FNM operates more than 300 km of railways connecting Milan with other northern provinces. The company provides both passenger (rail and bus) and freight transportation services throughout Italy's northernmost Lombardy region. It carries about 60 million passengers a year. FNM also has operations in energy with Azienda Elettrica Ticinese (Nord Energia), communications with Telecom Italia (NordCom), and alternative transportation with car rental and electric vehicle companies. The Lombardy regional government owns a little more than half of FNM, which began operations in 1877; originally Ferrovie Nord Milano, it changed its name to FNM in 2006.

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.

Kansas City Southern, through its subsidiaries, engages primarily in the freight rail transportation business. It operates north/south rail between Kansas City, Missouri, and various ports along the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in the midwest and southeast regions of the United States. The company also operates direct rail passageway between Mexico City and Laredo in Texas, serving various Mexico’s industrial cities and 3 of its shipping ports; and a 157-mile rail line extending from Laredo, Texas to the port city of Corpus Christi, Texas, as well as owns the northern half of the rail bridge at Laredo, Texas. In addition, Kansas City Southern holds a concession to operate a 47-mile railroad located adjacent to the Panama Canal, as well as operates and promotes commuter and tourist passenger services. Further, Kansas City Southern operates a bulk materials handling facility with deep-water access to the Gulf of Mexico at Port Arthur, Texas that stores and transfers petroleum coke from rail cars to ships primarily for export; and a railroad wood tie treatment facility. It serves customers conducting business in various industries, including electric-generating utilities, chemical and petroleum products, industrial and consumer products, agriculture and mineral products, automotive products, and intermodal freight transportation. Kansas City Southern was formerly known as Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Kansas City Southern in 2002. Kansas City Southern was founded in 1962 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

FreeSeas Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an international dry bulk shipping company. The company transports various dry bulk commodities, including coal, grains, and iron ore, as well as bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, steel products, sugar, and rice worldwide. As of December 31, 2008, its fleet consisted of seven Handysize vessels and two Handymax vessels. FreeSeas Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.

Frontline Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of oil tankers and oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. It primarily transports crude oil, as well as raw materials, such as coal and iron ore. The company’s very large crude carriers (VLCCs) primarily transport crude oil from the Middle East Gulf to the Far East, Northern Europe, the Caribbean, and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port. Its Suezmax tankers trade in the Atlantic Basin and the Middle East to the South East Asia. The company’s OBO carriers transport oil and dry cargo. In addition, it involves in the charter, purchase, and sale of vessels. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a tanker fleet consisting of 76 vessels comprising 41 VLCCs, which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight ton (dwt); 27 Suezmax tankers that are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt; and 8 Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered, as well as had 5 VLCCs under its commercial management. Frontline Ltd. was founded in 1948 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

EPES Carriers is one of the largest private transportation companies in the southeastern US. Through its subsidiaries, EPES Carriers covers the US, Canada, and Mexico with a fleet of some 1,100 tractors and 3,300 trailers. Its Epes Transport Systems provides US truckload service; Epes Logistic Services arranges for truckload deliveries in the continental US, Canada, and Mexico; Epes Freight Management handles expedited, less-than-truckload, and truckload management services such as carrier bid negotiations, claim filing, freight quotes, and routing; and Texas Star Express handles truckload for the midwest and southwest US.

Allied Systems Holdings knows how to "get a move on." Carrying millions of cars, trucks, and SUVs every year, Allied Systems Holdings leads the North American automobile-hauling market. Subsidiary Allied Automotive Group moves approximately nine million vehicles annually with a fleet of about 4,000 tractor-trailer rigs, which it operates from about 90 terminals in the US and Canada. Vehicles are transported from manufacturing plants, railway distribution points, ports, and auctions to auto dealers and car rental companies. Automakers such as Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, and Toyota are the company's main customers. Investment firm Yucaipa owns a controlling stake in Allied Systems Holdings.

Gardner Trucking carrier operates in about a dozen Western states. Its fleet of 855 tractors and trailers includes trailing equipment includes dry vans, roller vans, curtain vans, double curtain vans, flatbeds, and double flatbeds. Gardner Trucking operates two terminals, in Chino (near Los Angeles) and in Tracy (near Sacramento, San Francisco, and Stockton). The company also offers logistics services. Gardner Trucking was established in 1974 by Ron Gardner. The company was acquired in 1987 by President Ron Lanting.

They are all things commonly found in the Nation's river systems. As one of the United States' largest inland carriers, Ingram Barge moves dry and liquid bulk commodities, such as ore, grains, and coal, through the Mississippi River System, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and other US inland waterways. It operates a fleet of more than 130 towboats and about 4,000 barges, and offers storage and loading terminal services through third-party affiliates. A subsidiary of book wholesaler Ingram Industries, Ingram Barge has been managed by the Ingram family since its inception in 1946.

BW Gas was taken private by the family of CEO Andreas Sohmen-Pao and delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2009. BW Gas is a leading marine transporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with a fleet of about 65 vessels with a deadweight ton (DWT) total of 3.3 million. The company has been busy renewing its fleet by scrapping and selling older vessels. BW Gas plans to concentrate on building its very large gas carriers (VLGCs) fleet. BW Gas is part of BW Group Ltd. (formerly Bergesen d.y. ASA), which also includes BW Offshore, BW Maritime, and BW Fleet Management. Hong Kong-based World-Wide Shipping Group bought Bergesen d.y. ASA in 2003.

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