Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad was formed in 1907. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad provides switching services on its network of more than 50 miles of mainline track in Indiana and Illinois. The company serves the Chicago area, which is North America's primary railroad hub. Indiana Harbor Belt handles traffic from industrial customers, such as chemical and metal producers, and interchanges traffic with about 15 other rail lines. Steel companies account for the largest share of the company's freight traffic. Conrail, which is controlled by Norfolk Southern and CSX, owns 51% of Indiana Harbor Belt; Canadian Pacific Railway owns 49%.

K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. provides marine transportation, distribution, and logistics services for refined petroleum products in the United States. As of September 1, 2009, the company operated a fleet of 69 tank barges and 66 tugboats, which offer services to various customers, including oil companies, oil traders, and oil refiners. K-Sea General Partner L.P. serves as the general partner of the company. K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

Truckload carrier Pan American Express hauls freight throughout the US and Canada and arranges service into Mexico through partnerships with Mexican trucking companies. The company operates a fleet of about 160 tractors and 475 trailers from terminals in Dallas, Harlingen, and Laredo, Texas, and in Romulus, Michigan. Company president Ricardo Guardado owns a majority interest in Pan American Express.

Freight hauler Trans-System operates through three main units: System Transport (flatbed); TW Transport (refrigerated and dry van); and James J. Williams (bulk commodities). The Trans-System trucking companies operate from some 10 terminals in the western US. Overall, the company's fleet consists of about 1,000 tractors and 1,500 trailers. Trans-System also offers logistics services and runs a driver training school. Chairman and CEO Jim Williams founded the company in 1972, although it got its start when Williams' grandfather began transporting petroleum products throughout northern Idaho and eastern Washington.

Venture Logistics has truckloads of transportation experience. Providing trucking, warehousing, and logistics services, Venture Logistics delivers full or partial truckloads to destinations throughout North America. Warehouse services include cross-docking, short-and long-term storage options, and 24-hour access to facilities with more than 12,000 sq. feet of space. The company's terminals are located in California, Texas, Indiana, Illinois, South Carolina, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Venture Logistics uses affiliates to provide transportation to and from Mexico.

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.

Arnold Transportation Services specializes in regional truckload freight transportation services.Arnold Transportation Servicescompany operates a fleet of about 1,650 tractors in several regions, including the mid-Atlantic, northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern US. Besides its regional service, Arnold Transportation offers medium-haul (800 to 1,200 mile) freight transportation. In addition, the company provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. Nationwide truckload transportation company U.S. Xpress Enterprises owns a controlling stake in Arnold Transportation.

PCL Group is a unit of Singapore's Kuok Group, a holding company with diverse interests in businesses ranging from agricultural commodities to office equipment. Not limited to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Carriers Limited specializes in the worldwide transport of dry bulk cargo -- typically such commodities as coal, fertilizer, grain, and iron ore. Doing business as PCL Group, the company's fleet of more than 100 owned and managed vessels includes dry bulk carriers of various sizes, as well as chemical and product tankers, which transport liquid bulk cargo. Affiliates provide short-haul transportation of containerized freight and operate offshore supply vessels for oil companies doing business in Southeast Asia.

Capital Product Partners L.P. owns and operates double-hull medium-range product tankers worldwide. It provides marine transportation services under medium to long-term time charters or bareboat charters. The company’s fleet consists of 21 vessels, which are capable of carrying crude and refined oil products, such as gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals, including ethanol. Capital GP L.L.C. serves as a general partner of the company. Capital Product Partners L.P. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Piraeus, Greece.

Landstar Inway knows the way to the highway. The truckload freight hauler, part of Landstar System's carrier group, calls upon a fleet that includes dry vans, flatbeds, and temperature-controlled vans and containers. Like sister companies Landstar Gemini, Landstar Ligon, and Landstar Ranger, Landstar Inway operates through a network of sales agents and contract carriers.

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