Trailer Bridge Inc., (NASDAQ: TRBR), is a freight service company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida that was the first company to provide what its website describes as a "unique combination of over-the road and over-the-water transportation". This relates to moving freight in 53' containers between the mainland U.S. and Puerto Rico in an integrated truck/lower cost tug/barge system. It is the only marine company that primarily utilizes large...
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Trailer Bridge Inc., (NASDAQ: TRBR), is a freight service company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida that was the first company to provide what its website describes as a "unique combination of over-the road and over-the-water transportation". This relates to moving freight in 53' containers between the mainland U.S. and Puerto Rico in an integrated truck/lower cost tug/barge system. It is the only marine company that primarily utilizes larger 53' containers (which have some 60% more inside cubic space than a typical 40' marine container) which has been the standard equipment used to move freight domestically on the road and rail for over 15 years.
Trailer Bridge was founded in 1991 by Malcom McLean, who invented containerization when he formed Sea-Land Service in 1960. McLean had previously started McLean Trucking Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which he built into one of the largest trucking companies in the United States. He saw the need for a service that could, in...
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