Sinotrans Group controls about 60% of Sinotrans Limited, which debuted in 2002. The wave of trade between China and other countries is proving a near unlimited boon to Sinotrans Limited. The company provides air, ocean, road and rail freight forwarding, primarily in China's coastal regions. Freight forwarding services account for about 75% of the company's sales. In addition, Sinotrans offers marine transportation, shipping agency and express delivery, as well as storage and terminal services. Its Sino-foreign venture partners include DHL. Sinotrans is a subsidiary of logistics giant China National Foreign Trade Transportation (Group) Corporation, known as Sinotrans Group, owned by the Chinese government.

Marine transportation company Avin International maintains a fleet of about 20 crude-oil carriers and product tankers of various sizes. Overall, its vessels have a capacity of more than 1.2 million deadweight tons (DWT). Avin International does much of its business trading in the Mediterranean and Black Sea and between Europe and the US; customers include major petroleum companies. Greece's Vardinoyannis family owns a controlling stake in Avin International, which was founded in 1977. In addition to its headquarters in Greece, the company owns offices in Cairo, London, and New York City.

Panalpina World Transport opened its first UK office in 1921. No mere mountainclimber, Panalpina covers the world. A unit of Switzerland-based Panalpina World Transport (Holding), Panalpina World Transport provides freight forwarding and supply chain management services for customers in the UK. Panalpina World Transport Ltd. offers both airfreight and ocean freight forwarding. It specializes in service to companies in the energy industry, and it also draws customers from sectors such as automotive, electronics and telecommunications, retail, and health care.

Patriot Transportation Holding gets tanked whenever it can. The company's Transportation segment, comprising Florida Rock & Tank Lines subsidiary, transports liquid and dry bulk commodities, mainly petroleum (including ethanol) and chemicals, in tank trucks. Patriot Transportation's combined fleet of about 400 trucks and more than 500 trailers operates primarily in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic US. Customer Murphy Oil accounts for almost 25% of segment revenues. The company's Real Estate unit, comprising Florida Rock Properties and FRP Development, owns office and warehouse properties, as well as sand and gravel deposits on the East Coast that are leased to Vulcan Materials Company.

The well-known black cat logo of express delivery giant Yamato Holdings crosses paths throughout Japan. The holding company's flagship unit, Yamato Transport, delivers nearly 2 million parcels and another 2 million pieces of mail yearly from a network of some 3,600 delivery centers throughout Japan. Besides Yamato Transport and its signature next-day Takkyubin (door-to-door parcel delivery) and Kuroneko Mail (document delivery) businesses, Yamato Holdings' operations include logistics, financial transaction processing, and household moving services. Yamato Transport accounts for the bulk of the holding company's annual revenue.

Since International Delivery Solutions (IDS) was founded in 1999, we have remained committed to our mission by providing cost-effective, specialized and expedient international mail services based on our customers’ individual needs. We look forward to celebrating a milestone anniversary — our tenth year in business — throughout 2009. Our 31,500 square foot home office is conveniently located close to Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, WI. We also have facilities in Kansas City, MO, and Naples, FL. In addition, our IDS Canadian Direct Entry Office in Niagara Falls, Ontario provides an ideal location for depositing publications, packages and other mailings into Canada. International Delivery Solutions is able to provide expertise in international mail, freight and courier services. We also offer lettershop, packaging and addressing solutions. Whether you’re looking for delivery services to Canada, Spain, Australia — or anywhere in between — IDS offers an array of options to expedite your mail.

International Shipholding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides maritime transportation services to commercial and governmental customers primarily under medium to long-term time charters or contracts of affreightment in the United States and internationally. The company also offers ship charter brokerage and agency services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a fleet of 41 ocean-going vessels, including U.S. flag pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) designed to transport automobiles, trucks, and vehicles; international flag PCTCs with the capability of transporting heavyweight and large dimension trucks and buses; multi-purpose vessels; container vessels; tanker vessels that are used to transport supplies; U.S. flag molten sulphur vessel that is used to carry molten sulphur; and special purpose vessels modified as roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) vessels to transport loaded rail cars; U.S. flag conveyor belt-equipped self-unloading coal carrier; RO/RO vessels that permit deployment of rolling stock, munitions, and other military cargoes; U.S. flag and international flag container ships; double hull handy-size bulk carrier newbuildings; and bulk carriers. International Shipholding Corporation was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama.

Barr-Nunn Transportation aims to be the best, bar none. The dry van truckload carrier provides time-sensitive services throughout the continental US. It uses a fleet of about 700 tractors and 1,700 trailers to transport a variety of freight, ranging from animal feeds to building materials to paper products. The company's Barr-Nunn Logistics unit arranges the transportation of customers' freight via a network of contract carriers, including specialists such as flatbed and refrigerated haulers. Chairman Robert Sturgeon founded Barr-Nunn in 1982.

Braemar Seascope was created through the 2001 merger of Seascope with Braemar Shipbrokers and Braemar Tankers. It changed its name to Braemar Shipping Services in 2007. Braemar Shipping Services (formerly Braemar Seascope) acts as a broker and marine technical consultant for companies in the gas, oil, raw materials, shipbuilding, and ship-owning industries. Its Cory Brothers unit offers freight forwarding and logistics expertise. (As a freight forwarder, it buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to customers.) From offices in Australia, China, India, and Singapore, Braemar Shipping provides services for a variety of vessels, including bulk carriers and tankers.

Aeroports de Paris operates 14 airports within a 30-mile radius of Paris, including major airports Orly and Charles de Gaulle. Also among the company's properties is Le Bourget, site of the Paris Air Show, and Issy les Moulineaux, a heliport in Paris. ADP is one of the largest airport authorities in the world in terms of passenger traffic; more than 87 million passengers a year pass through its facilities. ADP leads Europe in its handling of freight and mail. The French government owns a 60% stake in ADP, which was taken public in 2006.

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