The ARRC is a self-sustaining, full-service railroad serving ports and communities from the Gulf of Alaska to the Interior of Alaska. The ARRC is unlike any other State of Alaska agency. It is owned by the state, but is incorporated and run like a private business. The ARRC receives no operating funds from the state, nor are its employees state employees. Rather, the corporation and ARRC employees generate revenue through freight, passenger and real estate services to cover personnel, operations and maintenance expenses. The ARRC generates revenue through real estate holdings, year-round passenger service and freight train service from Seward to Fairbanks-North Pole. Owned by the State of Alaska since 1985, the Railroad is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors appointed by the Governor of Alaska.

Stolt-Nielsen is in its element in seawater. Through Stolt Tankers & Terminals and Stolt Tank Containers (STC) units, the company provides integrated parcel tanker, tank container, and marine terminal services, as well as logistics, for the worldwide transport of bulk liquids, such as chemicals, edible oils, and acids. It operates a fleet of about 160 vessels with an overall capacity of more than 2 million deadweight tons (DWT). Transportation-related operations account for more than 95% of the company's sales. Its Stolt Sea Farm business unit produces and sells turbot, sturgeon, sole, and caviar. Chairman Jacob Stolt-Nielsen and his family own a controlling stake in the company.

J & J Denholm was founded in 1866 by the family of chairman John Denholm. Water is a big ingredient in the success of J & J Denholm. The company operates in a variety of marine industries through its four divisions. Denholm Shipping operates a fleet of ocean freighters and provides management and consulting services to other ship operators, while its industrial services division includes several operating units that supply painting, scaffolding, and decontamination services to the marine, oil, and gas industries. Other operations include Denholm Logistics (supply chain management) and Denholm Seafoods (fishing and fish processing).

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.

Air cargo carrier AirNet Systems helps banks keep their records straight. Transporting canceled checks and other bank documents accounts for the majority of the company's sales. AirNet also offers express delivery of such cargo as human organs and time-sensitive medications, as well as general freight. Founded in 1974, it provides both scheduled and charter cargo services. Overall, AirNet operates a fleet of about 120 aircraft, including jets and turboprops. It serves more than 100 cities in the US. In 2008, AirNet was acquired by an affiliate of investment firm Bayside Capital.

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.

MCO Transport specializes in hauling cargo to and from ports in the southeastern US. The company's fleet of more than 160 trucks includes vans, containers, and flatbed trailers. By taking a container from a ship and hauling it over the road, the company helps facilitate intermodal transportation. Company president Danny McComas is the majority owner of MCO Transport.

Comcar Industries comprises a comprehensive collection of trucking and logistics companies. Comcar's transportation offerings, provided through subsidiaries such as CCC Transportation, Midwest Coast Transport, and Willis Shaw Express, include flatbed, refrigerated, liquid and dry bulk, and standard dry van truckload services. Overall, Comcar companies operate about 3,600 tractors and 6,400 trailers from more than 50 terminals. Comcar also provides logistics, tractor and trailer leasing, and warehousing services through units such as Commercial Carrier Logistics, Coastal Transport, and CTL Distribution. Guy Bostick, father of CEO Mark Bostick, founded Comcar in 1953. The Bostick family owns the company.

Federal employees and tourists who might otherwise have to bring their cars into downtown Washington, DC, can thank the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority for saving them stress and shoeleather. The Metro provides rail and bus transportation services throughout the nation's capital and in its Maryland and Virginia suburbs, a 1,500-sq.-mi. area -- the second largest rail transit system and sixth largest bus network in the US. Overall, passengers take about 350 million rail and bus trips on the Metro annually. The agency's rail system includes about 85 stations served by more than 105 miles of track, both underground and aboveground. Metro operates a fleet of more than 1,500 buses.

Jim Palmer isn't related to the former Baltimore Orioles pitcher, but Jim Palmer Trucking wants to move freight the way the National Baseball Hall of Fame member threw strikes -- and to stay as cool in the process. Jim Palmer Trucking offers truckload transportation of temperature-controlled cargo with a fleet of about 350 tractors and 500 trailers. The company operates throughout the US from terminals in Denver; Missoula, Montana; and Salina, Kansas. After voluntarily filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-2008, the company emerged from bankruptcy in May 2009. It cited the rising costs of fuel as one of the primary reasons for its financial woes.

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