Rand Logistics, Inc. is a leading provider of bulk freight shipping services throughout the Great Lakes region. Through its subsidiaries, Rand Logistics, Inc. operates a fleet of ten self-unloading bulk carriers, including eight River Class vessels and one River Class integrated tug/barge unit, and three conventional bulk carriers, of which one is operated under a contract of affreightment. Rand Logistics, Inc. is the only carrier able to offer significant domestic port-to-port services in both Canada and the U.S. on the Great Lakes. Rand Logistics, Inc. Company’s vessels operate under the U.S. Jones Act – which dictates that only ships that are built, crewed and owned by U.S. citizens can operate between U.S. ports – and the Canada Marine Act – which requires Canadian commissioned ships to operate between Canadian ports. Headquartered in New York, NY, Rand Logistics was formed in 2006 through the acquisition of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. Common shares of Rand Logistics trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol RLOG.

Through its operating companies, TransForce is one of Canada's largest providers of transportation and logistics services. Subsidiaries offer truckload transportation of general freight and specialized cargo, as well as less-than-truckload (LTL) tranportation through carrier TST Overland Express. (Less-than-truckload carriers consolidate loads from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Other TransForce units include parcel delivery company Canpar, and logistics and warehousing services. In 2008 the company, which formerly traded as TransForce Income Fund, converted itself from an income fund to a corporation in order to invest more of its income in its business.

Ameriflight takes flight across the Americas, delivering time-sensitive packages for banks and for other air cargo carriers. The company serves some 200 communities, primarily in the western US but also elsewhere in the US and in Canada and Mexico. Managing 75,000 packages a day, it operates a fleet of about 170 aircraft, consisting of small jets and turboprops from several manufacturers, from about a dozen hubs. The company serves other air cargo carriers by meeting their larger air freighters at major airports and distributing cargo to markets not easily served by big aircraft. Ameriflight is owned by its management team.

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.

Matson Navigation, the main subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin, transports freight primarily between the continental US and ports in Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and Puerto Rico; it also offers service between the US and China. Containerships account for the majority of the company's fleet of more than 15 vessels. Besides containerized freight, cargo carried by Matson vessels includes automobiles and building materials. Subsidiary Matson Integrated Logistics provides logistics and multimodal transportation services (arrangement of freight transportation by combinations of road, rail, and air). Matson Terminals provides container stevedoring and related services for Matson and other carriers in Honolulu.

Echo Global Logistics can help you deliver the goods. The company provides a wide range of transportation and logistics services, such as carrier management, rate negotiation, freight bill audit and payment, routing compliance, and shipment execution and tracking. In addition, its Evolved Transportation Manager (ETM) software analyzes clients' transportation needs and helps reduce costs, as well as manages all procedures in shipping. Established in 2005, Echo Global Logistics serves more than 15,500 clients, primarily in the in the manufacturing and consumer products industries.

Ventura Transfer provides truckload transportation of liquid and dry bulk commodities. The company also offers transloading (moving cargo from railcars to trucks) and warehousing services. Ventura Transfer operates primarily in the western US. The company was founded in 1869; originally, it used horse-drawn equipment to transport passengers and cargo from ships arriving in Ventura Harbor.

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.

Doug Andrus Distributing is nothing if not versatile. Besides standard dry freight, Doug Andrus Distributing company transports temperature-controlled cargo, oversized loads, and freight that requires flatbed trailers. It sells equipment through affiliate DAD's Truck and Trailer Sales, which it opened in 1996. Overall, the company's fleet consists of about 260 tractors and 300 trailers. Doug Andrus Distributing operates throughout the US and in western Canada.Doug Andrus Distributing company was founded in 1937 by Doug and Veatrice Andrus. Members of their family still operate the business.

Try as you might, you can't escape the fact that ClubLink Enterprises, formerly Tri-White Corporation, is trying its hand in several business areas. Its core business is ownership of the Skagway, Alaska-based White Pass & Yukon Route Railway, which serves cruise-ship tourists through its dock management operations. Tri-White also owns about 70% of Canada-based golf resort operator ClubLink. CEO Rai Sahi controls some 70% of ClubLink Enterprises, which was formed to hold tourist and trucking operations of Russel Metals; the trucking interests were sold in 2000.

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