Matheson helps the Post Office keep its promise of working through snow, rain, heat, and dead of night. The company, a major United States Postal Service contractor, hauls mail for the nation's mail carrier. Its Postal Services unit provides long-haul and local trucking services while its Mail Transportation unit serves Northern California. The company's Matheson Fast Freight unit offers overnight and second day less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation in the West and Midwest. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Matheson Flight Extenders provide terminal handling and ground support services. Robert B. "Brownie" Matheson founded Matheson Trucking in 1962.

Jim Palmer isn't related to the former Baltimore Orioles pitcher, but Jim Palmer Trucking wants to move freight the way the National Baseball Hall of Fame member threw strikes -- and to stay as cool in the process. Jim Palmer Trucking offers truckload transportation of temperature-controlled cargo with a fleet of about 350 tractors and 500 trailers. The company operates throughout the US from terminals in Denver; Missoula, Montana; and Salina, Kansas. After voluntarily filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-2008, the company emerged from bankruptcy in May 2009. It cited the rising costs of fuel as one of the primary reasons for its financial woes.

We are a railway company with the passengers of over 1.72 million a day. With our predecessor Musashino Railway Co., Ltd., (currently the Ikebukuro Line) founded in 1912 as a foundation, we have merged Tamako Railway Co., Ltd., (currently the Tamako Line) and the former Seibu Railway Co., Ltd., (currently the Shinjuku Line, Kokubunji Line, Seibuen Line, Ahina Line and Tamagawa Line) giving rise to the current form of the company. While conducting our railway business with the focus on enhancing carrying power and safety, we have committed ourselves to the development of local communities by making concerted efforts to improve the value of the land along our railway network through land development geared to the provision of a better housing environment and the efficient management of leisure facilities at sites along our railway lines.

General Steamship Agencies, Inc. is an acknowledged industry leader in providing ship agency services in North America. With roots in San Francisco, California dating back to 1920, our tramp agency network has staffed offices that span the entire continent. Our years of dedicated service to ship owners, charterers, shippers and receivers have prepared us well to take on future challenges. Our domestic and worldwide customer base consists of principals who nominate and appoint us on vessels of all types and sizes and which carry just about every commodity presently being imported to and exported from North America. We also regularly handle drydockings and military vessels. Our cruise divisions service passenger vessels on all US coasts and up into Canada and Alaska. Whether you require full or protective agency services, the experienced team at General Steamship Agencies, Inc. stands ready to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

Torm A/S, a shipping company, together with its subsidiaries, provides product tanker and dry bulk carrier services worldwide. Its product tankers carry refined oil products, such as gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha, and diesel oil. Torm company’s dry bulk vessels carry iron ore and coal for utilities and the steel industry; and commodities, such as grain, bauxite, and fertilizers. It operates a fleet of 140 vessels principally through a pooling cooperation with other respected shipping companies. Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet TORM was formerly known as Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Torm and changed its name to TORM A/S in April 2009. TORM A/S was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The US market is the one and only concern for US 1 Industries, which partners with its subsidiaries to provide truckload transportation services in the 48 contiguous states. The company doesn't have trucks of its own; instead, it does business through a network of independent sales agents, who arrange freight transportation via independent truck owner-operators. Approximately 160 commission-based agents operate facilities that monitor shipments. US 1's contractors provide transportation of freight in temperature-controlled trailers and flatbeds, as well as in standard dry vans. One of its specialties is the hauling of intermodal shipping containers, which can be transported by trucks, trains, and ships.

Arkansas Best puts its best efforts on the road to provide freight transportation services in its home state and the rest of North America. Specializing in long-haul, less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments of general commodities (no hazardous waste or dangerous explosives), subsidiary ABF Freight System accounts for over 90% of the company's sales. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) ABF Freight System operates a fleet of about 2,500 tractors and 17,000 trailers from about 280 terminals in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico; it offers service into Mexico via alliances. Freight carried by the company includes chemicals, food, textiles, apparel, appliances, and furniture.

It just takes two -- a shipper and some freight, an origin and a destination -- and then it's Tango time. Truckload carrier Tango Transport uses a fleet of more than 1,000 trucks and some 2,000 trailers to move freight all across the US. Its fleet includes dry van and flatbed trailers. In addition to for-hire truckload service, Tango offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. It also provides regional and expedited transportation, as well as logistics and supply chain management services. Chairman and CEO Robert E. Gorman and his son, company president B.J. Gorman, founded Tango Transport in 1991.

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.

Ruan (pronounced RUE-on) Transportation Management Systems provides a variety of trucking-related services. Its offerings include dedicated contract carriage, transportation of liquid and dry bulk cargo, and logistics, such as warehouse management and freight brokerage. For dedicated contract carriage customers, Ruan assigns drivers and equipment to an account long-term. In total, the company operates more than 100 fleets (reefers, dry vans, flatbeds, and trailers) across 160-plus locations. John Ruan, father of chairman John Ruan III, founded what is now Ruan Transportation Management Systems in 1932 with a used Ford Model AA truck and a load of gravel.

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