Averitt Express provides less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation service. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single trailer.)Averitt Express company operates a fleet of about 4,000 tractors and 11,250 trailers from a network of some 80 terminals. Averitt Express directly serves the southern US and Mexico, and it provides service elsewhere in North America through partnerships with other carriers such as Lakeville Motor Express and DATS. The company also offers truckload and expedited freight transportation, along with logistics, warehousing, and international freight forwarding. Customers have included Home Depot, Shoe Carnival, and V.F. Corporation.

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. operates as a seaborne shipping and logistics company. The company focuses on the transport and transshipment of drybulk commodities, including iron ore, coal, grain, and fertilizer. As of December 31, 2009, its fleet consisted of 60 vessels, aggregating approximately 6.6 million dwt. It owned 15 Capesize vessels, 13 modern Ultra Handymax vessels, 4 Panamax vessels, and 1 Product Handysize tanker vessel; and operated a fleet of 5 Ultra Handymax, 2 Handysize, 10 Panamax, and 10 Capesize vessels under time charter. In addition, Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. owns and operates vessels, barges, and push boats located in Argentina; bulk transfer and storage port facility in Uruguay; and an upriver liquid port facility located in Paraguay. The company has an in-house technical ship management expertise that works with producers of raw materials, agricultural traders and exporters, industrial end-users, ship owners, and charterers. It operates in the North America, Europe, Asia, and the South America. Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. is headquartered in Piraeus, Greece.

ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. owns strategic investments in the air transportation industry, and operates various divisions to leverage the assets of its subsidiaries, including ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. and ExpressJet Services, LLC. ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. serves 134 scheduled destinations in North America and the Caribbean with approximately 1,045 departures per day. The company has a capacity purchase agreement for Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental); provides clients with customized 41-seat and 50-seat charter options (www.expressjet.com/charter); and offers third-party aviation services, including airport ground handling, aircraft maintenance, aircraft refurbishment work, and aircraft cleaning. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a fleet of 244 aircraft comprising 214 aircraft for Continental under the capacity purchase agreement, and 30 aircraft for corporate aviation under long-term agreements and other ad-hoc charter service arrangements.

Central Refrigerated Service stays cool when it's on the move.Central Refrigerated Service carrier provides temperature-controlled transportation and dry cargo services for major food suppliers and retailers across the US. It specializes in providing a wide array of transportation requests, from inner city and solo driver deliveries to long haul truckload transportation services. Central Refrigerated Service operates a fleet of about 1,800 tractors and 2,700 refrigerated trailers, or reefers.Central Refrigerated Service company is owned by Jerry Moyes, who also owns less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines and truckload carrier Swift Transportation.

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.

Kintetsu World Express and its affiliates operate from more than 280 offices in about 185 cities in 30 countries around the world. The company was spun off from Kintetsu Corp., the operator of Kinki Nippon Railway, in 1970. Kintetsu still owns about 41% of the company. Kintetsu World Express specializes in international airfreight forwarding. The company also offers ocean freight forwarding and arranges ground transportation of its customers' goods. Key subsidiaries include Kintetsu World Express Sales, which handles the transportation and installment of exhibition or event shipments, and Kintetsu World Express Shikoku, which focuses on freight shipment within the Shikoku region of Japan.

Tidewater Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides offshore supply vessels and marine support services to the offshore energy industry through the operation of fleet of offshore marine service vessels. It offers services to support various phases of offshore exploration, development, and production, including towing of and anchor handling of mobile drilling rigs and equipment; transporting supplies and personnel; and assisting in offshore construction activities. The company’s marine vessel fleet include platform supply vessels, and anchor handling towing supply vessels used for transporting supplies and equipment from shore bases to deepwater and intermediate water depth offshore drilling rigs, platforms, and other installations; towing-supply and supply vessels used for transportation in intermediate and shallow waters; and crewboats and utility vessels for transporting personnel and supplies from shore bases to offshore drilling rigs, platforms, and other installations. It also operates offshore tugs used for towing floating drilling rigs; assisting in the docking of tankers; towing barges; assisting in pipe laying, cable laying, and construction barges; and commercial towing operations, including towing barges carrying various bulk cargoes and containerized cargo. In addition, the company’s vessels include inshore tugs; and production, line-handling, and various other special purpose vessels. Further, it operates two shipyards in Houma, Louisiana, which construct, modify, and repair vessels. As of March 31, 2009, the company had approximately 430 vessels, including 10 vessels operated through joint ventures, 61 vessels stacked, and 11 vessels withdrawn from service. It has operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the Persian Gulf, and areas offshore Australia, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Trinidad, Venezuela, and West Africa. Tidewater Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. engages in the acquisition, investment, ownership, operation, and sale of vessels for dry bulk and liquid cargo transportation. Its fleet includes product tankers, the single-deck oceangoing vessels that are designed to transport liquid bulk commodities, such as refined petroleum products, vegetable oils, caustic soda, and molasses. The company’s fleet also includes ore/bulk/oil combination carriers (OBOs), which are used to transport liquid, iron ore, or bulk products, including coal, grain, bauxite, crude oil, phosphate, sugar, steel products, and other dry bulk commodities. As of December 31, 2008, it owned and operated four MR product tankers, one Panamax product tanker, two bulk carriers, and five OBOs. B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. company was founded in 1988 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Trinity Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various products and services for the industrial, energy, transportation, and construction sectors primarily in the United States. Its Rail group manufactures and sells railcars and component parts, such as auto carrier cars, box cars, gondola cars, hopper cars, intermodal cars, specialty cars, and tank cars. This group also offers railcar parts used in manufacturing and repairing railcars, such as auto carrier doors and accessories, discharge gates, yokes, couplers, axles, and hitches. It serves customers, including railroads, leasing companies, and shippers of products, such as utilities, petrochemical companies, grain shippers, and construction and industrial companies. The company’s Railcar Leasing and Management Services group leases tank cars and freight cars, as well as provides management services. Its Construction Products group produces concrete, aggregates, and asphalt; manufactures highway products, as well as other steel products for infrastructure related projects; and distributes construction aggregates, such as crushed stone, sand and gravel, asphalt rock, and recycled concrete. This group serves customers, such as contractors and subcontractors in the construction and foundation industry. The company’s Inland Barge group manufactures various inland barges and fiberglass barge covers; dry cargo barges, including deck barges, and open or covered hopper barges that transport various commodities, such as grain, coal, and aggregates; and tank barges used to transport liquid products. This group serves commercial marine transportation companies. Its Energy Equipment group offers structural wind towers, tank containers and tank heads for pressure vessels, tank heads for non-pressure vessels, and propane tanks. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

FreeSeas Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an international dry bulk shipping company. The company transports various dry bulk commodities, including coal, grains, and iron ore, as well as bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, steel products, sugar, and rice worldwide. As of December 31, 2008, its fleet consisted of seven Handysize vessels and two Handymax vessels. FreeSeas Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.

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