Transportation/ Logistics

Mapping/Driving Direction Sources

American Association of Port Authorities: Provide statistics on most major public ports in the U.S. (p) (703) 684-5700

The American Motor Carrier Directory, by Primedia Information, Inc.: Includes listings of LTL motor carriers authorized to serve communities and whether they have a terminal in the area (for all North America)

AmeriQuest.com: Logistics consulting and e-procurement for independent truck leasing compa-nies/operations, (p) (800) 223-7081 or (215) 658-8900

Clicklogistics.com: Clicklogistics is a division of Cardinal Logistics. It provides B2B logistics so-lutions and recently partnered with AppNet to build a global logistics online exchange

Delivemow.com: Provides same day delivery services for on-line orders in a number of metro ar-eas

EFR8.com: Online searches for available freight or trucks, (p) (904) 390-1328 or (877) 634-7874

Federal Express: Provides a distribution center optimization service including facility size and location

Federal Highway Administration: Provides major arterials (Interstate, US, State) for any com-munity in the country, (p) (202) 366-5059

Fulfillment Plus: Provider of turnkey e-commerce fulfillment

GCR & Associates, Inc: Airport information including location, operations, services, runway in-formation, airport inspection, and more

Georgia Institute of Technology. The Logistics Institute.

IProcure.com: Service connecting industrial buyers and suppliers.

Landing Sites by State, AirNav: Information about airports and landing sites, including location, operations, services, runaway information, fuel prices, airport inspection, and more

GoCargo.com: GoCargo.com, Inc. A worldwide ocean shipping exchange, (p) (212) 349-2400

Logistics & Supply Chain Management: University of Alaska, Anchorage. College of Business & Public Policy

Keystone Fulfillment: Third party fulfillment services by this subsidiary of Hanover Direct, (p) (800) 669-3535

MapInfo: provides Internet and desktop software, application development tools, mapping and business lists

MapQuest: By inserting an origin and destination address provides directions, driving time and a street map

Map Tech: 65,000 aerial photos and satellite images

National Industrial Transportation League: Furnishes international shipping related informa-tion by continent

Nationstreet.com: Third party service specializing in rapid delivery for both e and brick and mo-tor retailers, (p) (800) 737-8357

Navigation Data Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Data on waterbome commerce, port facilities, and locks,

NFI Interactive Logistics: Third party logistics specializing in large, cumbersome merchandize not normally handled by mail or parcel services, (p) (800) 304-3572

OAG Official Airline Guide, Reed Travel Group, (p) (630) 574-6000. Monthly publication of worldwide flight schedules

Official Railway Guide: Provides information on railroads including communities served (all of North America) by specific carriers. Published by Primedia

Pacific Institute for Research& Evaluation: formerly CSRI, truck routing maps

Railroads and States, Association of American Railroads, (p) (202) 639-2100

Rand McNally.com: Online maps including state and local highway, natural history, selected data by zip code, and driving directions, (p) (800) 333-0136

Rand McNally Standard Highway Mileage Guide, Rand McNally, (p) (847) 329-8100

Rural Airports Lists, 1999, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Sameday.com. Supplies inventory management and rapid delivery for web merchants in many metro areas, (p) (888) 472-6332 or (626) 435-8000

Shipper.com. Provides same day delivery of on-line retail goods in several cities

SmarTraveler. Provides directions, maps, and real time traffic information

The Official Railway Guide. Provides maps, key contact personnel, freight schedules, route pro-files, connections, station index and more for U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads. Updated six times a year, (p) (609) 371-7700

Yellow Freight. Services include software for performing least coast freight location analysis

Truck Route Optimization Software and Embraces Online Transportation Service

BestTransport.com: Neutral exchange for freight carriers and shippers

Bidfreight.com: Trucking and LTL exchange with freight management services, toll free (p) (800) 877-6699

Cargo-Web.com: Network for the global sea logistics industry,

CargoWerks.com: Air cargo exchange

CargoSphere.com: Global multimode exchange with a "name your price" type of format

CarrierPoint.com: An LTL and full truckload exchange, (p) (404) 920-0600,

CSRI.com: Geographical information systems, including software to map out truck routes and minimize delivery times

Eflatbed.com: Online marketplace dedicated to providing complete logistics services solely to flatbed motor carriers and shippers, (p) (412) 928-2788

Eraterequest.com: A global shipping and multimode exchange

FreightDesk-com: Online international transportation exchange, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Suite 1100, Bethesda, MD 20814, (p) (301) 215-9512

FreightGate.com: Global air and ocean exchange

Freight-on-line.com: Primarily ocean shipping. Users can negotiate directly with vessel operators

Global Freight Exchange (GF-X.com): A global air cargo exchange

Logistics.com: Digital Transportation Marketplace an independent exchange for shippers and car-riers. Logistics.com (QuoteShip.com) (p) (781) 229-1565

Librarv.com. Virtual reference center, maps,directions, distances.

Mapblast.com: Provides driving directions/maps, quality-of-life data, and amenities (e.g., hotels, restaurants, small package pickup/drop points, etc.).

National Transport Exchange (nte.com): Considered to be the market maker in this niche. NTE is for ground transportation in the US.

RightFreight.com: A global air-freight services exchange, (p) (877) 967-8989

Roadnet Technologies.com: Truck routing and scheduling software by this subsidiary of United Parcel Service, (p) (410) 847-1900

RouteMaster.com: Multimode exchange that automatically matches loads with available space, (p) (877) BLS-Free or (899) 257-3733.

Tranplace.com: Virtual transportation supermarket-merged logistics of six national motor carriers (e.g. Covenant, JB Hunt, Swift, US Xpress, Carriers, and Wemer Enterprises).

UPS .com: Complete logistics services including center of markets software

Verticalnet.com Aggregator of multiple portals whose purpose is to link buyers and providers of goods/services for purchasing/supply chain efficiencies

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