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.

Koch (pronounced "cook") Companies' collection of eight operating units offers a full menu of transportation services, including truckload freight hauling, logistics, warehousing, and truck and trailer leasing. The company's operations include both long-haul and regional truckload transportation in the US 48-states, as well as capacity in Canada. It also provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are often assigned to a retailer long-term. Overall it drives a fleet of about 650 tractors and 1,820 trailers. Led by its founder's second generation, Koch Companies is not related to the Kansas-based conglomerate Koch Industries, which is owned by a family that pronounces its name "coke."

Scorpio Tankers Inc. is a provider of marine transportation of petroleum products worldwide. Our fleet consists of four LR1 product tankers, four Handymax tankers, and one post-Panamax tanker with an average age of 5.5 years. Scorpio Tankers is employed by oil majors and oil traders, with a visible stream of cash flows through the end of 2010. Our capital structure, our management track record, and our commitment to safety, quality, and governance put us in a position to acquire assets and create value for our shareholders. Scorpio Tankers Inc is incorporated in the Republic of The Marshall Islands and has principal executive offices in Monaco and New York. Scorpio Tankers is listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol STNG.

China Logistics Group, Inc. operates as an international freight forwarder and logistics management company in the People's Republic of China. It acts as an agent for international freight and shipping companies; and sells cargo space and arranges land, maritime, and air international transportation for clients seeking to import or export merchandise from or into the People's Republic of China. The company’s freight forwarding services include goods reception, space reservation, transit shipment, traffic consolidating, storage, multimodal transport, and export of mechanical equipment. It provides freight forwarding services for a range of merchandise, such as refrigerated merchandise, hazardous merchandise, and perishable agricultural products, as well as clothing and electronics products, and daily merchandise and hardware products. China Logistics Group, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Paramount, United States.

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.

Groendyke Transport hauls bulk cargo throughout North America. The company operates from a network of more than 30 terminals, primarily in the southwestern and midwestern US. Among the commodities moved by Groendyke Transport are chemicals, petroleum, and grain products. Customers have included ADM, BASF, Dow Chemical, Eastman Chemical, and Koch Industries. Founded by Harold Groendyke in 1932, Groendyke Transport is owned by the Groendyke family, including chairman and CEO John Groendyke, Harold's son.

The Arkansas & Missouri Railroad was created in 1986 with a purchase of track from Burlington Northern. The Arkansas & Missouri Railroad hauls a variety of bulk freight over about 150 miles of track in northwestern Arkansas and southwestern Missouri -- specifically, between Van Buren and Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Monett, Missouri. The company supplements its rail freight operations with transload services -- transferring cargo between railcars and trucks and vice versa. In addition to serving commercial customers, the company operates excursion trains for passengers in the scenic Boston Mountains, which are part of the Ozarks.

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. operates as a seaborne shipping and logistics company. The company focuses on the transport and transshipment of drybulk commodities, including iron ore, coal, grain, and fertilizer. As of December 31, 2009, its fleet consisted of 60 vessels, aggregating approximately 6.6 million dwt. It owned 15 Capesize vessels, 13 modern Ultra Handymax vessels, 4 Panamax vessels, and 1 Product Handysize tanker vessel; and operated a fleet of 5 Ultra Handymax, 2 Handysize, 10 Panamax, and 10 Capesize vessels under time charter. In addition, Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. owns and operates vessels, barges, and push boats located in Argentina; bulk transfer and storage port facility in Uruguay; and an upriver liquid port facility located in Paraguay. The company has an in-house technical ship management expertise that works with producers of raw materials, agricultural traders and exporters, industrial end-users, ship owners, and charterers. It operates in the North America, Europe, Asia, and the South America. Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. is headquartered in Piraeus, Greece.

Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. (TOTE) is a privately owned Alaska corporation operating a fleet of (RO/RO) cargo ships to Alaska between the Ports of Anchorage and Tacoma, Washington. Additionally, TOTE provides overland highway and intermodal connections throughout greater Alaska, the Lower 48 States, and Canada. Beginning as a small company with one ship, TOTE has evolved into an enterprise specialized and dedicated to serving Alaska's transportation needs. As with Alaska, the long journey to TOTE's success has been marked by perseverance and resourcefulness in the face of a cyclical economy and challenging operating conditions. As a premier provider of ocean transportation service to Alaska, TOTE is committed to meeting its customer's needs and providing flexible services in a timely fashion. Through an attentive relationship with each customer, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. has been successfully operated since 1975.

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.

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