Conrail is the holding company for Consolidated Rail Corporation (CRC), a freight railroad system that operates in heavily industrialized regions of the northeastern US. Most of the railroad lines and switching and terminal facilities formerly operated by Conrail have been taken over by the company's owners, railroads CSX (42%) and Norfolk Southern (58%). Conrail, however, continues to operate some lines (in total, about 1200 miles) and facilities in the Philadelphia and Detroit metropolitan areas, and in much of New Jersey. To serve customers along those lines, CSX and Norfolk Southern pay Conrail for exclusive line access, and Conrail, through CRC, acts as the local switching and terminal management agent.

Airlines hire Air Serv to provide the ground-based services that help passengers and cargo take to the skies. Its offerings include cargo handling, ground transportation, passenger services (such as baggage handling, ticket verification, and electric cart drivers), and ramp services. Air Serv operates at about 20 airports throughout the US; the company also does business in the UK. The company has worked with Texas-based International RAM Associates (IRAM) to perform aviation security at about 50 airports since 2009. Customers have included Delta Air Lines, FedEx, and United Continental's United Airlines. Chairman Frank Argenbright, founder of Argenbright Security, started Air Serv in 2002.

DB Schenker Rail UK was created in 1996 through a merger of several units of the former national monopoly, British Rail, which had been privatized. German rail transport and logistics giant Deutsche Bahn acquired the company in 2007 and integrated the company with its DB Schenker unit. DB Schenker Rail UK (formerly English Welsh & Scottish Railway) serves as the backbone of the UK's freight rail. Operating hundreds of trains daily, it hauls goods for businesses in the construction, energy, and manufacturing sectors. Besides offering coverage throughout its home country, the company provides service to continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel via a joint venture with French rail operator SNCF.

SkyWest, Inc., headquartered in St. George, Utah, is the holding company for SkyWest Airlines. SkyWest Airlines was founded in 1972 by Ralph Atkin to meet the needs of businessmen traveling between Salt Lake City and St. George, Utah. During the first year of operations, 256 passengers utilized the services of the fledgling airline. In 1985, SkyWest Airlines signed a marketing agreement with Western Airlines to fly for them as Western Express out of their hub in Salt Lake City. In 1987, Delta Air Lines acquired Western. SkyWest then began a partnership with Delta as one of their Connection carriers and today continues that partnership with more than 435 daily flights, operating primarily out of Delta's hub in Salt Lake City. On October 1, 1997, SkyWest began its partnership with United Airlines. SkyWest is now the primary United Express carrier along the West Coast, providing more than 980 daily departures and serving United hubs at Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare and Denver.SkyWest began a groundbreaking partnership with AirTran Airways on November 4, 2009. The partnership increases frequencies and destinations from General Mitchell International Airport. In addition to its current partners, SkyWest previously had code-share agreements with Midwest Airlines from 2007 to 2010 out of Milwaukee, Continental Airlines from 1995 to 1997 out of Los Angeles International Airport and from 2003 to 2005 out of Houston Intercontinental Airport. SkyWest Airlines currently employs more than 10,500 employees across 146 cities in 39 states, 6 Canadian Provinces and 1 city in Mexico. Operating over 1,500 flights per day for United Express, Delta Connection and AirTran, SkyWest proudly flies the EMB 120, the Bombardier CRJ200, CRJ700, and the CRJ900. SkyWest Airlines was named the number one on-time mainland airline by the Department of Transportation 2003, 2004, 2005 years in which they carried more than 40 million passengers combined.

Teekay Corporation provides crude oil and petroleum product transportation services in Bermuda and internationally. The company’s Shuttle Tanker and FSO includes shuttle tankers and FSO units for providing transportation and storage services to oil companies operating offshore oil field installations primarily in the North Sea and Brazil. Its FPSO segment includes FPSO units and other vessels used to provide transportation, production, processing, and storage services to oil companies operating offshore oil field installations. Teekay Corporation’s Liquefied Gas segment consists of LNG and LPG carriers. Its Conventional Tankers segment includes conventional crude oil and product tankers operating in the spot charter market, and consists of Aframax, Suezmax, and large and medium product tankers that are employed on long-term time-charters. The company has a fleet of 150 vessels. As of March 31, 2010, it had four shuttle tankers, one LPG carrier, four LNG carriers, and two multi-gas carriers under construction. Teekay Corporation was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

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.

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.

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.

Diana Shipping Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Athens, Greece. Diana Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services worldwide. Diana Shipping transports dry bulk cargoes that include commodities, such as iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials along worldwide shipping routes. As of December 31, 2009, its fleet consisted of 13 Panamax dry bulk carriers and 7 Capesize dry bulk carriers that had a combined carrying capacity of approximately 2.2 million deadweight tonnage. Its customers include national, regional, and international companies. The company was formerly known as Diana Shipping Investments Corp. and changed its name to Diana Shipping Inc. in February 2005.

Crosby Tugs operates both offshore and on inland waterways. From its base south of New Orleans, Crosby Tugs provides marine towing services to more than 100 customers along the Gulf Coast region. Crosby Tugs, LLC operates a fleet of more than 80 vessels, including both pushboats and tugboats, with engines ranging from 600 horsepower to 15,000 horsepower. Its fleet also includes two pressure barges and a water barge.

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