Trailer Bridge, Inc.

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Trailer-Bridge, Inc.

Type	Public (NASDAQ: TRBR)
Founded	1991
Headquarters	Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Key people	John D. McCown CEO & Chairman Ralph W. Heim President & COO Mark A. Tanner CFO & VP Administration
Industry	Transportation
Products	Ship transport/ Semi-trailer truck
Revenue	$110.3 million (2006)
Website	http://www.trailerbridge.com/

Trailer Bridge Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBR) is a freight service company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida that was the first company to provide a unique combination of over-the road and over-the-water transportation. Trailers destined for Puerto Rico are picked up almost anywhere in the continental US and driven to Jacksonville, Florida, where they are loaded onto a barge for the five day trip to San Juan. In 2007, they added the Dominican Republic as a shipping destination and is the only service between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic using U.S.-flagged ships.^[1] The company expects to service Cuba when the US permits it.

Trailer Bridge was founded in 1991 by Malcolm McLean - the transportation pioneer who invented containerization more than forty years ago. He saw the need for a service that could provide true single-carrier responsibility across the United States and on to Puerto Rico. This was his last endeavor before his health failed and he died in 2001.

The company went public in 1997. According to Wright Investors’ Service, at the end of 2005, the company operated a fleet of 91 tractors, 432 high-cube trailers, 2,885 - 53' high cube containers and 2,230 - 53' chassis to transport truckload freight. They also owned two 736' triple-deck, Roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ocean-going barges and two 403' Triplestack Box Carriers.^[2] Their customers include many blue chip companies, including Ford, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, K-Mart, JC Penney, Home Depot, Georgia Pacific, General Electric, Procter & Gamble, Whirlpool, SC Johnson, Walgreen's and Toys 'R' Us.