. Class I railroads that operate in the state include: Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF-1,785 miles), Kansas City Southern Railway (KCSR-187 miles), Norfolk Southern (NS-410 miles), Union Pacific (UP-1,221 miles), and CSX Transportation (13 miles). Two of the largest rail terminals in the United States operate in Kansas City and
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A truck that heads out on Missouri’s highway network and travels 600 miles a day can reach most U.S. markets in one or two days. Moreover, drivers who start in Missouri can reach a remarkable vari- ety of population centers within 11 hours, before federal law requires them to take an extended break. “It takes less than 11 hours to drive from Kansas City to the Arkansas area,” says Mark Hogan, president and CEO of UTXL, a national, non-asset-based third-party logistics company (3PL) head- quartered in Kansas City. “In addition, Oklahoma can be reached in less than 11 hours, as can Dallas, Denver, Nebraska, Minnesota, Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, and Memphis.” Numerous trucking companies house
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