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.

DFDS bought ferry operator Norfolk Holdings for $425 million in 2010 from A.P. Meller-Maersk, which acquired 31% of DFDS in the deal; Vesterhavet owns 36% of DFDS. DFDS carries freight and passengers. Most of the company's revenue comes from ro-ro and ro-pax shipping. (Ro-ro is short for roll-on, roll-off, which is how cargo is loaded and unloaded. Ro-pax vessels carry passengers and their vehicles, as well as freight.) DFDS' other operating units include container shipping, cruise ships (which also carry freight), terminal services, and trailer or logistics services. DFDS operates primarily in the North Sea area. its fleet consists of some 60 cargo vessels, with several that also transport passengers.

Directors elected from nine districts in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties oversee BART. Construction on the rail system began in 1964, and BART carried its first passengers in 1972. If you're going to San Francisco -- from Oakland, Berkeley, or another Bay Area community -- San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) can take you there. BART's trains operate from 43 stations over 104 miles of track, including 3.6 miles in a tube that goes under San Francisco Bay to link the City by the Bay with Oakland and other East Bay communities.

Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) is a unit of Japan-based Kintetsu World Express, which launched its US operations in 1969. Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) helps move freight in and out of the US -- and the rest of the world. Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.), Inc. specializes in international airfreight and ocean freight forwarding and customs brokerage services. (As a freight forwarder, Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to customers.) Other services include consulting, inventory management, and warehousing and distribution as well as handling perishable or dangerous cargo. Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.), Inc. operates from a network of about 35 offices in major trade gateways throughout the US.

Aspo supports the energy and process industries in the Baltic Sea area. The group operates through four divisions: ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko, and Aspo Ventures. ESL Shipping transports raw materials for energy producers and heavy-industry sectors, while Leipurin specializes in supplying the bakery industry with ingredients, equipment, and other supplies. Its Telko chemicals unit imports and distributes industrial chemicals and plastic raw materials, and Aspo Ventures mainly offers maintenance services and automation systems for service stations under the Autotank and Kaukomarkkinat brands. Aspo expanded its operations in mid-2008 when it acquired Kauko-Telko Oy from fellow Finnish company Kesko Corporation.

Dynamex knows the dynamics of same-day delivery. Dynamex company provides both scheduled and on-demand delivery of time-sensitive items such as medical supplies, financial documents, and office products. It has built its delivery services around a network of ground couriers that focus on intracity deliveries. Most of its drivers are independent contractors; it uses third-party air and ground carriers to fulfill same-day intercity services. Dynamex also supports customers in outsourcing certain logistics functions, including management of dedicated vehicle fleets and facilities -- such as mailrooms and inventory-tracking call centers. In 2010 the company agreed to be acquired by affiliates of Greenbriar Equity.

Portec Rail Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture, supply, and distribution of various rail products in the United States and internationally. It operates in four divisions: Railway Maintenance Products (RMP), Shipping Systems, Portec Rail Nova Scotia Company (Canada), and Portec Rail Products (UK) Ltd. (United Kingdom). The RMP division provides track component, and friction management products and services to railroads, transit systems, and railroad contractors; and railway wayside detection and operating asset data management systems. Its track component products include standard and insulated rail joints, gauge plates, and curve blocks; and friction modifiers. This division also distributes and resells purchased track components and lubricants manufactured by third parties. The Shipping Systems division engineers and sells load securement systems and related products to the railroad freight car market. Its customers include railroads, railcar builders, railcar repair shops, and railcar lessors. The Canada division manufactures rail anchors and rail spikes, and assembles friction management products primarily for Canadian railroads. It also designs, manufactures, and sells friction management products. In addition, this division manufactures stick lubrication and application systems; and Keltrack, a liquid friction modifier. The United Kingdom division offers friction management and track component products and services to the United Kingdom passenger rail network. It also designs, manufactures, and sells material handling equipment, such as overhead and floor conveyors, expandable boom conveyors, racking systems, and mezzanine flooring systems primarily used in manufacturing, distribution, garment, and food industries. Portec Rail Products markets its products directly, as well as through a third party sales representatives, agents, and distributors. Portec Rail Products, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Steamship Authority is a quasi-public agency, created by the Massachusetts legislature, that competes with other private ferries but also oversees and licenses their operations. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, known to owners of summer homes and year-round residents as the Steamship Authority, provides ferry service from the Massachusetts ports of Woods Hole and Hyannis to the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts. Steamshipauthority operates a fleet of nine vessels designed to carry passengers, vehicles, and other cargo. In 2007, it ferried 2.6 million passengers, 450,000 automobiles, and 153,000 trucks.

VR-Group was incorporated in 1995 and is owned entirely by the Finnish government. If you need to get around Finland then you'll probably hitch a ride from the VR-Group. The transport and logistics services group primarily operates a commuter line in Helsinki, but also provides long-distance passenger services and freight shipping (together representing about 50% of revenues). The company restructured its operations in 2009 to include Passenger Services (rail/bus/coach services, restaurant/catering services), Logistics (freight transport), Corporate Services (divisional support), VR-Track (track construction/maintenance), and Russian and International Business (telecommunications, European business).

Stolt-Nielsen is in its element in seawater. Through Stolt Tankers & Terminals and Stolt Tank Containers (STC) units, the company provides integrated parcel tanker, tank container, and marine terminal services, as well as logistics, for the worldwide transport of bulk liquids, such as chemicals, edible oils, and acids. It operates a fleet of about 160 vessels with an overall capacity of more than 2 million deadweight tons (DWT). Transportation-related operations account for more than 95% of the company's sales. Its Stolt Sea Farm business unit produces and sells turbot, sturgeon, sole, and caviar. Chairman Jacob Stolt-Nielsen and his family own a controlling stake in the company.

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