Category: Transportation & Shipping
Transportation & Shipping market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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Used Car Dealers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell a variety of used vehicles including passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, and passenger and cargo vans. Major companies include CarMax, Car-Mart, and DriveTime (all based in the US), as well as Cargiant (the UK), Nextage (J ... Read More
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Transportation Services Sector
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are primarily engaged in providing transportation services, including air transportation of passengers and freight; support activities to transportation; mail services under a universal service obligation; and air, surface, or ... Read More
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Less-Than-Truckload Carriers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide long-distance, general freight delivery of less-than-truckload shipments. Major companies include US-based ArcBest, FedEx Freight, Old Dominion Freight Line, XPO Logistics; as well as DHL Freight (Germany) and TFI Inter ... Read More
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Car Washes
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide cleaning, washing, and waxing services for cars, trucks, vans, and trailers. Major companies include Autobell Car Wash, Mister Car Wash, and Zips Car Wash (all based in the US), along with Mr Wash Car Wash (Germany) and ... Read More
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Automotive Body, Paint, Interior & Glass Repair
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are primarily engaged in providing automotive body, paint, interior, and glass repair and replacement services for passenger cars and light trucks. Major companies include Maaco, Pittsburgh Glass Works, Safelite Group (a subsid ... Read More
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Boat Building
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture boats intended primarily for consumers' personal use, including inboard and outboard motor boats, sailboats, rowboats, yachts, and rubber and plastic inflatable boats. Major US companies include Brunswick, Malib ... Read More
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Manufacturing Sector
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture a wide variety of goods; major product groups include food and beverage, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, and computers and electronics. Major companies include Boeing, Caterpillar, DuPont, Ford, GE, ... Read More
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Shipbuilding & Repairing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry build and repair barges, cargo ships, naval vessels, and passenger ships, as well as platforms used for oil and gas drilling and production. Major companies include the shipbuilding division of General Dynamics and Huntington I ... Read More
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Parking Lots & Garages
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide parking space for motor vehicles. Major companies include ABM, Ace Parking, Diamond Parking, Lanier Parking, SP Plus, and TPS Parking (all based in the US), along with Impark (Canada), Indigo (France), Park24 (Japan), a ... Read More
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Search, Detection, Navigation & Guidance System Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make products such as aircraft instruments, flight recorders, navigational instruments, and radar and sonar systems. Major companies include FLIR and divisions of defense contractors such as Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrop G ... Read More
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Port, Harbor & Marine Terminal Management
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate ports and harbors and provide water transportation support services, including cargo handling and vessel navigation. Major companies include APM Terminals (Netherlands), COSCO Shipping Ports (China), DP World (United Ar ... Read More
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Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture material handling machinery and equipment, including forklifts, conveyors, elevators and escalators, and overhead cranes and hoists. Major companies include Honeywell Intelligrated, Hyster-Yale, Otis Elevator, and T ... Read More
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Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture transportation equipment, including motor vehicles and parts, aircraft and other aerospace products, ships and boats, and railroad rolling stock. Major companies include US-based Boeing, Ford, and General Motors, as ... Read More
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Commuter Rail Systems
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate local and suburban commuter rail systems. Major companies include China Railway, MTR Corporation, Metropolitan Transport Authority, SNCF, Tokyo Metro, and VR Group. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is driven by population g ... Read More
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Truckload Carriers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide long-distance transportation by truck of general freight, in which freight from a single shipper makes up a truckload. Major companies include JB Hunt, Schneider National, Swift Transportation, and Werner Enterprises (a ... Read More
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Bus Transportation Services
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry transport passengers by bus. Major companies include First Student, Greyhound, and Transdev (all are US-based divisions of FirstGroup); as well as Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport (India); ComfortDelGro (Singapore); FirstGro ... Read More
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Tire Dealers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate physical retail establishments that sell new and used tires; some also provide automotive repair services. Major companies include Discount Tire, TBC Corporation, Monro Muffler Brake, Les Schwab Tire Centers and retail ... Read More
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Inland Water Freight Transportation
Inland Water Freight Transportation Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide inland water transportation of cargo on US lakes, rivers, or intracoastal waterways. Major companies include independents, such as American Commercial Barge Line, Ingram Barge, and Ki ... Read More
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Railroads
Railroads Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry transport freight and passengers by rail. Major companies include Amtrak, BNSF Railway, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific (all based in the US), along with Deutsche Bahn (Germany), East Japan Railway (Japan), R ... Read More
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Aerospace Products & Parts Manufacturing
Aerospace Products & Parts Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry develop and manufacture aircraft, aircraft components, and missiles and space vehicles. Major companies include US-based Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rayt ... Read More
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Automotive Parts & Accessories Stores
Automotive Parts & Accessories Stores Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate physical retail establishments that sell new, used, and/or repaired automobile parts and accessories, as well as repair and install automotive accessories. Major companies include A ... Read More
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Information & Records Management Services
Information & Records Management Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry store an organization's physical documents and provide related services. Major companies include Exela Technologies, and Iron Mountain (all based in the US); Restore Digital and Wil ... Read More
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Motorcycle Manufacturing
Motorcycle Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture motorcycles, mopeds, and motor scooters. Major companies include Jiangmen Dachangjiang Group, Lifan Industry (Group), Loncin Motor, and Zongshen Industrial Group (all based in China); BMW (G ... Read More
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Truck & Bus Manufacturing
Truck & Bus Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacturing heavy duty trucks including companies that manufacture and assemble heavy duty vehicles and buses. Major companies include International and PACCAR (both based in the US), along with Dong ... Read More
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Aircraft Engine & Parts Manufacturing
Aircraft Engine & Parts Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture aircraft engines and engine parts; as well as fuselage, propeller and rotor, landing gear, electric and hydraulic control, and avionics systems. Major companies include GE Aeros ... Read More
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