Marina Cartage

What Marina Cartage does

Marina Cartage Inc is a privately held, family-owned trucking and logistics company headquartered at 4450 South Morgan Street, Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1959. The company operates a fleet of more than 225 company-owned vehicles, including over 200 late-model tractors and 100+ dump trucks, supported by a 10-acre main facility with a 25,000 sq.ft. warehouse and enclosed 52-bay dock, plus more than 100 acres of off-site storage in the Chicago metropolitan area. Its core service lines are intermodal trucking (TOFC/COFC operations), U.S. Customs Bonded Carrier drayage, specialized chassis equipment rental, container chassis and trailer storage, special and municipal waste hauling, and a construction division providing dump trucks and CAT heavy equipment for site preparation and street resurfacing.

The company operates under an 11-state common bonded carrier authority and is an EPA SmartWay Certified partner since 2004, with all vehicles radio dispatched for real-time shipment tracking. Its primary customer relationship is as the lead hauler for Waste Management in the Chicagoland area, transporting municipal solid waste from transfer stations to landfills in Illinois and Indiana. Additional revenue is generated from construction firms requiring dump trucks and heavy equipment and from shippers needing intermodal container transport, bonded cargo movement, and chassis equipment ranging from 20- to 53-foot configurations.

Revenue is generated on a transaction-fee, quote-based model with customers contacting the company directly through department-specific phone and email channels for dump truck, waste hauling, and construction equipment services. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no subscription, recurring contract, or technology-licensing revenue streams are indicated. Marketing is conducted primarily through the company website and industry reputation accumulated over more than six decades, supplemented by memberships in regional and national trucking and intermodal associations.

Name

Marina Cartage

Legal name

Marina Cartage Inc

Website

https://marinacartage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Marina Cartage is a privately held, family-owned Chicago-based trucking and logistics company founded in 1959, operating 225+ trucks across intermodal transport, waste hauling, construction equipment, customs bonded drayage, and container storage services across an 11-state Midwest footprint.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Transportation Services

NAICS

General Warehousing and Storage (49311), Marine Cargo Handling (48832)

SIC

Trucking (No Local) (4213), Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Terminal Cargo Handling & Yard Operations (Receiving, Staging, Delivery) (TLAHALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Automotive Storage & Yard Management (Compound Operations, Inventory Control) (TLAHACAC)

Keywords

• Intermodal trucking services
• Waste hauling services
• Customs bonded drayage
• Construction equipment hauling
• Container storage services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Transportation and Hauling Services: Fee-based transportation and hauling services for waste, intermodal cargo, and construction materials. Revenue generated through per-load or contract-based hauling arrangements with customers including Waste Management and construction companies.
2. Storage Services: Container and chassis storage services at the 10-acre lot facility and 100+ acres of off-site storage. Warehouse facilities with 25,000 sq.ft. of space and 52-bay enclosed dock for transloading and short/long-term storage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Marina Cartage is a Chicago-based transportation and logistics company founded in 1959, providing intermodal trucking, U.S. Customs Bonded carrier services, container storage, waste hauling, and construction hauling (dump trucks and heavy equipment). The company operates a fleet of 225+ company-owned trucks with 11-state operating authority and SmartWay certification.

Product overview

Marina Cartage is a trucking and logistics company offering a portfolio of integrated transportation services. The core offerings include intermodal trucking (TOFC/COFC operations), U.S. Customs Bonded carrier services, specialized chassis equipment, storage solutions, waste hauling (including special waste and hazardous materials), and a construction division with dump trucks and heavy equipment. The company operates a fleet of over 225 company-owned trucks and maintains extensive storage facilities across the Chicago metropolitan area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intermodal Trucking
• U.S. Customs Bonded Carrier Services
• Specialized Chassis Equipment
• Storage Services
• Waste Hauling
• Construction Division

Quantifiable outcome

• Radio dispatched fleet enables real-time shipment tracking and quickest, most efficient service routing
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Waste ManagementcoreOthersMarina Cartage is the primary hauler for Waste Management in the Chicagoland area, handling municipal solid waste transport from transfer stations to landfills in Illinois and Indiana.
• Uniform Intermodal Interchange Agreement (UIIA)minorOthersIndustry association providing standardized interchange agreements for intermodal equipment. Marina Cartage participates as a member carrier.
• Chicago Regional Trucking AssociationminorOthersRegional trucking industry association providing advocacy and networking for member carriers in the Chicago area.
• South Loop Chamber of CommerceminorOthersLocal chamber of commerce providing business networking and community connections for businesses in Chicago's South Loop area.
• Chicagoland Chamber of CommerceminorOthersRegional chamber of commerce representing the broader Chicagoland business community, providing advocacy and networking opportunities.
• Intermodal Association of ChicagominorOthersSpecialized industry association focused on intermodal transportation, providing advocacy and best practices for Chicago-area intermodal operations.
• American Trucking AssociationminorOthersNational trucking industry association providing advocacy, standards development, and industry representation for member carriers.
• SmartWay (EPA)coreOthersEPA SmartWay program - Marina Cartage is a certified SmartWay partner, demonstrating commitment to fuel efficiency and environmental responsibility through EPA-verified sustainability practices.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• IMC Companies: Chassis management and intermodal services provider. Closely comparable as both an intermodal drayage carrier and a chassis/inventory-management operator with significant terminal-yard exposure.
• Cowan Systems: Mid-Atlantic and Midwest asset-based intermodal, dedicated, and trucking operator. Similar asset-heavy model running company-owned tractors on intermodal lanes with comparable customer profiles.
• STG Logistics: Intermodal drayage and container logistics provider with a strong Midwest presence. Closely comparable on intermodal container moves, chassis operations, and customs-bonded drayage serving Chicago railyard and port flows.
• NFI Industries: Family-owned multi-mode carrier with dedicated, intermodal, and warehousing operations. Closely comparable as a family-controlled, asset-heavy operator with intermodal drayage and dedicated trucking - similar ownership and operating profile to Marina.
• Dupre Logistics: Specialized hauling provider for industrial gases, chemicals, and environmental waste. Directly comparable on the specialized waste-hauling and hazardous-materials transportation lines that parallel Marina's waste franchise with Waste Management.
• Pacer Cartage: Illinois-based intermodal cartage and drayage provider. Directly comparable as a Midwest operator running similar intermodal, custom-bonded, and chassis-based services for the same Chicago-area customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Hub Group: Oak Brook, IL-based intermodal transportation and logistics provider (NASDAQ: HUBG). Operates intermodal drayage, truck brokerage, and dedicated services overlapping with Marina's intermodal drayage and container storage, but at significantly larger scale across North America.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Major multi-mode carrier (NASDAQ: JBHT) operating one of the largest US intermodal networks. Overlaps with Marina on intermodal drayage and dedicated capacity, but operates at national scale rather than a regional Chicago footprint.
• Schneider National: Green Bay, WI-headquartered multi-mode carrier (NYSE: SNDR) operating intermodal, truckload, and logistics. Comparable on intermodal drayage scale and corporate/enterprise customer overlap but vastly larger and geographically broader.
• Universal Logistics Holdings: Multi-mode transportation provider (NASDAQ: ULH) with intermodal, trucking, and dedicated operations. Comparable services to Marina's intermodal drayage and storage activities, at meaningfully larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/marina-cartage-inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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