Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail and related transportation business in North America. It provides transportation for various goods, including petroleum and chemicals, grain and fertilizers, coal, metals and minerals, forest products, and intermodal and automotive products. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated a network of approximately 21,000 route miles of track spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico. It serves ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile in Alabama, as well as metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minnesota/Superior, Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson in Mississippi, with connections to various points in North America. Canadian National Railway company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Jacques Saade founded CMA CGM S.A. company in 1978. CMA CGM ships freight PDQ. The marine transportation company is one of the world's leading container carriers. Through subsidiaries it operates a fleet of about 370 vessels that serve more than 400 ports around the globe, and it maintains a network of about 650 facilities in about 150 countries. In addition to hauling containers by sea, CMA CGM provides logistics services, arranging the transportation of containerized freight by river, road, and rail. The company's tourism division arranges cruises and other travel services.

As far as bulk carriers go, Quality Distribution (QDI) is the bulkiest: It's the largest tank truck operator in North America. Its main subsidiary, Quality Carriers (QCI), transports bulk chemical products in the US, Canada, and Mexico. The company's fleet consists of about 2,800 tractors and 6,400 tank trailers. Major customers include Dow Chemical, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, and PPG Industries. QDI also provides dry bulk hauling, transloading, tank cleaning, intermodal transport, container and depot services, and logistics services through its subsidiaries Quality Transload & Terminals and Boasso America. Affiliates of investment firm Apollo Advisors hold more than 50% of the company.

No, TransAm Trucking isn't that movie where Burt Reynolds helps haul beer from Texas to Georgia -- that was Smokey and the Bandit. TransAm Trucking does haul freight in the South, and in most of the rest of the US, and the company has carried a little beer in its time, along with other products that require temperature-controlled transportation. It operates a fleet of about 1,200 tractors and 2,400 refrigerated trailers. But no black Pontiac Trans Ams with T-tops. In addition to for-hire transportation, TransAm Trucking offers dedicated fleet services, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. The company was founded in 1987.

Maersk Line has offices in about 125 countries around the globe. Maersk Line knows how to contain itself. The company, a unit of Denmark-based A.P. Moller - Maersk, is one of the world's leading container shipping companies. Maersk Line maintains a fleet of more than 500 containerships with an overall capacity of about 1.9 million TEU (twenty-foot-equivalent units). In addition, the company arranges ground transportation of containerized freight through affiliate Damco. Maersk Line combines the operations of the former Maersk Sealand and Royal P&O Nedlloyd N.V., which was acquired by A.P. Moller - Maersk in 2005.

Celadon Group provides long-haul, dry van truckload service throughout North America via subsidiaries Celadon Trucking Services, Celadon Canada, and Mexico-based Jaguar. The group maintains a fleet of about 3,200 tractors and 10,000 trailers. Celadon also offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term, as well as freight brokerage and warehousing services. Its clients have included large shippers with strict time-delivery requirements, such as Alcoa, Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris, and Wal-Mart. An e-commerce unit, TruckersB2B, serves as a purchasing cooperative for smaller trucking fleets and provides discounts on fuel, tires, and satellite systems.

Top Ships Inc. provides international seaborne transportation services. It carries petroleum products and crude oil for the oil industry; and drybulk commodities for steel, electric utility, construction, and agriculture-food industries. TOP Ships Inc. employs its tanker and drybulk vessels under time charters, bareboat charters, or in the spot charter market. As of May 22, 2009, it owned and operated a fleet of 12 double-hull handymax tankers with a total carrying capacity of approximately 0.6 million dead weight tons (dwt); and a fleet of 5 drybulk vessels with a total carrying capacity of approximately 0.3 million dwt. TOP Ships Inc. was formerly known as Top Tankers Inc. and changed its name to Top Ships Inc. in December 2007. Top Ships Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Athens, Greece.

Barthco International provides global logistics and freight forwarding services. The company arranges air and ocean transportation of its customers' cargo through a network of independent carriers. (As a freight forwarder, Barthco buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to shippers.) Managing over 700,000 shipments each year, the company specializes in working with biotech companies and in handling shipments of fine art, valuables, and live animals. In addition, Barthco provides customs brokerage and warehousing and distribution services. It is a unit of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, a supply chain management company operating through a network of about 120 distribution hubs around the globe.

Truckload carrier Midwest Parts & Equipment, which does business as Midwest Systems, provides a range of freight transportation services. As a truckload carrier, the company specializes in doing its part for intermodal transportation, in which its trucks haul containers that may also move by train, ship, or both on their journey from origin to destination. The company provides service to all states but concentrates on Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee. Midwest Systems also leases containers and trailers and provides maintenance services. Founded in 1943 by Earl M. Winkle, the company is owned by company officers Justin Williamson and Thomas Lynch.

Over hill and over dale, less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier TST Overland Express hauls freight throughout Canada. (LTL carriers consolidate cargo from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) TST Overland Express operates a fleet of more than 1,600 tractors and trailers. The company offers its customers service throughout the US via multiregional LTL carrier Estes Express Lines, its partner in the ExpressLINK alliance. TST Overland Express is a unit of TST Solutions, which in turn is owned by TransForce Income Fund. TST Overland Express was founded in 1928.

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