Smithway Motor Xpress Corp. - SMXC- Profile

Smithway Motor Xpress Corp.. The Group's principal activity is to provide nationwide transportation of diversified freight, concentrating primarily in flatbed operations. It operates over short-to-medium traffic routes, serving shippers located predominantly between the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Appalachian Mountains in the East and in eight Canadian provinces. It uses its Smithway Network of computer-connected field offices, commission agencies and Group-owned terminals to provide its services. It operates on-board communication units in all its owned tractors and offer rental of these units as an option to our independent contractors. It also offers its customers electronic data interchange computer link or the Internet and with the aid of satellite communication, obtain location updates of in-transit freight, expected delivery times and account payment instructions. Provides nationwide transportation of diversified freight, concentrating primarily in flatbed operations