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.

B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. engages in the acquisition, investment, ownership, operation, and sale of vessels for dry bulk and liquid cargo transportation. Its fleet includes product tankers, the single-deck oceangoing vessels that are designed to transport liquid bulk commodities, such as refined petroleum products, vegetable oils, caustic soda, and molasses. The company’s fleet also includes ore/bulk/oil combination carriers (OBOs), which are used to transport liquid, iron ore, or bulk products, including coal, grain, bauxite, crude oil, phosphate, sugar, steel products, and other dry bulk commodities. As of December 31, 2008, it owned and operated four MR product tankers, one Panamax product tanker, two bulk carriers, and five OBOs. B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. company was founded in 1988 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Alaska Tanker Company transports the oil from Alaska that pipelines won't. The company provides marine transportation of Alaskan crude oil produced by BP to refiners on the west coast of the US and in Hawaii. It operates a fleet of several double-hull tankers that has a capacity of 195,000 deadweight tons (DWT). Alaska Tanker is jointly owned by BP Oil Shipping Company, USA (a unit of BP Shipping); Keystone Alaska; and OSG Ship Management (part of OSG America). The companies formed Alaska Tanker Company in 1999 to bring BP's Alaska crude oil shipping operations under a single corporate umbrella.

Alley-Cassetty Companies build with trucks, bricks, and coal. The company's trucking division specializes in hauling liquid- and dry-bulk cargo, including hazardous materials, while the Alley-Cassetty Truck Center sells and services commercial trucks. The building supply division, which operates in Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, produces and distributes bricks and other masonry products. Alley-Cassetty also provides coal to commercial and industrial users, arranging its transportation via barge, train, and truck. Originally a coal company, Alley-Cassetty was formed in 1964 through the merger of two Nashville residential coal delivery companies dating to the 1880s.

Truckload carrier Midwest Parts & Equipment, which does business as Midwest Systems, provides a range of freight transportation services. As a truckload carrier, the company specializes in doing its part for intermodal transportation, in which its trucks haul containers that may also move by train, ship, or both on their journey from origin to destination. The company provides service to all states but concentrates on Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee. Midwest Systems also leases containers and trailers and provides maintenance services. Founded in 1943 by Earl M. Winkle, the company is owned by company officers Justin Williamson and Thomas Lynch.

Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Ward Trucking operates primarily in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic US. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) In addition to its LTL business, the company offers full truckload and logistics services through the Ward Transport & Logistics brand name. Ward Trucking operates a fleet of about 375 tractors, 70 trucks, and 800 trailers from a network of terminals, stretching from New York to Illinois. William W. Ward founded the company in 1931 to haul freight from central Pennsylvania to New York City. Ward Trucking is run by members of the Ward family.

Dynalink Systems Inc. was founded in 1992 and has offices in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and New York, as well as Shanghai. Dynalink is owned by freight company C.R. England. Dynalink Systems specializes in ocean-freight forwarding services. The company acts as a non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC), purchasing capacity from ocean carriers and reselling it to shippers. Dynalink manages both imports and exports, and it can handle both full containers and less-than-containerload (LCL) shipments. Other services include airfreight forwarding, supply chain management, warehousing, and arranging ground transportation of customers' cargo.

Estes Express Lines is a multiregional less-than-truckload (LTL) freight hauler. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Estes Express Lines company operates a fleet of about 7,700 tractors and 22,000 trailers from a network of about 200 terminals throughout the US. Estes Express offers service in Canada through ExpressLINK alliance partner TST Overland Express; it works with other companies to offer service in the Caribbean and in Mexico. In addition, it Estes Forwarding Worldwide subsidiary provides ocean and air freight forwarding services. Founded by W.W. Estes in 1931, the company is owned and operated by the Estes family.

NewLead Holdings Ltd. is an international shipping company that owns a fleet of dry bulk carriers and double-hull product tankers. We provide ideal solutions for sea transportation requirements and play a significant role in meeting the worldwide demand for distribution of petroleum products and dry bulk commodities. With an experienced management team focused on operational excellence and the ability to leverage strong relationships with significant customers, industrial partners, financial institutions and shipyards, we will endeavor to capitalize on the dynamics of the shipping industry, expand the Company and create shareholder value. NewLead Holdings Ltd. is a Bermuda-registered company that trades on the NASDAQ Capital Markets under the symbol “NEWL.”

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.

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