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Saia Motor Freight Line is a subsidiary of Saia, a less-than-truckload provider of regional, interregional and guaranteed services covering nearly 35 states. Saia is home to the industry-leading Xtreme Guarantee product, which guarantees total customer satisfaction from pick-up through invoicing. The company offers complete North American coverage through partner agreements. It has more than 150 terminal locations, approximately 8,400 employees and more than 10,000 pieces of equipment. Saia was founded in 1924 with one terminal in Houma, La., and continued to expand with terminals throughout Louisiana and Texas. It continued to grow, expanding to 12 states with 76 terminals and more than 4,700 employees in the late 1990s. In 2001, SCS Transportation, a holding company was formed, with operating companies including Saia and Jevic Transportation. In 2002, SCS Transportation was spun off into an independent, publicly traded company. Saia Motor Freight Line maintains a location in San Leandro, Calif.

Founded in 1962, Unicold Corporation specializes in cold storage and distribution of frozen and refrigerated foods. The company distributes products from production source to ultimate consumer. With a location in Oakland, Calif., it operates one of the largest refrigerated food warehouses in Hawaii. Unicold Corporation offers freight consolidation, transloading and rail service to and from Seattle and Los Angeles to Hawaii. The company monitors product temperature from point of receipt to delivery. It also operates offices in Honolulu, Seattle and Vernon, Calif. Unicold Corporation additionally provides a regularly scheduled freight consolidation service on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Located in Hayward, Calif., Dependable Highway Express specializes in transport services for all types of freight. It is one of largest less-than-truckload carriers in California and operates a National Truckload Division, a Regional Truckload Division and Intermodal Operations. The company offers a wide range of services, such as trucking, warehousing, consolidation and distribution, freight forwarding and third party logistics services. The company provides a storage facility of more than 1.5 million square feet and offers public storage and inventory management for large corporations and smaller entrepreneurs. It offers several value-added services, such as order fulfillment, pick and pack, assembling, returns handling, special packaging and freight consolidation.