Tube Lines Ltd.'s business has gone down the tube -- just where it is supposed to be. Through its 30-year contract with London Underground, the company maintains and improves London's larger underground rail lines (Jubilee, Northern, and Piccadilly). In addition to maintenance operations, the company provides distribution, emergency services, and training programs to London Underground; it has also upgraded about 100 of its rail stations. Transport for London, the government agency that runs the London Underground, bought the Tube Lines shares owned by construction and rail specialists Amey and Bechtel in 2010 for about £400 million (about $580 million), returning Tube Lines to public ownership.

Covenant Transportation Group promises its customers speedy service on long-haul and regional routes. The company operates a fleet of about 3,100 tractors and 8,000 trailers, including both dry vans and temperature-controlled units (through its Southern Refrigerated Transport subsidiary). In addition to for-hire transportation, Covenant offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned long-term to a customer or route, and freight brokerage services. Averaging about 800 miles per length of haul, the company gets business from manufacturers, retailers, and other transportation companies; among its top customers are Georgia-Pacific, Wal-Mart, and UPS.

Cassens will be happy to transport your car, sell you a car, or insure your car -- Cassens company operates a car-hauling business, a car dealership, and an insurance agency. Cassens Transport, the company's largest venture, delivers new vehicles from manufacturers to dealerships. It operates a fleet of about 1,300 tractor-trailer rigs from terminals in 10 US states and in four Canadian cities. Cassens' car dealership, Cassens & Sons, sells Chrysler vehicles in Glen Carbon, Illinois. Cassens Insurance Agency sells auto, home, and other policies in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Central Refrigerated Service stays cool when it's on the move.Central Refrigerated Service carrier provides temperature-controlled transportation and dry cargo services for major food suppliers and retailers across the US. It specializes in providing a wide array of transportation requests, from inner city and solo driver deliveries to long haul truckload transportation services. Central Refrigerated Service operates a fleet of about 1,800 tractors and 2,700 refrigerated trailers, or reefers.Central Refrigerated Service company is owned by Jerry Moyes, who also owns less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines and truckload carrier Swift Transportation.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. was established in 1919. From Kansas City to Kobe, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (the "K" Line) carries freight to and from ports worldwide. One of Japan's largest marine transportation companies, the company operates a fleet of more than 480 vessels that transport coal, grain, iron ore, and lumber, in addition to automobiles, crude oil, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Its fleet includes containerships, bulk carriers, car carriers, and tankers and has a carrying capacity of nearly 30 million deadweight tons (DWT). The "K" Line also operates marine and rail terminals and offers logistics, freight forwarding, and warehousing services.

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.

Founded in 1936, Honolulu Freight Service is family-owned and -operated. Freight forwarder Honolulu Freight Service (HFS) arranges ocean transportation of dry and refrigerated cargo between the continental US and Hawaii and through an interisland network. In addition to freight forwarding (purchasing transportation capacity from carriers and reselling it to customers), HFS offers short-term warehousing and distribution services. It handles partial and full container loads for a variety of industries, including hospitality, construction, retail, military, and food. Honolulu Freight Service maintains offices in Chicago; Los Angeles; Honolulu; Oakland and Stockton, California; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle.

Those familiar brown vans handle most UPS deliveries, but for bigger cargo, there's UPS Ground Freight. The company, known as UPS Freight, provides less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight transportation services throughout North America. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) UPS Freight operates a fleet of about 6,700 tractors and 22,100 trailers from a network of more than 200 terminals. In addition to for-hire LTL and truckload freight services, UPS Freight offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. The company is a subsidiary of package delivery giant UPS.

This New Penn is a regional, less-than-truckload (LTL) freight carrier that operates in the northeastern US. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Next-day deliveries in the New England and mid-Atlantic regions make up the bulk of New Penn Motor Express' shipments; the company also offers service in Canada and in Puerto Rico. It operates a fleet of about 850 tractors and 1,700 trailers from a network of more than 20 terminals. Connections with other carriers, including sister companies in the YRC Regional Transportation family, enable New Penn to provide coast-to-coast service in the US and Canada.

Heartland Express stays close to home as a short- to medium-haul truckload carrier -- its average trip is just over 500 miles. With the exception of traffic from its Phoenix hub, the company mainly operates east of the Rockies; it also offers service in the southwestern US. Although most of its loads go directly from origin to destination, Heartland also operates from about 10 regional distribution hubs, which are located near major customers.Heartland Express company regional hubs focus on short-haul freight movements (less than 500 miles). Heartland transports general commodities, including appliances, auto parts, consumer products, food, and paper products.

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