Crowley Liner operates a fleet of some 30 vessels, including tug and barge units, roll-on/roll-off, and lift-on/lift-off vessels, as well as intermodal equipment, such as containers, trailers, and chassis. Among its federal contracts, the liner won work to restore cargo delivery to Haiti following an earthquake in 2010. As the world trades, Crowley Liner Services heads for sea. The flagship unit of Crowley Maritime provides scheduled ocean transport services between the US and ports in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Bahamas, Central America, as well as the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba. Cargo carried by the liner includes containers, trailers, oversized freight, hazardous materials, and vehicles of all kind.

Half a load is better than none for Vitran: the company nets most of its sales from its less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation business. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Vitran -- the name is short for vital transportation -- provides LTL service in Canada and in much of the US. Besides its LTL operations, Vitran offers logistics services in the US and Canada and provides truckload freight transportation in the US. Overall, the company operates a fleet of more than 5,600 tractors, trailers, containers, and other equipment from a network of more than 135 facilities, most of which are located in the US.

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.

SMRT works hard to get its customers back home. SMRT Corporation Ltd company provides subway, light rail, bus, and taxi services in Singapore for about 1.3 million commuters a day. The company's main revenue generator is its MRT (mass rapid transit) unit, which operates a network of some 90 km (55 miles) of rail and more than 50 stations. In addition to its transportation operations, SMRT rents commercial space in its train stations and makes money from advertising placed in its stations and on its trains, buses, and taxis. SMRT Corporation Ltd company also provides engineering services. The government of Singapore, through Temasek Holdings, owns a 55% stake in SMRT, which was established in 1987.

Russian Railways has about 130 subsidiaries and offices in North Korea, Poland, China, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Iran. It was created in 1842 as The Department of Railroads. A big country needs a big railroad and Russia's got it. The government-owned Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi, better known as RZD or Russian Railways, covers more than 53,000 miles of track (second only to the US) across 11 time zones from Sovetskaya on the Sea of Japan to St. Petersburg on the Baltic. It also runs trains to international cities including Helsinki, Beijing, and Budapest. Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi OAO handles nearly 80% of the freight transported in Russia and accounts for about 4% of GDP.

Great Lakes Aviation company was founded in 1979 and is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., a regional airline company, operates as an independent carrier in the United States. It also operates as a code share partner, through agreements with United Air Lines, Inc. and Frontier Airlines, Inc. The company offers charter air services to private individuals, corporations, and athletic teams; carries freight and small packages on its scheduled flights; and provides contract and ground handling services for other carriers, as well as essential air service program. As of March 1, 2010, it served 60 airports in 15 states with a fleet of 6 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and 32 Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. is the largest U.S.-based owner of Handymax dry bulk vessels. This modern fleet is comprised principally of Supramax class vessels, a larger and more efficient Handymax design that enjoys strong demand from customers around the world. We believe that the cargo handling flexibility and cargo carrying capacity of the Supramax class vessels provides a distinct competitive advantage in the dry bulk marketplace. Eagle Bulk’s New York-based management team has, on average, 20 years of experience in the Handymax market. Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Company’s low cost structure and stable, medium to long term chartering strategy provide the foundation for growth in the dry bulk shipping market.

DFDS bought ferry operator Norfolk Holdings for $425 million in 2010 from A.P. Meller-Maersk, which acquired 31% of DFDS in the deal; Vesterhavet owns 36% of DFDS. DFDS carries freight and passengers. Most of the company's revenue comes from ro-ro and ro-pax shipping. (Ro-ro is short for roll-on, roll-off, which is how cargo is loaded and unloaded. Ro-pax vessels carry passengers and their vehicles, as well as freight.) DFDS' other operating units include container shipping, cruise ships (which also carry freight), terminal services, and trailer or logistics services. DFDS operates primarily in the North Sea area. its fleet consists of some 60 cargo vessels, with several that also transport passengers.

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.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is a leader of the pack. Its intermodal unit, the company's largest, maintains some 2,200 tractors and 40,000 containers and moves customers' cargo by combinations of truck and train. J.B. Hunt's dedicated contract services unit supplies customers with drivers and equipment; it operates about 4,000 company-controlled trucks. The company's truckload transportation unit, which has a fleet of about 1,700 tractors, provides dry van freight transportation service in the US, Canada, and Mexico. A fourth business segment, integrated capacity solutions (ICS), manages freight transportation via third-party carriers as well as J.B. Hunt equipment.

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