EMPIRE TRUCK LINES

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EMPIRE TRUCK LINES

• Corporate Information,
• Operations Highlights

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Corporate Information

• Established 1975 in Houston, Texas
• Sharan Rex Acker, owners, 30 years
• Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise
• Contract Irregular Route Common Carrier,
  Truckload
• Certificated for 48-state service
• Specialized Niche Service carrier
• Intermodal (rail and ocean) and Dry Van services
• 7 terminals in 4 states
• 330 /- drivers and power units currently

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Corporate Information

• 740 owned dry van trailers
• Daily care and custody of over 1500 ocean and
  rail containers for our customers and partners
  operations
• Fully EDI capable for any standard sets
• Custom reports tailored to suit client needs
• 20 years experience in import/export and North
  American cross-border services

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Corporate Information

• 2006 gross annual revenue of 46,806,037
• Annual miles driven (2006) 29,549,745
• Annual miles driven (2007) 31,231,750
• Accident ratio .48 per million miles
• national average is 1.45 per million miles
• 2008 Dot Carrier Rating Satisfactory
• U S Customs Bonded carrier

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Corporate Information

• Dot certified hazmat carrier
• CDL hazmat certified drivers available
• Empire Logistics Services, LLC.
• Logistics Services available from our
• associated logistics firm.
• Additional details and information can be found
  on our website at www.emtl.com

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Operations Highlights

• Empire Truck Lines operates 7 full service
  terminals in 4 states that offer the following
  services
• 1. Commercial zone drayage, including
• drayage to/from 2nd tier suppliers
  
• 2. OTR service into/from every location
• 3. International service
• 4. Intermodal service (rail and ocean)
• 5. Domestic dry van service

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Operations HighlightsTerminal Locations

• Headquarters in Houston, Texas
• Laredo, TX.
• Memphis, TN.
• Baton Rouge, LA.
• Laredo site has Nextel
• radio service to Mexico

• Irving, TX.
• (South) Dallas, TX.
• El Paso, TX.
• Tulsa, OK.
• All locations accessible
• by phone, fax, e-mail,
• and radio

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Operations Highlights

• Asset based carrier with holdings in terminals,
  trailers, and properties.
• Irving facility is former BNSF rail ramp- with 15
  acres all-weather surfaced area
• Empire San Antonio terminal is integral to Empire
  Land Development facility. Empire Land Company
  holds 25 developed acres available for future
  use/re-development as needed by Empire and our
  clients.

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Operations Highlights

• Houston has transfer capabilities and covers 43
  acres currently
• Houston, and Laredo have yard mules for in-yard
  movements
• Houston currently has empty container
  mount/dismount capability
• Laredo has warehousing and transfer capabilities

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Operations Highlights

• Empire Truck Lines has extensive experience in
  cross-border service, import/export moves, and
  maquila operations some examples are
• El Paso Legos, Philips, Ryder, automotive
  trade
• McAllen L.G. Elec., Panasonic, Home Depot,
  Celanese, Mervis, Aloe Vera, Azteca
• Brownsville Dow, Exxon/Mobil, Maytag
• Laredo Cummins, Dow, Exxon, Infra, Kohler,
  Electrolux, Vitromex, Philips Lighting, Ryder,
  CCM/Heinekin, automotive trade
• Laredo and El Paso are Mexico gateways and serve
  the interior of Mexico with associate carriers

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Operations Highlights

• Programs
• Transload, crossdock, and consolidation
  CCM/Heineken, Menlo/Electrolux, Vitro, Topo
  Chico, Nissan (all carriers, all points)
  (available in Houston and Laredo only at this
  time)
• Load planning servicesairbag, sequencing, load
  diagramming
• Overweight management
• Drayage for 2nd tier supplierslocal drayage in
  all locations

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Operations Highlights

• Empire is an award-winning carrier, having
  received numerous service awards from Dupont, J.
  B. Hunt Logistics, Transplace, as well as 3
  consecutive years as Regional Carrier of the Year
  for Ryder.
• Empire has moved over 50,000 loads for Home Depot
  and Lowes,and received Lowes Gold on-time
  service award for 2008.
• Empire moves over 5,000 loads of beer for
  Anheuser Busch each yeare are a major regional
  carrier for Heineken/CCM moving over 3,000 loads
  each year for Mexican import (transloaded) beer
  and 1,500 loads for INBEV European import
  (containerized) beer for U.S. sales.

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Operations Highlights

• Empire has ramp service agreements with US and
  Mexican railroads and provides ramp services on a
  daily basis in the following locations San
  Antonio, Laredo, Houston, Dallas, Nashville , and
  Memphis.
• Empire is in the vanguard of carriers with ramp
  relations with the new KSC de Mexico ramp in
  Rosenberg with rail service to the Pacific trade
  routes through the Mexican port of Lazaro
  Cardenas.

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Operations Highlights

• Empire provides complete drayage services
• Port, ramp, local, and line-haulchassis
  available
• Maintenance and repair services (mobile service
  available in Laredo, Dallas, and Houston)
• EDI gate activity reports of all types, daily
• Lightweight truck program designed for Dow
  imports, but now used by many major steamship
  lines and many overseas importers where cargo
  weight is excessive

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Operations Highlights

• Tracking and EDI
• All standard EDI sets are available
• Complete system control through internal unit
  tracking with our in-house computer system
• We have computer access to worldwide tracking on
  the Mitsui Marine system with customer-requested
  cooperation from other ocean carriers, we can
  track specific containers as gate activities are
  reported through port facilities.

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Operations Highlights

• With Car Location Messaging, we have the ability
  to trace specific containers, by number, while on
  the rail
• Our current computer system tracks and manages
  individual containers for
• Free days allowed (standard or stated)
• Rail demurrage (last free day and any accrued
  demurrage)
• Per diem (start date, number of days, accrued
  charges)

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Empire Truck Lines

• Thank you for your interest in our company and
  the opportunity to make this initial presentation
  of our company and the services we have to offer
  for your transportation needs.
• We look forward to expanding this initial
  information offering in detailed sessions with
  you in the near future.
• Please contact any of our Empire Team members for
  additional assistance or data.

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Empire Truck Lines

• EMPIRE CONTACT TEAM
• Jim Jeter-800-929-7402 Ext 137
  jim_jeter_at_emtl.com
• General Manager
• James Acker800-929-5283 Ext 19
  james_acker_at_emtl.com
• Vice President of Business
  Development
• Jake Guarino-800-929-7402 Ext 126
  jake_guarino_at_emtl.com
• Executive Vice-President
• Chester Loth-800-929-7402 Ext 193
  chester_loth_at_emtl.com
• Vice President of Operations
• Jaime Villarreal-800-929-7402 Ext 180
  jaime_villarreal_at_emtl.com
• Director of Sales / Marketing
• Please visit us at our website (www.emtl.com)