No need to ask why, YRC Regional Transportation knows your delivery needs. The operation is a leading less-than-truckload (LTL) freight hauler comprised of three companies: USF Holland, USF Reddaway, and New Penn Motor Express. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) YRC Regional Transportation companies provide next-day local area delivery and second-day services, hazardous materials handling, and cross-border delivery services between the US and Canada, as well as Mexico and Puerto Rico. As a primary reporting segment of LTL carrier giant YRC Worldwide, the operation maintains a fleet of some 6,655 tractors and 14,600 trailers through a network of 130 service centers.

Part of a diversified collection of transportation businesses, Sodrel Truck Lines provides truckload freight hauling services, primarily in the midwestern US. Its services include truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), and hazardous materials haulage. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Sodrel Truck Lines' fleet includes more than 300 tractors and 500 trailers. Customers have included the United States Postal Service, the US Department of Defense, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The company also offers warehousing and distribution services. Multiple generations of the Sodrel family have owned Sodrel Truck Lines, which was founded in 1929.

Providence and Worcester Railroad Company operates as an interstate freight carrier with regional railroad operating in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. Providence and Worcester Railroad company transports various commodities, including automobiles, construction aggregates, iron and steel products, chemicals, lumber, scrap metals, plastic resins, cement, coal, construction and demolition debris, and processed foods, as well as edible foodstuffs, such as corn syrup and vegetable oils. As of December 31, 2009, its rail freight system comprised approximately 516 miles of track. The company also services a double-stack intermodal terminal facility in New England in Worcester, Massachusetts. In addition, it engages in the sale of properties, granting of easements, and licensing and leasing of land and tracks. Providence and Worcester Railroad company was founded in 1969 and is based in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Tidewater Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides offshore supply vessels and marine support services to the offshore energy industry through the operation of fleet of offshore marine service vessels. It offers services to support various phases of offshore exploration, development, and production, including towing of and anchor handling of mobile drilling rigs and equipment; transporting supplies and personnel; and assisting in offshore construction activities. The company’s marine vessel fleet include platform supply vessels, and anchor handling towing supply vessels used for transporting supplies and equipment from shore bases to deepwater and intermediate water depth offshore drilling rigs, platforms, and other installations; towing-supply and supply vessels used for transportation in intermediate and shallow waters; and crewboats and utility vessels for transporting personnel and supplies from shore bases to offshore drilling rigs, platforms, and other installations. It also operates offshore tugs used for towing floating drilling rigs; assisting in the docking of tankers; towing barges; assisting in pipe laying, cable laying, and construction barges; and commercial towing operations, including towing barges carrying various bulk cargoes and containerized cargo. In addition, the company’s vessels include inshore tugs; and production, line-handling, and various other special purpose vessels. Further, it operates two shipyards in Houma, Louisiana, which construct, modify, and repair vessels. As of March 31, 2009, the company had approximately 430 vessels, including 10 vessels operated through joint ventures, 61 vessels stacked, and 11 vessels withdrawn from service. It has operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the Persian Gulf, and areas offshore Australia, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Trinidad, Venezuela, and West Africa. Tidewater Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tobu Railway was founded in 1897. Tobu Railway boasts the second-longest track network -- more than 460 kilometers (285 miles) -- of any passenger railroad in the Kanto region of Japan, which includes the Tokyo metropolitan area. (East Japan Railway has a larger network.) Although the company's railway passenger and freight transportation divisions make up the company's namesake business, Tobu Railway operates three other divisions: distribution, leisure, and real estate. The distribution division operates department and convenience stores.

Roadrunner Transportation Services Holdings (RRTS) has more than one way to run your cargo down the road. The company specializes in less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation, which involves combining freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload. In addition, it arranges the transportation of truckload freight and provides logistics services. RRTS operates throughout the US from a network of about 20 terminals. Rather than owning trucks and trailers itself, the company relies on a network of independent contractors and on purchased transportation capacity. Investment firm Thayer | Hidden Creek owns a controlling stake in RRTS and plans to take the company public.

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.

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited is one of the world’s leading owners and operators of modern handysize and handymax dry bulk vessels and a global provider of diversified shipping services. Our modern handysize and handymax dry bulk vessels operate a large, uniform fleet of geared bulk carriers with sizes ranging from 25,000 to 60,000 deadweight tonnes. The Company is listed and headquartered in Hong Kong, and operates in three main maritime segments under the banners of Pacific Basin Dry Bulk, PB Energy & Infrastructure Services, and PB RoRo. Our fleet (including newbuildings on order) comprises over 170 vessels directly servicing blue chip industrial customers. With over 1,700 seafarers and 360 shore-based staff in 21 offices in key locations around the world, Pacific Basin provides a comprehensive quality service to its customers.

Air Atlantique Group provides travelers with a glimpse of the past, but they do not deal in time travel. Utilizing a fleet of vintage aircraft, the Air Atlantique Group provides a variety of flight services, including charter passenger and charter freight services, aircraft maintenance and repair, and training. It also provides aircraft for specialty reconnaissance flights, such as aerial surveillance and photography and marine-pollution monitoring. Among its charter services is the provision of classic aircraft for nostalgic flights. The company also charters its aircraft for use in television and movie productions.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises hopes customers find it x-ceptional. The company's truckload transportation units, led by flagship U.S. Xpress, provide medium- to long-haul service throughout North America, as well as regional service in the midwestern, southeastern, and western US. It also offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term, and expedited freight hauling. Subsidiary Xpress Global Systems provides less-than-truckload freight hauling, warehousing, and distribution services. Overall, the company's fleet includes about 8,300 trucks and 23,000 trailers. Co-chairmen and co-founders Patrick Quinn and Max Fuller own the company.

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