Big metal boxes mean money for A.P. Moller - Maersk. A.P. Moller - Maersk company's container shipping units, led by Maersk Line, maintain a fleet of more than 500 containerships, and subsidiary APM Terminals is a major container terminal operator. Other vessels in the fleet include tankers and oil field supply and specialty ships. In addition to its shipping-related activities, A.P. Moller - Maersk offers supply chain management and freight forwarding services (through Damco), oil and gas drilling (primarily in the North Sea), and it owns one of Denmark's largest grocery and general merchandise chains. Other units build ships and shipping containers and provide air cargo services. A.P. Moller - Maersk operates in about 130 countries.

Brokers Worldwide was founded in 1986. Brokers Worldwide isn't afraid of neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, either. Brokers Worldwide LLC is a full service international postal services company specializing in the consolidation and distribution of international business mail, direct mail, publications, and parcels. Brokers Worldwide has partnerships with the United States Postal Service as well as with La Poste, the French Postal Office. Brokers Worldwide LLC operates mail facilities in Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco. Clients include universities, publishers, government agencies, financial institutions, parcel shippers, and manufacturers.

ASTAR Air Cargo helps DHL take on delivery giants FedEx and UPS on their own turf. Hiring the carrier's fleet of about 40 aircraft enables DHL and other customers, including the US Department of Defense and the United States Postal Service, to achieve overnight delivery of virtually any kind of cargo. ASTAR's service includes scheduled as well as chartered flights. In January 2009, ASTAR suffered a blow when -- in order to cut down on costs -- DHL was forced to shut down its express operations within the US. (Through ASTAR and other carriers, DHL still offers international shipping services to and from the US). An investment group led by CEO John Dasburg controls ASTAR.

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.

SPT (also known as Skaugen PetroTrans) may not be in the light industry sector, but it is engaged in lightering -- the offshore transfer of crude oil from the largest tankers to smaller vessels that can enter ports. It operates a fleet of two Aframax tankers and six lightering support vessels. The company performs its services around the globe, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, the US Atlantic Coast, US Pacific Coast, and the Persian Gulf. When SPT isn't lightering, it provides support services, such as overseeing fuel transfers and providing equipment and personnel. SPT Inc. is owned by I.M. Skaugen and Teekay Corporation, which bought a 50% stake in SPT in 2003.

One of the world's largest container transporters, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company doesn't limit its operations to the Mediterranean. The company's fleet of more than 375 containerships provides scheduled liner services to about 335 ports on six continents, covering the major global trade lanes. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company's vessels have an overall capacity of more than 1.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). CEO Gianluigi Aponte controls MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, which he founded in 1970.

Crude Carriers Corp. is an international transportation company focused on the crude tanker industry. Our fleet consists of two newly built VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers) and three modern, high specification Suezmax tankers. We operate a high quality fleet and trade our vessels in the spot crude tanker market. Our dividend policy is to distribute to our shareholders, on a quarterly basis, all of our net cash flow less operating reserves, as defined by our Board of Directors.

Before you can buy stuff at the store, the stuff has to get to the store, and that's where National Retail Systems comes in. The company provides less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation, along with logistics and warehousing and distribution services. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) It operates a fleet of about 1,100 trucks and about 4,300 trailers and maintains more than 1 million sq. ft. of warehouse space. To serve its retail clients, the company has both trailers and warehouses designed to handle garments on hangers. National Retail Systems was founded in 1953.

Providence and Worcester Railroad Company operates as an interstate freight carrier with regional railroad operating in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. Providence and Worcester Railroad company transports various commodities, including automobiles, construction aggregates, iron and steel products, chemicals, lumber, scrap metals, plastic resins, cement, coal, construction and demolition debris, and processed foods, as well as edible foodstuffs, such as corn syrup and vegetable oils. As of December 31, 2009, its rail freight system comprised approximately 516 miles of track. The company also services a double-stack intermodal terminal facility in New England in Worcester, Massachusetts. In addition, it engages in the sale of properties, granting of easements, and licensing and leasing of land and tracks. Providence and Worcester Railroad company was founded in 1969 and is based in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Kansas City Southern, through its subsidiaries, engages primarily in the freight rail transportation business. It operates north/south rail between Kansas City, Missouri, and various ports along the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in the midwest and southeast regions of the United States. The company also operates direct rail passageway between Mexico City and Laredo in Texas, serving various Mexico’s industrial cities and 3 of its shipping ports; and a 157-mile rail line extending from Laredo, Texas to the port city of Corpus Christi, Texas, as well as owns the northern half of the rail bridge at Laredo, Texas. In addition, Kansas City Southern holds a concession to operate a 47-mile railroad located adjacent to the Panama Canal, as well as operates and promotes commuter and tourist passenger services. Further, Kansas City Southern operates a bulk materials handling facility with deep-water access to the Gulf of Mexico at Port Arthur, Texas that stores and transfers petroleum coke from rail cars to ships primarily for export; and a railroad wood tie treatment facility. It serves customers conducting business in various industries, including electric-generating utilities, chemical and petroleum products, industrial and consumer products, agriculture and mineral products, automotive products, and intermodal freight transportation. Kansas City Southern was formerly known as Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Kansas City Southern in 2002. Kansas City Southern was founded in 1962 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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