This company stays cool in the sunny South -- and everywhere else it goes. Southern Refrigerated Transport hauls temperature-controlled and dry freight throughout 48 US states and in Canada. Services include transportation of fresh produce from the West Coast to destinations in the Midwest and the Southeast. Southern Refrigerated Transport operates a fleet of over 800 air-ride equipped tractors and more than 900 dry-van and refrigerated trailers. The company is a subsidiary of Tennessee-based truckload carrier Covenant Transportation Group. Tony Smith, the president of Southern Refrigerated Transport, founded the company in 1986 and sold it to Covenant in 1998.

General Maritime Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides international transportation services of seaborne crude oil and petroleum products. The company’s vessels are primarily available for charter on a spot voyage or time charter basis. As of February 26, 2010, it operated 31 vessels consisting of 2 VLCCs, 11 Suezmax vessels, 12 Aframax vessels, 2 Panamax vessels, and 4 Handymax vessels. The company’s vessels had a total of 3.9 million dead weight tonnage carrying capacity on a combined basis. Its customers include oil companies, oil producers, oil traders, and vessel owners. General Maritime Corporation operates its vessels in the Caribbean, South and Central America, the United States, western Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe, and the North Sea ports.

They are all things commonly found in the Nation's river systems. As one of the United States' largest inland carriers, Ingram Barge moves dry and liquid bulk commodities, such as ore, grains, and coal, through the Mississippi River System, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and other US inland waterways. It operates a fleet of more than 130 towboats and about 4,000 barges, and offers storage and loading terminal services through third-party affiliates. A subsidiary of book wholesaler Ingram Industries, Ingram Barge has been managed by the Ingram family since its inception in 1946.

Air Transport Services Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides aircraft, airline operations, and other related services primarily to the shipping and transportation industries. The company provides air cargo transportation services; airlift services, including aircraft, aircraft flight crews, and maintenance services; airlift services to other airlines, freight forwarders, and the U.S. military; freight transportation and supply chain management services; passenger transportation primarily to the U.S. military; air charter brokerage services, fuel management, and specialized cargo management services; and warehousing and cargo handling services, as well as leases aircraft. It also provides aircraft maintenance and modification services, aircraft part sales services, equipment leasing and maintenance services, mail handling services for the U.S. Postal Service, and specialized services for aircraft fuel management and freight logistics. The company operates in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. As of December 31, 2009, its in-service fleet consisted of 62 aircraft. The company was formerly known as ABX Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Air Transport Services Group, Inc. in May 2008. Transport Services Group, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Ohio.

G&P Trucking provides truckload freight hauling and related logistics services, mainly in the southeastern US.G&P Trucking company, which specializes in next-day and same-day service, operates a fleet of about 520 tractors and 1,500 trailers from about a dozen terminals in the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas. Some of its business comes from handling cargo coming into and out of ports such as Charlotte, North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; and Savannah, Georgia; it also arranges transportation to and from Mexico. G&P Trucking is owned by the Cassels family, which also controls less-than-truckload carrier Southeastern Freight Lines.

Old Dominion Freight Line still makes its stand in Dixie, but the trucking company serves the rest of the US, as well. It transports general commodities in less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments, in which freight from multiple shippers is consolidated into a single truckload. Old Dominion operates a fleet of some 5,000 tractors and more than 20,000 trailers from around 200 service centers. Founded in 1934, Old Dominion directly serves the 48 contiguous states of continental US and offers service elsewhere in North America, Central America, South America, and Asia. The founding Congdon family controls Old Dominion.

Matheson helps the Post Office keep its promise of working through snow, rain, heat, and dead of night. The company, a major United States Postal Service contractor, hauls mail for the nation's mail carrier. Its Postal Services unit provides long-haul and local trucking services while its Mail Transportation unit serves Northern California. The company's Matheson Fast Freight unit offers overnight and second day less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation in the West and Midwest. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Matheson Flight Extenders provide terminal handling and ground support services. Robert B. "Brownie" Matheson founded Matheson Trucking in 1962.

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.

Saia -- you say it "sigh-ah" -- is a holding company for less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Saia Motor Freight Line. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Saia Motor Freight specializes in regional and interregional services, including time-definite and expedited transportation; it also offers truckload freight hauling. The carrier operates a fleet of some 3,200 tractors and 11,200 trailers from a network of about 150 terminals. Saia's service territory spans about 35 states in the South, Southwest, Midwest, as well as Pacific Northwest, and West US. It offers coverage elsewhere in North America through partnerships with other carriers.

We are a railway company with the passengers of over 1.72 million a day. With our predecessor Musashino Railway Co., Ltd., (currently the Ikebukuro Line) founded in 1912 as a foundation, we have merged Tamako Railway Co., Ltd., (currently the Tamako Line) and the former Seibu Railway Co., Ltd., (currently the Shinjuku Line, Kokubunji Line, Seibuen Line, Ahina Line and Tamagawa Line) giving rise to the current form of the company. While conducting our railway business with the focus on enhancing carrying power and safety, we have committed ourselves to the development of local communities by making concerted efforts to improve the value of the land along our railway network through land development geared to the provision of a better housing environment and the efficient management of leisure facilities at sites along our railway lines.

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