Crete Carrier Corporation's flagship business, Crete Carrier, provides dry van truckload freight transportation services in the 48 contiguous states. It operates from some two dozen terminals, mainly in the midwestern and southeastern US. The company's Shaffer Trucking unit transports temperature-controlled cargo, and Hunt Transportation (no relation to J.B. Hunt Transport Services) hauls heavy equipment and other cargo on flatbed trailers. Overall, the companies operate more than 5,300 tractors and more than 12,400 trailers. Family-owned Crete Carrier was founded in 1966 by chairman Duane Acklie; president and CEO Tonn Ostergard is his son-in-law.

The Steamship Authority is a quasi-public agency, created by the Massachusetts legislature, that competes with other private ferries but also oversees and licenses their operations. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, known to owners of summer homes and year-round residents as the Steamship Authority, provides ferry service from the Massachusetts ports of Woods Hole and Hyannis to the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts. Steamshipauthority operates a fleet of nine vessels designed to carry passengers, vehicles, and other cargo. In 2007, it ferried 2.6 million passengers, 450,000 automobiles, and 153,000 trucks.

ABF Freight System knows the ABCs of freight transportation. The primary subsidiary of Arkansas Best, ABF Freight System specializes in national and regional long-haul, less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation of general commodities such as apparel, appliances, chemicals, food, furniture, plastics, rubber, and textiles. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) ABF Freight System operates from a network of about 280 terminals throughout the US and Canada and in Puerto Rico. It maintains a fleet of some 4,000 tractors and 17,000 trailers. The company, which traces its origins to 1923, offers service in Mexico through arrangements with Mexican carriers.

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., engages primarily in the scheduled air transportation of passengers and cargo in the United States. It offers daily service on transpacific routes between Hawaii and Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington, as well as daily service on its inter island routes among the Hawaiian Islands. In addition, the company provides scheduled services on its South Pacific/Australia/Asia routes between Hawaii and Pago Pago, American Samoa; Papeete, Tahiti; Sydney, Australia; and Manila, the Philippines, as well as offers other ad hoc charters. As of December 31, 2009, its fleet consisted of 15 Boeing 717-200 aircraft for its inter island routes; and a fleet of 14 Boeing 767-300 aircraft for its transpacific, South Pacific/Australia/Asia, and charter routes. Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Directors elected from nine districts in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties oversee BART. Construction on the rail system began in 1964, and BART carried its first passengers in 1972. If you're going to San Francisco -- from Oakland, Berkeley, or another Bay Area community -- San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) can take you there. BART's trains operate from 43 stations over 104 miles of track, including 3.6 miles in a tube that goes under San Francisco Bay to link the City by the Bay with Oakland and other East Bay communities.

Celebrate the short, sweet ride: Anacostia Rail Holdings owns short line railroads that offer freight and passenger transportation services. The company operates through the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (182 miles in Illinois and Indiana), Gulf Coast Switching (contract switching, Texas), Louisville & Indiana Railroad (113 miles, Indianapolis to Louisville, Kentucky), New York & Atlantic Railway (269 miles, Long Island), Northern Lines Railway (25 miles, Minnesota), and Pacific Harbor Line (59 miles connecting points between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California). Anacostia railroads run on company-owned track and on lines owned by other railroads, as well as offer logistics services.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, known as SEPTA, provides passenger transportation services in the Philadelphia area. The agency's operations include buses, subways and elevated trains, trackless trolleys, and light rail and commuter rail lines. All together, SEPTA maintains more than 300 stations and bus terminals, chiefly in five Pennsylvania counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia) and in the neighboring states of Delaware and New Jersey. Its territory spans some 2,200 sq. mi. The Pennsylvania legislature established SEPTA in 1964, and over the years the agency has acquired the assets of several for-profit transportation companies that operated in the region.

Portec Rail Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture, supply, and distribution of various rail products in the United States and internationally. It operates in four divisions: Railway Maintenance Products (RMP), Shipping Systems, Portec Rail Nova Scotia Company (Canada), and Portec Rail Products (UK) Ltd. (United Kingdom). The RMP division provides track component, and friction management products and services to railroads, transit systems, and railroad contractors; and railway wayside detection and operating asset data management systems. Its track component products include standard and insulated rail joints, gauge plates, and curve blocks; and friction modifiers. This division also distributes and resells purchased track components and lubricants manufactured by third parties. The Shipping Systems division engineers and sells load securement systems and related products to the railroad freight car market. Its customers include railroads, railcar builders, railcar repair shops, and railcar lessors. The Canada division manufactures rail anchors and rail spikes, and assembles friction management products primarily for Canadian railroads. It also designs, manufactures, and sells friction management products. In addition, this division manufactures stick lubrication and application systems; and Keltrack, a liquid friction modifier. The United Kingdom division offers friction management and track component products and services to the United Kingdom passenger rail network. It also designs, manufactures, and sells material handling equipment, such as overhead and floor conveyors, expandable boom conveyors, racking systems, and mezzanine flooring systems primarily used in manufacturing, distribution, garment, and food industries. Portec Rail Products markets its products directly, as well as through a third party sales representatives, agents, and distributors. Portec Rail Products, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Central Freight Lines is a leading regional less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) The company focuses on next-day and second-day services within each of its regions. It operates a fleet of more than 1,950 tractors and nearly 8,500 trailers from a network of about 50 terminals and provides service to 49 US states. Central Freight Lines serves the rest of the US through alliances with other carriers. Trucking magnate Jerry Moyes owns the company.

Knight Transportation drivers don't drive long hours into the night. The truckload carrier instead focuses on short- to medium-haul trips, averaging about 500 miles. From some 35 regional operations centers, mainly in the southern, midwestern, and western US, Knight carries such cargo as consumer goods, food and beverages, and paper products. It has a fleet of about 3,700 tractors and 8,500 trailers, including some 700 refrigerated trailers. Besides for-hire hauling, Knight provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. It also offers freight brokerage services. Four members of the Knight family collectively own about 30% of the company.

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