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Universal Truckload Services, Inc. is primarily non-asset based provider of transportation services to shippers throughout the United States and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The Company’s over-the-road trucking services include both flatbed and dry van operations and it provides rail-truck and steamship-truck intermodal support services. The Company also offers truck brokerage services, which allow it to supplement its capacity and provide its customers with transportation of freight not handled by its owner-operators. The Company primarily operates through a contractor network of agents and owner-operators who provide it with approximately 3,600 tractors and approximately 2,900 trailers. At December 31, 2007, the Company had approximately 770 agents. The Company broadly groups its services into three categories: truckload services, brokerage services and intermodal support services.(Source: 10-K)