Watkins & Shepard Trucking offers less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight hauling throughout the US from about 20 terminals, mainly west of the Rockies. (LTL carriers consolidate cargo from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) The company's fleet consists of about 630 tractors and 1,600 trailers. Standard dry vans account for the majority of the company's trailers; Watkins & Shepard also uses flatbed trailers. In addition, the company arranges intermodal transportation, which involves hauling freight by multiple methods, such as road and rail. CEO Ray Kuntz and president Steve Williamson own Watkins & Shepard, which was founded in 1974 as Stan Watkins Trucking.

Watco Companies, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Dick Webb, and is led by his son, Rick. Watco's world of railcar services is a wide one. Watco Companies operates 20 short-line railroads, primarily in the midwestern and southern US but also in the Pacific Northwest and in Appalachia. In addition, Watco offers industrial contract switching services, in which the company operates some two dozen railcar switching facilities located on the sites of manufacturers and other companies that ship freight by rail. Watco also leases and repairs railcars, locomotives, and other equipment; provides warehousing and distribution services, including temperature-controlled storage; and offers transloading of cargo between trucks and trains.

Leveraging a fleet of more than 600 tractors and 1,900 trailers, USF Glen Moore provides truckload transportation of freight throughout the US. The company offers national service as well as regional freight hauling; its regional fleets are based in the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and West. Its primary bases are in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with standard for-hire hauling, USF Glen Moore's offerings include teams of drivers (for faster service) and dedicated fleet services, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. Founded in 1986, the company operates as the sole truckload business within YRC Truckload, a business segment of YRC Worldwide.

The unit was established in 1982. COSCO Americas, Inc. (CAI) represents the interests of its parent, marine transportation giant China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, known as COSCO, in North and South America. In addition to serving as a shipping agent, CAI provides services related to sales, fuel supply, and technical consulting, as well as inland transportation of freight -- in other words, whatever is necessary to facilitate the movement of containerized and bulk cargo by the parent company. Overall, CAI operates from about 80 offices in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and the US.

This New Penn is a regional, less-than-truckload (LTL) freight carrier that operates in the northeastern US. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Next-day deliveries in the New England and mid-Atlantic regions make up the bulk of New Penn Motor Express' shipments; the company also offers service in Canada and in Puerto Rico. It operates a fleet of about 850 tractors and 1,700 trailers from a network of more than 20 terminals. Connections with other carriers, including sister companies in the YRC Regional Transportation family, enable New Penn to provide coast-to-coast service in the US and Canada.

Moran Towing Corporation was founded in 1860. Moran Towing won't rescue your stalled car, but the company will help ensure that your ship comes in. Moran Towing's fleet of tugboats helps ships get in and out of docks at more than a dozen ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts. Handling ships that carry liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a company specialty. Moran Towing charters its tugboats to customers through long-term contracts and on a spot basis. Moran Towing Corporation also provides barge transportation of petroleum products and dry bulk cargo and assists with ocean-based construction projects. Overall, the Moran Towing fleet includes about 100 tugboats and 30 barges.

Pilot Air Freight from the swift transport of your goods to their destination. With about 75 offices in the US and Canada and a network of agents around the world, the company, which does business as Pilot Freight Services, is the largest privately held US freight forwarder. It offers a variety of freight transportation options, including next-day, priority, and economy services, to domestic, retail, and military customers. As a freight forwarder, Pilot buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to shippers. In addition, the company offers logistics services, including warehousing and distribution. Chairman Richard G. Phillips owns the company.

Euroseas Ltd., together with and subsidiaries, provides ocean-going transportation services worldwide. Euroseas Ltd. company owns and operates dry bulk carriers that transport bulks, such as iron ore, coal, and grains, as well as minor bulks, which include bauxite, phosphate, and fertilizers. It also owns and operates containerships and multipurpose vessels that transport dry and refrigerated containerized cargoes, including manufactured products and perishables. As of May 15, 2010, the company’s fleet consisted of five drybulk carriers, comprised of four Panamax and one Handymax drybulk carriers; nine containerships; and one multipurpose vessel. Its drybulk carriers had a total cargo carrying capacity of 331,308 deadweight tons (dwt); and containerships had a total cargo carrying capacity of 243,994 dwt and 15,779 twenty-foot equivalent units (teu), as well as multipurpose vessel could carry 22,568 dwt and/or 950 teu. Euroseas Ltd. company was founded in 2005 and is based in Maroussi, Greece.

StealthGas Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership of a fleet of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers that provide international seaborne transportation services to LPG producers and users in Greece and internationally. It carries various petroleum and petrochemical gas products in liquefied form, including propane, butane, butadiene, isopropane, propylene, and vinyl chloride monomer, which are byproducts in the production of crude oil and natural gas. The company offers its services to producers of LPG products, such as national and other independent energy companies and energy traders; and industrial users of those products. It also charters product carriers that carry refined petroleum products comprising gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals. As of June 15, 2009, StealthGas had a fleet of 39 LPG carriers with a carrying capacity of 173,499 cubic meters, as well as 2 product carriers with a capacity of 94,000 deadweight tones. StealthGas Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Kifisia, Greece.

Dynamex knows the dynamics of same-day delivery. Dynamex company provides both scheduled and on-demand delivery of time-sensitive items such as medical supplies, financial documents, and office products. It has built its delivery services around a network of ground couriers that focus on intracity deliveries. Most of its drivers are independent contractors; it uses third-party air and ground carriers to fulfill same-day intercity services. Dynamex also supports customers in outsourcing certain logistics functions, including management of dedicated vehicle fleets and facilities -- such as mailrooms and inventory-tracking call centers. In 2010 the company agreed to be acquired by affiliates of Greenbriar Equity.

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