Martin Marietta Aggregates is committed to providing superior quality aggregates and outstanding customer service in an industry where price and location are important factors.

Aggregates products can be transported by truck, rail, barge and oceangoing vessel, with transportation costs varying depending on the mode of transport and distance hauled. A major trend in the aggregates industry is the increase in long-distance shipments by rail, barge and oceangoing vessel. In 1994, approximately 93% of Martin Marietta's shipments were by truck and 7% by rail. In 2001, truck shipments were 77%, rail shipments were 15% and water shipments accounted for 8%.

Aggregates producers shipping by truck rarely ship more than 25 to 50 miles. However, through the Company's combination of quarries in the Caribbean, Canada, and along the Ohio and Mississippi River systems, Martin Marietta Aggregates is capable of economically shipping over 1,500 miles to customers with access to rivers and seaports

Truck Seventy-seven percent of shipments are by truck. Rail The acquisition of the Meridian Aggregates Company, early in 2001, significantly enhanced Martin Marietta Materials' rail distribution network west of the Mississippi. Barge and Oceangoing Vessel Martin Marietta Materials ships aggregates by barge along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and by oceangoing vessel from our Bahamas and Nova Scotia operations to the Eastern and Gulf Seaboards.