Trucking serves every community in Maryland.  More than 12,000 Maryland companies have motor carriers registered, operating a fleet of 27,000 commercial vehicles and transporting nearly 76 million tons of freight each year.  Approximately 90 percent of all goods moved in Maryland move by truck, as do 75 percent of goods moving through the Port of Baltimore , located within minutes of I-95.  Trucks play an important role in local drayage for shipments ultimately moved by rail.

In the Washington-Baltimore area alone, there are 250 trucking companies and 100 trucking terminals.  From central Maryland, businesses are within overnight reach of one-third of the nation's population (95 million consumers) and industrial base.  In addition to the usual dry freight carriers, specialized carriers are readily available, such as structural steel, heavy machinery, commodities in bulk (both liquid and dry), and refrigerated or other temperature-controlled cargoes.

Comparative Truck Distances
Baltimore - The Shortest Distance to the Interior U.S.

	To Baltimore		To Philadelphia		To New York		To Norfolk
From	Miles	Km.	Miles	Km.	Miles	Km.	Miles	Km.
Pittsburgh	224	360	292	470	386	621	390	627
Parkersburg	314	505	397	639	497	800	424	682
Cleveland	350	563	418	673	475	764	513	826
Columbus	391	629	460	740	551	887	535	861
Cincinnati	497	800	566	911	657	1,057	598	962
Detroit	503	809	571	919	631	1,015	665	1,070
Indianapolis	561	903	630	1,014	721	1,160	699	1,125
Louisville	598	962	667	1,073	758	1,220	641	1,032
Chicago	673	1,083	741	1,192	801	1,289	835	1,344
Milwaukee	759	1,221	827	1,331	887	1,427	921	1,482
St. Louis	795	1,279	864	1,390	955	1,537	900	1,448
Des Moines	990	1,593	1,058	1,703	1,118	1,799	1,150	1,851
Minneapolis	1,063	1,711	1,131	1,820	1,191	1,917	1,225	1,971