Polskie Koleje Panstwowe (PKP) keeps chugging along in Poland. One of the largest railways in Europe, it operates passenger rail services, such as PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, PKP Intercity and PKP Regional, as well as freight transport (PKP Cargo). Polskie Koleje Panstwowe S.A. also manages some 2,500 train stations in Poland. PKP has various other entities involved in real estate, tourism, energy, telecommunications, and IT services. PKP was formed in 2001, when the state-owned Polish Railway Lines was restructured due to new European Union guidelines.

C.R. England hauls refrigerated and dry cargo throughout the US. The company also serves parts of Canada and, through alliances, parts of Mexico. C.R. England's fleet includes some 3,500 tractors and about 5,700 trailers. Besides for-hire freight hauling, C.R. England offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term; logistics services, including freight brokerage; and intermodal railroad service. C.R. England was founded in 1920 by Chester Rodney England and is run by his descendants.

Milan Express is a trucking company from Tennessee. Milan Express provides less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing, and distribution services. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Although its service area ranges from Florida to Wisconsin, the company operates primarily in the Southeast and Midwest US with a fleet of about 960 trucks and tractors. It maintains about 530,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space. Tommy Ross, company chairman, founded Milan Express in 1969 to serve an 87-mile route between Memphis and Milan, Tennessee. The Ross family owns the company.

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.

Truckload carrier Midwest Parts & Equipment, which does business as Midwest Systems, provides a range of freight transportation services. As a truckload carrier, the company specializes in doing its part for intermodal transportation, in which its trucks haul containers that may also move by train, ship, or both on their journey from origin to destination. The company provides service to all states but concentrates on Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee. Midwest Systems also leases containers and trailers and provides maintenance services. Founded in 1943 by Earl M. Winkle, the company is owned by company officers Justin Williamson and Thomas Lynch.

B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. engages in the acquisition, investment, ownership, operation, and sale of vessels for dry bulk and liquid cargo transportation. Its fleet includes product tankers, the single-deck oceangoing vessels that are designed to transport liquid bulk commodities, such as refined petroleum products, vegetable oils, caustic soda, and molasses. The company’s fleet also includes ore/bulk/oil combination carriers (OBOs), which are used to transport liquid, iron ore, or bulk products, including coal, grain, bauxite, crude oil, phosphate, sugar, steel products, and other dry bulk commodities. As of December 31, 2008, it owned and operated four MR product tankers, one Panamax product tanker, two bulk carriers, and five OBOs. B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. company was founded in 1988 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Liquid Transport hauls bulk cargo from a network of more than 15 terminals, mainly in the eastern half of the US. Cargo carried by the company includes asphalt, chemicals, and petroleum products. Its intermodal services include trucking, cleaning, lifting, maintenance, and testing. Ecoff Trucking, which was founded in 1936, acquired Liquid Transport in 1959 and later took the Liquid Transport name.Liquid Transport company is owned by Ron Dana and is a member of The Dana Companies, a group of chemical common carrier transportation businesses. Liquid Transport's relationship with The Dana Companies gives it access to more than 6,000 trailers and extends its total geographic reach to about 70 terminals.

Turners (Soham) has enough big wheels to make it a big wheel in the distribution industry. Founded in 1930 by Wallace and Frank Turner, family-owned and -operated Turners (Soham) is one of the largest privately owned transport companies in the UK. Its core businesses are temperature-controlled and bulk-tanker operations. Turners (Soham) also runs a fresh-produce distribution and storage center. With a fleet of 800 vehicles, the company serves customers that range from major retailers to government entities, including the US Air Force and Her Majesty's Prison Services.

Empire Truck Lines keeps hauling freight. The regional truckload carrier operates from a network of 10 terminals, mainly in Texas but also in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. It maintains a fleet of more than 350 trucks. Empire Truck Lines specializes in the transportation of intermodal cargo -- freight in containers that can be hauled behind trucks or aboard railcars or ships.Empire Truck Lines company operates throughout the US and serves Mexico through a partner carrier. Customers have included logistics giant Ryder System. Along with freight transportation, Empire Truck Lines offers logistics services.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands. The company’s railroads transport various commodities, such as coal, coke, and ores; pulp and paper; metals; minerals and stone; lumber and forest products; farm and food products; chemicals and plastics; petroleum products; autos and auto parts; and municipal waste and haulage traffic. As of December 31, 2009, it owned, leased, or operated 62 short line and regional freight railroads with approximately 6,000 miles of owned and leased track; and approximately 3,400 additional miles under track access arrangements. The company provided rail service at 16 ports in North America and Europe. The company also provides railcar switching services; railcar hire and rental services; demurrage and storage services; and freight car repair services, as well as sells diesel fuel to other rail operators. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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