As far as bulk carriers go, Quality Distribution (QDI) is the bulkiest: It's the largest tank truck operator in North America. Its main subsidiary, Quality Carriers (QCI), transports bulk chemical products in the US, Canada, and Mexico. The company's fleet consists of about 2,800 tractors and 6,400 tank trailers. Major customers include Dow Chemical, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, and PPG Industries. QDI also provides dry bulk hauling, transloading, tank cleaning, intermodal transport, container and depot services, and logistics services through its subsidiaries Quality Transload & Terminals and Boasso America. Affiliates of investment firm Apollo Advisors hold more than 50% of the company.

General Steamship Agencies, Inc. is an acknowledged industry leader in providing ship agency services in North America. With roots in San Francisco, California dating back to 1920, our tramp agency network has staffed offices that span the entire continent. Our years of dedicated service to ship owners, charterers, shippers and receivers have prepared us well to take on future challenges. Our domestic and worldwide customer base consists of principals who nominate and appoint us on vessels of all types and sizes and which carry just about every commodity presently being imported to and exported from North America. We also regularly handle drydockings and military vessels. Our cruise divisions service passenger vessels on all US coasts and up into Canada and Alaska. Whether you require full or protective agency services, the experienced team at General Steamship Agencies, Inc. stands ready to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

GTS Transportation provides dry van and flatbed truckload freight transportation. In addition to for-hire freight hauling,GTS Transportation company offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. Other GTS units include Aero Bulk, which transports pressurized gases and liquid chemicals, LCT Transportation Services, which handles temperature-controlled freight, and Freight Brokers of America. Collectively, GTS' transportation businesses operate about 1,150 tractors and 2,830 trailers. GTS Transportation was created in 2009 to distance itself from Gainey Corporation, its former business that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 2008.

Bulk hauler Bulkmatic Transport moves everything from chemicals to flour to petroleum to plastics throughout the US and in Canada and Mexico. Bulkmatic Transport company operates a fleet of about 600 tractors from some 35 terminals, primarily in the eastern half of the US. In addition to trucking, Bulkmatic Transport company provides transloading services -- moving cargo between truck trailers and railcars. It also operates warehouses in the US and Mexico. Bulkmatic was founded in 1965.

Gulfstream International Group was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Gulfstream International Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a scheduled airline; and a flight training academy for licensed commercial pilots, as well as provides scheduled and on-demand charter services. It provides flight training services for pilots holding commercial, multi-engine and instrument certifications; and offers frequent charter flights within its geographic operating region, including licensed flights to Cuba. The company operates approximately 147 scheduled flights per day, serving 9 destinations in Florida, 10 destinations in the Bahamas, and 5 destinations from continental airline’s Cleveland hub to cities in Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia under the department of transportation’s essential air service program. As of December 31, 2009, Gulfstream International Group operated a fleet of 23 Beechcraft ‘1900 Turboprop’ passenger aircraft. It operates under a principal code share and alliance agreement with Continental Airlines, as well as has code share agreements with United and Copa Airlines of Panama.

Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation services internationally. Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited company offers marine transportation services for national and independent oil companies and refiners under long, medium, and short-term charters. As of March 31, 2010, it operated a fleet of 46 double-hull tankers, including 3 VLCC tankers, 9 suezmax tankers, 12 aframax tankers, 7 panamax tankers, 6 handymax tankers, 8 handysize tankers, and 1 LNG carrier. Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited company was formerly known as MIF Limited and changed its name to Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited in July 2001. Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited was founded in 1993 and is based in Athens, Greece.

Horizon Lines, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides container shipping and integrated logistics services. It ships a range of consumer and industrial items, such as refrigerated and non-refrigerated foodstuffs, household goods, auto parts, building materials, and other materials used in manufacturing. The company offers container shipping services to ports within the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Micronesia. Its integrated logistics services comprise rail, truck brokerage, warehousing, distribution, expedited logistics, and non-vessel operating common carrier operations. Horizon Lines, Inc. also offers terminal services. The company operates terminals in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico; contracts for terminal services in seven ports in the continental United States; and the ports in Guam, Yantian, and Xiamen, China, as well as Kaohsiung, Taiwan. In addition, it offers inland transportation services. As of December 20, 2009, the company owned or leased approximately 20 vessels and 18,500 cargo containers. Horizon Lines, Inc. serves consumer and industrial products companies, as well as various agencies of the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense and the U.S. Postal Service. Horizon Lines, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, known as NYK Line, is at home in ports around the globe. With a fleet of about 780 vessels, the company is one of the world's largest marine transportation providers. The NYK Line fleet includes bulk carriers, containerships, tankers, and a variety of specialized vessels, including car carriers and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers; overall, the fleet has a capacity of more than 50 million deadweight tons (DWT). In conjunction with its marine transportation business, NYK Line offers such logistics services as customs clearance, supply chain management, and warehousing, and it operates marine terminals.

DB Schenker Rail Danmark (formerly Railion Scandinavia) handles freight deliveries to and from Denmark and other Scandinavian countries, with both conventional and intermodal transport services offered. (Intermodal hauling involves combinations of more than one mode of transportation, such as trucks and trains.) DB Schenker Rail Danmark is a subsidiary of DB Schenker, one of Europe's leading providers of freight transportation and logistics services. Swedish shipping company Green Cargo owns 49% of DB Schenker Rail Danmark.

Exmar currently operates vessels in Belgium, Hong Kong, India, Luxembourg, Norway, Panama, and Singapore. Exmar is one of the largest independent shipping groups in the world serving the international oil and gas industry. It currently manages a fleet of more than 40 LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tankers including ethylene, midsized gas, very large gas, pressurized, and semi-refrigerated carriers. The vessels transport liquefied gases such as anhydrous ammonia, butane, petrochemicals, and propane. A smaller fleet of carriers transports liquefied natural gas. Some of its ships are owned; however, a majority are chartered either short or long term.

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