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Werner Enterprises, Inc. - Transportation / Trucking -
Category Directory
14507
FRONTIER ROAD
OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68145
(402)
895-6640
www.werner.com
Sales
$1.5
billion
Business Description
Werner Enterprises, Inc. ("Werner" or the "Company") is a
transportation company engaged primarily in hauling truckload
shipments of general commodities in both interstate and
intrastate commerce as well as providing logistics services.
Werner is one of the five largest truckload carriers in the
United States and maintains its headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska,
near the geographic center of its service area. Werner was
founded in 1956 by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Clarence L. Werner, who started the business with one truck at
the age of 19. Werner completed its initial public offering in
April 1986 with a fleet of 630 trucks. Werner ended 2003 with a
fleet of 8,350 trucks.
The Company operates throughout the 48 contiguous states
pursuant to operating authority, both common and contract,
granted by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
and pursuant to intrastate authority granted by various states.
The Company also has authority to operate in the ten provinces of
Canada and provides through trailer service in and out of Mexico.
The principal types of freight transported by the Company include
retail store merchandise, consumer products, manufactured
products, and grocery products. The Company's emphasis is to
transport consumer nondurable products that ship more
consistently throughout the year.
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