A&R Logistics offers a diverse menu of transportation and logistics services, mainly for companies in the plastics and chemicals industries. Trucker A&R Transport hauls dry and liquid bulk commodities from about 25 terminals throughout the US; its fleet includes about 950 tractors and 3,000 trailers. A&R Global Logistics (formerly Alliance Logistics) arranges freight transportation through a network of independent carriers, and A&R Packaging & Distribution operates warehouses and provides freight handling services. UTC Overseas arranges international shipments. Investment firm FdG Associates owns a controlling stake in A&R Logistics.

Watkins & Shepard Trucking offers less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight hauling throughout the US from about 20 terminals, mainly west of the Rockies. (LTL carriers consolidate cargo from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) The company's fleet consists of about 630 tractors and 1,600 trailers. Standard dry vans account for the majority of the company's trailers; Watkins & Shepard also uses flatbed trailers. In addition, the company arranges intermodal transportation, which involves hauling freight by multiple methods, such as road and rail. CEO Ray Kuntz and president Steve Williamson own Watkins & Shepard, which was founded in 1974 as Stan Watkins Trucking.

Clarke has Canada covered coast-to-coast. Through Clarke Transport and Clarke Road Transport, the firm provides truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation. (LTL carriers consolidate loads from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Clarke hauls a variety of goods, including building materials, beverages, metals, pharmaceuticals, and retail products. Its CIS Shipping International runs a time charter vessel transporting goods between Florida and Grand Cayman. Founded in 1921, Clarke operates primarily in Canada, but also in Mexico and the US.

Russian Railways has about 130 subsidiaries and offices in North Korea, Poland, China, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Iran. It was created in 1842 as The Department of Railroads. A big country needs a big railroad and Russia's got it. The government-owned Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi, better known as RZD or Russian Railways, covers more than 53,000 miles of track (second only to the US) across 11 time zones from Sovetskaya on the Sea of Japan to St. Petersburg on the Baltic. It also runs trains to international cities including Helsinki, Beijing, and Budapest. Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi OAO handles nearly 80% of the freight transported in Russia and accounts for about 4% of GDP.

Staying cool is a must for Stevens Transport. An irregular-route, refrigerated truckload carrier (or reefer), Stevens hauls temperature-controlled cargo throughout the US, covering the 48 contiguous states. Through alliances Stevens also covers every province in Canada and every state in Mexico. The company operates a fleet of about 1,850 tractors and 3,100 refrigerated trailers from a network of more than a dozen service centers. Partnerships with railroads allow Stevens to arrange intermodal transport of temperature-controlled cargo. The company also provides third-party logistics services. Chairman and CEO Steven Aaron owns Stevens Transport, which he founded in 1980.

USF Holland doesn't have time to stop and smell the tulips. Once a subsidiary of USF, the company is the largest regional less-than-truckload (LTL) freight hauler operated by YRC Regional Transportation, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) USF Holland does business in more than 20 states in the midwestern, northeastern, and southeastern US, as well as in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Providing service to additional regions through sister company USF Reddaway, it operates a fleet of some 4,500 tractors and 8,100 trailers from a network of about 60 terminals. USF Holland was founded in 1929 in Holland, Michigan.

JR East's "shinkansen" (bullet-train) lines connect metropolitan Tokyo with other major cities. Besides its transportation-related operations, JR East gets revenue from leasing restaurant and retail space in its stations and from managing shopping centers and office buildings on property that has been developed near its stations. If you want to ride the rails into Tokyo, you could find yourself cruising at 168 mph aboard a bullet train operated by East Japan Railway, known as JR East. East Japan Railway company carries passengers on more than 7,525 km (4,665 miles) of track in the eastern half of the Japanese mainland, including the Tokyo area.

Premuda is a shipping group listed on the Stock Exchange, its business being the transport of liquid and dry goods in bulk - employing its own ships as well as those of third parties. The first Italian shipping company to be listed on the Stock Exchange, it boasts an important Fleet of a high technical level composed of tankers, dry bulkers and FPSO. Premuda is today one of the main operators in maritime transport and in the chartering of ships for liquid and dry goods in bulk. Premuda has been on the market since 1907 updating its operating procedures using ships endowed with the most advanced technology. The Group functions with the utmost respect for international regulations regarding safety and protection of the environment. Given the attention now universally focused on the problems concerning safety in sea transport, the value of the Group Fleet has increased. The on-going updating (set in motion by the Erika case) of IMO regulations so as to exclude shipping traffic of single hull tonnage is a strong positive element for the Group, since it implies pursuant remarkable optimism on chartering market trends and on the value of the fleet for the next few years.

Cardinal Transport operates through a network of more than 6,800 trucking companies, enabling the truckload carrier to offer freight transportation across the US by a group of truck owner-operators. In addition to general freight, the company hauls heavyweight loads. The Cardinal Transport companies comprise an owner/operator fleet of more than 400 power units, including primarily flatbeds, hotshots, and specialized equipment. Cardinal Transport, no relation to North Carolina-based Cardinal Logistics Management, was founded in 1976.

I.M. Skaugen SE traces its history to a shipping company founded in 1916 by Isak Martinius Skaugen, grandfather of CEO Morits Skaugen Jr. I.M. Skaugen provides marine transportation of petrochemical gases, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It also offers lightering (ship-to-ship transfer of crude oil and LNG) through Houston-based SPT. Subsidiary Norgas Carriers transports LPG and petrochemical gases. The group is widening its presence in Asia with carriers to transport LPG and petrochemical gases and products in China. I.M. Skaugen operates a fleet of about 40 vessels, including petrochemical gas carriers, Aframax-sized tankers, LPG carriers, and gas barges.

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