A regional less-than-truckload (LTL) freight carrier, Pitt Ohio Express operates a fleet of more than 650 tractors and 1,700 trailers. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Pitt Ohio also has about 400 straight trucks and vans in its fleet. The company operates from a network of about 20 terminals, primarily in the mid-West and mid-Atlantic US. Besides LTL freight hauling and logistics services, the company provides truckload transportation through ECM Transport. The family of company president Charles Hammel III owns Pitt Ohio, which has grown from a business established by Hammel's grandfather in 1919.

Part of a diversified collection of transportation businesses, Sodrel Truck Lines provides truckload freight hauling services, primarily in the midwestern US. Its services include truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), and hazardous materials haulage. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Sodrel Truck Lines' fleet includes more than 300 tractors and 500 trailers. Customers have included the United States Postal Service, the US Department of Defense, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The company also offers warehousing and distribution services. Multiple generations of the Sodrel family have owned Sodrel Truck Lines, which was founded in 1929.

Aspo supports the energy and process industries in the Baltic Sea area. The group operates through four divisions: ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko, and Aspo Ventures. ESL Shipping transports raw materials for energy producers and heavy-industry sectors, while Leipurin specializes in supplying the bakery industry with ingredients, equipment, and other supplies. Its Telko chemicals unit imports and distributes industrial chemicals and plastic raw materials, and Aspo Ventures mainly offers maintenance services and automation systems for service stations under the Autotank and Kaukomarkkinat brands. Aspo expanded its operations in mid-2008 when it acquired Kauko-Telko Oy from fellow Finnish company Kesko Corporation.

Like a little acorn, Oak Harbor Freight Lines has grown -- into a mighty interstate less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier. (LTL carriers consolidate cargo from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) The company operates from about 35 terminals in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington; it maintains a fleet of some 500 tractors and 1,800 trailers. It serves the rest of the US through partnerships with LTL carriers such as Dayton Freight, Honolulu Freight Service, New England Motor Freight, and Southeastern Freight Lines. Oak Harbor is owned and run by brothers David and Edward Vander Pol. The company was founded in 1916 and acquired by the Vander Pol family in 1936.

Barthco International provides global logistics and freight forwarding services. The company arranges air and ocean transportation of its customers' cargo through a network of independent carriers. (As a freight forwarder, Barthco buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to shippers.) Managing over 700,000 shipments each year, the company specializes in working with biotech companies and in handling shipments of fine art, valuables, and live animals. In addition, Barthco provides customs brokerage and warehousing and distribution services. It is a unit of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, a supply chain management company operating through a network of about 120 distribution hubs around the globe.

Traffic lights smooth the flow of vehicles through intersections, and Traffic Management smoothes the flow of freight worldwide. Catering mainly to the Minnesota region, the company provides a wide range of domestic and international transportation management and freight forwarding services, including the coordination of freight movement by truck, train, ship, and plane. Company president Dawn Montez founded Traffic Management in 1997.

Go-Ahead is one of the UK's leading providers of passenger transport services operating primarily in the bus and rail sectors. Through our companies we aim to provide efficient, integrated and sustainable local public transport systems. Employing around 22,000 people across the country, over one billion passenger journeys are undertaken on our bus and rail services each year. We believe that a strong and growing public transport network is key to the sustainable future of the UK. Bus and rail play a vital role in meeting environmental challenges such as reducing traffic congestion and carbon emissions. Transport is also fundamental to the economy as a means of connecting people and moving goods. In addition to the travelling public, our customers include the Department for Transport (DfT), Transport for London (TfL) and local authorities.

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.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises hopes customers find it x-ceptional. The company's truckload transportation units, led by flagship U.S. Xpress, provide medium- to long-haul service throughout North America, as well as regional service in the midwestern, southeastern, and western US. It also offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term, and expedited freight hauling. Subsidiary Xpress Global Systems provides less-than-truckload freight hauling, warehousing, and distribution services. Overall, the company's fleet includes about 8,300 trucks and 23,000 trailers. Co-chairmen and co-founders Patrick Quinn and Max Fuller own the company.

Earl aspires to hold a royal rank in the world of refrigerated transportation. Earl L. Henderson Trucking hauls food and other perishable products throughout the US. Earl L. Henderson Trucking Company operates a fleet of some 400 tractors and 600 trailers, including about 500 refrigerated trailers. It offers long-haul service in the US and parts of Canada and regional service in the eastern half of the US. In addition to perishable products, Henderson Trucking transports time-sensitive printed matter. Company president John Kaburick owns Henderson Trucking, which was founded by Earl Henderson in 1978.

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