Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is up there in the pantheon of the world's largest container shipping and logistics companies. Through its APL subsidiary, NOL provides container transportation on the world's major ocean trade routes with a fleet of about 140 vessels. Container shipping services account for about 80% of the company's sales. Its APL Logistics unit provides supply chain management services, primarily in the Americas but also in the Asia/Pacific region and Europe. A third business, APL Terminals, operates container terminals in the Americas and the Asia/Pacific region. Through various entities, the government of Singapore controls about two-thirds of NOL.

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.

Cargo Transportation offering both truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) transport, Cargo Transportation Services (CTS) hauls dry and refrigerated freight throughout the US. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Core customers include wholesalers and growers in the produce industry and account for more than one-third of CTS's total revenue. It maintains a fleet of more than 100 trucks and provides other services, including airport-to-airport and cross-border truck transportation, distribution, logistics, and warehousing. CTS maintains terminals in California and Florida.

For Total Transportation of Mississippi, total transportation means trucking, but not just within in the Magnolia State. The truckload carrier provides service throughout the eastern half of the US. It operates a fleet of about 650 tractors and 1,200 trailers from two terminals in Mississippi, two in Tennessee, and one apiece in Georgia and North Carolina. Total transports general commodities on regional and medium-length routes (800-1,200 miles); it also offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises owns 90% of Total; company managers own the rest.

They are all things commonly found in the Nation's river systems. As one of the United States' largest inland carriers, Ingram Barge moves dry and liquid bulk commodities, such as ore, grains, and coal, through the Mississippi River System, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and other US inland waterways. It operates a fleet of more than 130 towboats and about 4,000 barges, and offers storage and loading terminal services through third-party affiliates. A subsidiary of book wholesaler Ingram Industries, Ingram Barge has been managed by the Ingram family since its inception in 1946.

Carmichael International Service provides freight forwarding and customs brokerage services. As a freight forwarder, the company buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to customers. In addition, Carmichael International Service offers related logistics, supply chain management, and warehousing and distribution services. The company operates from about a dozen offices in major US trade gateways, mainly on the east and west coasts. It does business elsewhere in the Americas and in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region through a network of agents and partners. Chairman Enrico Salvo founded Carmichael International Service in 1961.

Founded as a moving company in 1920, Hassett Air Express is owned by CEO Terry Sherman and CFO Donna O'Reilly. Hassett Storage Warehouses, which does business as Hassett Air Express, provides express air and ground freight forwarding to customers across the US. (Freight forwarders buy transportation capacity from carriers and resell it to customers.) Hassett Air Express operates from eight locations in the US and through a network of agents overseas, with customers coming from the publishing, entertainment, manufacturing, and automotive industries. It offers same-day and next-day service, charter service, and operates a segment for transporting materials to trade shows.

The Maersk Company Limited has its head office in London and offices in 20 locations across the UK and Ireland. The Maersk Company has over 5,000 staff operating on both land and sea. We are one of the largest shipowners in the UK, and own various vessel types ranging from product tankers and container vessels to some of the world’s most powerful offshore support vessels. As the UK and Ireland general agent for Maersk Line we handle around four million container movements each year. This along with the activities of Maersk Logistics UK and Ireland Limited enables us to provide a full range of container related services to our customers. Alongside shipping and containerised services, The Maersk Company Limited is also active in the oil and gas sectors. We are part of the global A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, which has more than 110,000 employees in more than 125 countries across the globe.

Alianca Navegacao e Logistica sails around the globe to deliver the goods. Alianca Navegacao e Logistica provides sea transportation services, maintaining a fleet of some 20 container ships and four tramp ships (ships without a fixed schedule). Alianca Navegacao e Logistica also offers logistical services and coordination of road and rail transport from port to final destination. Its coastal shipping service includes 13 Brazilian ports. The company, which serves markets in Latin America, as well as North America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and South Africa, caters to the automotive, chemicals, and food industries, among others. Alianca Navegacao e Logistica is a subsidiary of German marine transportation titan, Hamburg Sud.

Towne Air Freight helps move goods from town to town. The company specializes in providing ground connections between customers and airports for cargo that is imported or exported. Along with airport-to-airport transportation, Towne Air Freight also provides less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services to customers other than freight forwarders. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Towne Air Freight operates from more than 60 terminals; it supplements its LTL offerings via partnerships. The company also offers border and customs assistance into Mexico. Investment firm Charterhouse Group owns the company, which was founded in 1963 by Gary Downey.

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