FirstFleet helps its customers move their freight -- not just by the truckload but by providing fleets of trucks.FirstFleet company offers dedicated contract carriage, in which it supplies its customers with tractors and trailers and the drivers to operate them. In addition, FirstFleet provides related fleet management, logistics, and maintenance services.FirstFleet company operates a fleet of about 1,450 trucks and tractors from facilities in some 30 states in the US, and it provides transportation services throughout the 48 contiguous states and in Canada and Mexico. FirstFleet began operations in 1986.

ASTAR Air Cargo helps DHL take on delivery giants FedEx and UPS on their own turf. Hiring the carrier's fleet of about 40 aircraft enables DHL and other customers, including the US Department of Defense and the United States Postal Service, to achieve overnight delivery of virtually any kind of cargo. ASTAR's service includes scheduled as well as chartered flights. In January 2009, ASTAR suffered a blow when -- in order to cut down on costs -- DHL was forced to shut down its express operations within the US. (Through ASTAR and other carriers, DHL still offers international shipping services to and from the US). An investment group led by CEO John Dasburg controls ASTAR.

Norbert Dentressangle has Europe's air/sea/land transportation and logistics needs covered from all angles. Norbert Dentressangle company transports chemicals and petrochemicals, food, retail goods, consumables, construction materials, automotive parts, and other goods from about 350 facilities located throughout Europe. The group's logistics division provides warehousing, product distribution, packaging, and assembly services. Norbert Dentressangle maintains a fleet of 7,000 tractors and 8,600 trailers. It has in excess of 5 million sq. meters of warehouse space and operates in more than 15 countries; France generates about 50% of revenues. Norbert Dentressangle formed the company as a cross-channel specialist in 1979.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. was established in 1919. From Kansas City to Kobe, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (the "K" Line) carries freight to and from ports worldwide. One of Japan's largest marine transportation companies, the company operates a fleet of more than 480 vessels that transport coal, grain, iron ore, and lumber, in addition to automobiles, crude oil, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Its fleet includes containerships, bulk carriers, car carriers, and tankers and has a carrying capacity of nearly 30 million deadweight tons (DWT). The "K" Line also operates marine and rail terminals and offers logistics, freight forwarding, and warehousing services.

Through its operating companies, TransForce is one of Canada's largest providers of transportation and logistics services. Subsidiaries offer truckload transportation of general freight and specialized cargo, as well as less-than-truckload (LTL) tranportation through carrier TST Overland Express. (Less-than-truckload carriers consolidate loads from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Other TransForce units include parcel delivery company Canpar, and logistics and warehousing services. In 2008 the company, which formerly traded as TransForce Income Fund, converted itself from an income fund to a corporation in order to invest more of its income in its business.

Navigazione Montanari S.p.A. was founded in 1889 by Captain Giovanni Montanari with a single sailing ship. Navigazione Montanari knows how oil and gas get from the producer to the consumer. The company's fleet of more than 15 vessels consists of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) carriers, petroleum product tankers, and crude oil tankers. Navigazione Montanari's gas carriers, which include pressurized and refrigerated vessels, carry such cargo as ethylene, propane, butane, propylene, and anhydrous ammonia. The company's product tankers primarily transport liquid chemical products. Navigazione Montanari is controlled by the Montanari family.

MC Shipping is owned by an investment fund managed by Irving Place Capital, an affiliate of private equity firm Bear Stearns Merchant Banking. MC Shipping knows the rap when it comes to ocean freight transportation. The company's fleet of more than 20 vessels consists mainly of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) carriers; it also includes containerships. MC Shipping leases its vessels on time charters, bareboat charters (in which the lessee provides its own crew), and spot charters. Day-to-day operation of the company's fleet is overseen by independent ship-management companies. It has offices in Indonesia, London, Monaco, and Singapore.

The BNSF system consists of 23,000 route miles owned by BNSF and 9,000 route miles of trackage rights, which allow BNSF Railway to use tracks owned by other railroads. Freight carried by BNSF Railway includes agricultural, consumer, and industrial products, along with coal. Consumer products, which make up the largest share of the railroad's freight traffic, consist mainly of containerized freight that comes to BNSF Railway from marine shipping lines. The primary subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, BNSF Railway provides freight transportation services over a network of 32,000 miles of track in the western US and Canada.

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.

Maersk Line has offices in about 125 countries around the globe. Maersk Line knows how to contain itself. The company, a unit of Denmark-based A.P. Moller - Maersk, is one of the world's leading container shipping companies. Maersk Line maintains a fleet of more than 500 containerships with an overall capacity of about 1.9 million TEU (twenty-foot-equivalent units). In addition, the company arranges ground transportation of containerized freight through affiliate Damco. Maersk Line combines the operations of the former Maersk Sealand and Royal P&O Nedlloyd N.V., which was acquired by A.P. Moller - Maersk in 2005.

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