Dairy state-based Marten Transport hauls more than cheese. The long-haul truckload carrier uses refrigerated and insulated trailers to convey a variety of food products and other temperature-sensitive materials; it also hauls dry freight. Marten Transport operates throughout the US and in parts of Canada; its average haul is about 760 miles. The company's fleet includes about 2,300 tractors and 4,000 trailers. In addition to freight transportation, the company provides logistics services. Among Marten Transport's largest customers are food giants General Mills and Kraft, which collectively account for about 30% of its total revenue each year.

Trucker Trimac tries and succeeds in its efforts to move bulk cargo across a continent. A lead transporter of liquid and dry bulk products, Trimac Transportation Services operates a fleet of about 2,200 tractors and 5,000 trailers from a network of more than 100 terminals throughout North America. Trimac's logistics unit, Bulk Plus Logistics, operates in the US and Canada and offers such services as freight brokerage, supply chain management, and transloading (transferring cargo between trucks and railcars). Trimac's Canadian operations are owned by the publicly traded Trimac Income Fund, which is controlled by chairman and CEO Jeffrey McCaig and his family. Its US operations are privately owned.

From Alava/Araba to Zaragoza, Azkar has the car to get it moved. With a fleet of some 2,200 vehicles -- including around 470 line-haul trailers -- and a network of about 60 distribution centers and almost 30 logistics platforms, Transportes Azkar provides parcel delivery and logistics services for more than 13,000 customers throughout Spain and Portugal. The company offers services elsewhere in Europe and the world through its Azkar Overseas unit and as partners in the Logistics World Alliance of delivery companies. Transportes Azkar, S.A. has also begun making inroads (so to speak) in China. Chairman Luis Fernandez Somoza owns more than half of Transportes Azkar, which was founded in 1933.

JHT Holdings might very well haul it. Through its subsidiaries, JHT Holdings provides over-the-road transportation of various types of motor vehicles, including commercial trucks and cars. Among its operating units are Active Truck Transport, Automotive Carrier Services, and Unimark. JHT has its roots in Kenosha Auto Transport, a company that was formed in 1933 to haul vehicles made by International Harvester and Nash Motors. Striving to strengthen its balance sheet amid a period of slumping sales, JHT voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2008 and emerged a few months later, in October.

Watco Companies, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Dick Webb, and is led by his son, Rick. Watco's world of railcar services is a wide one. Watco Companies operates 20 short-line railroads, primarily in the midwestern and southern US but also in the Pacific Northwest and in Appalachia. In addition, Watco offers industrial contract switching services, in which the company operates some two dozen railcar switching facilities located on the sites of manufacturers and other companies that ship freight by rail. Watco also leases and repairs railcars, locomotives, and other equipment; provides warehousing and distribution services, including temperature-controlled storage; and offers transloading of cargo between trucks and trains.

Premuda is a shipping group listed on the Stock Exchange, its business being the transport of liquid and dry goods in bulk - employing its own ships as well as those of third parties. The first Italian shipping company to be listed on the Stock Exchange, it boasts an important Fleet of a high technical level composed of tankers, dry bulkers and FPSO. Premuda is today one of the main operators in maritime transport and in the chartering of ships for liquid and dry goods in bulk. Premuda has been on the market since 1907 updating its operating procedures using ships endowed with the most advanced technology. The Group functions with the utmost respect for international regulations regarding safety and protection of the environment. Given the attention now universally focused on the problems concerning safety in sea transport, the value of the Group Fleet has increased. The on-going updating (set in motion by the Erika case) of IMO regulations so as to exclude shipping traffic of single hull tonnage is a strong positive element for the Group, since it implies pursuant remarkable optimism on chartering market trends and on the value of the fleet for the next few years.

Great Lakes Aviation company was founded in 1979 and is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., a regional airline company, operates as an independent carrier in the United States. It also operates as a code share partner, through agreements with United Air Lines, Inc. and Frontier Airlines, Inc. The company offers charter air services to private individuals, corporations, and athletic teams; carries freight and small packages on its scheduled flights; and provides contract and ground handling services for other carriers, as well as essential air service program. As of March 1, 2010, it served 60 airports in 15 states with a fleet of 6 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and 32 Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners.

AIT Worldwide Logistics maintains about 40 offices in the US, and operates overseas through 330 global service centers and a network of agents. Steven Leturno and Dan Lisowski, who still advise the company, founded AIT Worldwide Logistics in 1979. Arranging the transportation of its customers' cargo by air, land, and sea, AIT Worldwide Logistics provides domestic and international freight forwarding services, including customs brokerage. It also offers supply chain management, including information services that help customers keep track of their freight. Customers have come from a variety of industries; the company's specialties include service to government agencies and handling of perishable products.

The global economy and the U.S. economy are inter-dependent. U.S. manufacturers have largely become U.S. importers. While doing business internationally has become “second nature” to many, working with suppliers in other countries, other time zones, in other languages can create challenges. Global Link Logistics is well positioned to offer service bridging the span between the foreign manufacturer and the U.S. importer. Global Link Logistics (GLL) is licensed by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI) functioning as both a Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and Freight Forwarder.

Throughout our history, American Steamship Company (ASC) has been a pioneer in Great Lakes vessel transportation. Founded in Buffalo, New York in 1907, American Steamship Company has witnessed and responded to dramatic changes in Great Lakes shipping and the industries it serves, many times leading the way with innovative solutions that have had a positive impact on lakes shipping throughout the years. Our Great Lakes fleet consists of self-unloading vessels that range in length from 635-feet to 1,000-feet. The diversity of our asset base enables us to transport a variety of dry bulk commodities including iron ore pellets, coal and limestone aggregates. Our single trip vessel carrying capacity ranges from 24,000 to 70,000 net tons. During the navigation season, our vessels operate twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and require no onshore assistance to unload cargo. Unloading speeds range from 7,000 to 10,000 net tons per hour. Today, under the ownership of GATX Corporation, ASC continues to provide safe, efficient and environmentally responsible waterborne transportation. We are dedicated to continuously building value for GATX, our customers, our employees and the communities in which we live and operate.

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