New Century Transportation is bringing a different style of less-than-truckload (LTL) delivery to the new century. A transportation services company, New Century offers LTL services (where carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single trailer) to industrial, chemical, food, and other companies. Unlike many LTL carriers, the company offers a signature LTL service it calls "Load-to-Deliver," which involves delivering freight directly to customers rather than to a hub. It operates a fleet of more than 980 tractors and 2,100 trailers in the northeastern US, as well as across other parts of the US and Canada. The company -- formed at the turn of the century in 2000 -- filed to go public in 2010.

Trucking company Penn Tank Lines specializes in transporting petroleum and petroleum products, including asphalt. The company operates from a network of more than 25 terminals in the eastern half of the US, spanning several states from New Hampshire to Florida. President and CEO Jack McSherry founded Penn Tank Lines in 1974. The company was combined with the petroleum division of Fleet Transport in 1995.

James J. Boyle was founded in 1964. By air or by sea, James J. Boyle transports cargo around the globe. The company provides freight forwarding and customs brokerage services for importers and exporters. As a freight forwarder, the company buys cargo capacity from air and ocean carriers and resells it to shippers. James J. Boyle also offers consulting, logistics, and cargo insurance for clients. The company's main offices are in Atlanta; Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; Seattle; and San Francisco; it operates at other major trade gateways through alliances with other freight forwarders.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands. The company’s railroads transport various commodities, such as coal, coke, and ores; pulp and paper; metals; minerals and stone; lumber and forest products; farm and food products; chemicals and plastics; petroleum products; autos and auto parts; and municipal waste and haulage traffic. As of December 31, 2009, it owned, leased, or operated 62 short line and regional freight railroads with approximately 6,000 miles of owned and leased track; and approximately 3,400 additional miles under track access arrangements. The company provided rail service at 16 ports in North America and Europe. The company also provides railcar switching services; railcar hire and rental services; demurrage and storage services; and freight car repair services, as well as sells diesel fuel to other rail operators. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

DATS Trucking specializes in less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation in the western US, but that's not all there is to the company's operations. In addition to its LTL operations, in which freight from multiple shippers is combined into a single trailer, DATS Trucking provides truckload transportation. The company's tanker division, Overland Petroleum, transports gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products. Overall, DATS Trucking operates a fleet of about 500 tractors and 2,500 trailers. It offers LTL service outside its home territory via The Reliance Network, a group of regional carriers that covers the US and Canada. President and CEO Don Ipson founded DATS Trucking in 1988.

Turners (Soham) has enough big wheels to make it a big wheel in the distribution industry. Founded in 1930 by Wallace and Frank Turner, family-owned and -operated Turners (Soham) is one of the largest privately owned transport companies in the UK. Its core businesses are temperature-controlled and bulk-tanker operations. Turners (Soham) also runs a fresh-produce distribution and storage center. With a fleet of 800 vehicles, the company serves customers that range from major retailers to government entities, including the US Air Force and Her Majesty's Prison Services.

SkyWest, Inc., headquartered in St. George, Utah, is the holding company for SkyWest Airlines. SkyWest Airlines was founded in 1972 by Ralph Atkin to meet the needs of businessmen traveling between Salt Lake City and St. George, Utah. During the first year of operations, 256 passengers utilized the services of the fledgling airline. In 1985, SkyWest Airlines signed a marketing agreement with Western Airlines to fly for them as Western Express out of their hub in Salt Lake City. In 1987, Delta Air Lines acquired Western. SkyWest then began a partnership with Delta as one of their Connection carriers and today continues that partnership with more than 435 daily flights, operating primarily out of Delta's hub in Salt Lake City. On October 1, 1997, SkyWest began its partnership with United Airlines. SkyWest is now the primary United Express carrier along the West Coast, providing more than 980 daily departures and serving United hubs at Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare and Denver.SkyWest began a groundbreaking partnership with AirTran Airways on November 4, 2009. The partnership increases frequencies and destinations from General Mitchell International Airport. In addition to its current partners, SkyWest previously had code-share agreements with Midwest Airlines from 2007 to 2010 out of Milwaukee, Continental Airlines from 1995 to 1997 out of Los Angeles International Airport and from 2003 to 2005 out of Houston Intercontinental Airport. SkyWest Airlines currently employs more than 10,500 employees across 146 cities in 39 states, 6 Canadian Provinces and 1 city in Mexico. Operating over 1,500 flights per day for United Express, Delta Connection and AirTran, SkyWest proudly flies the EMB 120, the Bombardier CRJ200, CRJ700, and the CRJ900. SkyWest Airlines was named the number one on-time mainland airline by the Department of Transportation 2003, 2004, 2005 years in which they carried more than 40 million passengers combined.

Allegiant Travel Company operates as a leisure travel company in the United States. The company provides scheduled passenger services from small cities to leisure destinations. It focuses on transporting travelers in small cities to leisure destinations, such as Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Los Angeles, California; and Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The company sells air travel on a stand-alone basis, as well as bundled with hotel rooms, rental cars, and other travel related services. It also provides charter air services under long-term contracts, as well as on a seasonal and ad-hoc basis. The company markets its services through advertising and promotions in newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, as well as through targeted public relations and promotional activities. As of February 1, 2010, it operated a fleet of 46 aircraft consisting of 28 MD-83 aircraft, 4 MD-87 aircraft, 8 MD-82 aircraft, and 6 MD-88 aircraft, as well as offered scheduled service from 58 small cities on 136 routes. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Leveraging a fleet of more than 600 tractors and 1,900 trailers, USF Glen Moore provides truckload transportation of freight throughout the US. The company offers national service as well as regional freight hauling; its regional fleets are based in the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and West. Its primary bases are in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with standard for-hire hauling, USF Glen Moore's offerings include teams of drivers (for faster service) and dedicated fleet services, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. Founded in 1986, the company operates as the sole truckload business within YRC Truckload, a business segment of YRC Worldwide.

Hamburg Sud is part of the diversified Oetker Group. One of Germany's largest marine transportation companies, Hamburg Sud operates a fleet of about 175 vessels, including some 115 containerships with an overall capacity of about 290,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). The Hamburg Sud fleet also includes dry bulk carriers and tankers. Scheduled liner services for containers make up about 85% of the company's revenues. Hamburg Sud also offers tramp shipping (nonscheduled) for other freight, including refrigerated cargo, runs its own full-service travel agency, specializing in cargo ship travel and leisure cruises, and offers cargo ship management and logistics services to outside customers.

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