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.

Daily Express moves freight not seen every day. The trucking company carries mostly oversized loads (construction machinery, industrial equipment, even gigantic telescope mirrors) on various-sized trailers. Delivery of wind turbine components, a Daily Express specialty, has given the company a boost -- high energy prices have caused headaches for most freight companies but have ramped up demand for alternative energy production, giving Daily Express extra business. The company's fleet consists of more than 700 trailers. It operates throughout the US from a network of about 10 terminals, primarily east of the Mississippi. An affiliate, Plant Site Logistics, provides transportation management services.

Alaska Air Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., operates as an airline company serving destinations in the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. Alaska Air Group, Inc. provides passenger air services; and freight and mail services primarily to and within the state of Alaska and on the West Coast. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a fleet of 110 jet aircraft; and Horizon Air Industries operated a fleet of 18 jets and 40 turboprop aircraft. Alaska Air Group, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Ameriflight takes flight across the Americas, delivering time-sensitive packages for banks and for other air cargo carriers. The company serves some 200 communities, primarily in the western US but also elsewhere in the US and in Canada and Mexico. Managing 75,000 packages a day, it operates a fleet of about 170 aircraft, consisting of small jets and turboprops from several manufacturers, from about a dozen hubs. The company serves other air cargo carriers by meeting their larger air freighters at major airports and distributing cargo to markets not easily served by big aircraft. Ameriflight is owned by its management team.

The prospect of moving freight is what makes this Panther pounce. Panther Expedited Services arranges the ground, air, and ocean transportation of time-sensitive cargo, primarily for companies in the automotive and other manufacturing industries but also for government agencies and for other transportation companies. The company transports its more than 10,000 customers' freight globally through a network of almost 1,100 owner-operated vehicles, 1,600 third-party ground-carriers, and an additional 500 ocean and air cargo carriers. It also offers warehousing and logistics services. Private equity firm Fenway Partners owns a controlling stake in the company. In mid-2010 Panther filed to go public.

Pilot Air Freight from the swift transport of your goods to their destination. With about 75 offices in the US and Canada and a network of agents around the world, the company, which does business as Pilot Freight Services, is the largest privately held US freight forwarder. It offers a variety of freight transportation options, including next-day, priority, and economy services, to domestic, retail, and military customers. As a freight forwarder, Pilot buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to shippers. In addition, the company offers logistics services, including warehousing and distribution. Chairman Richard G. Phillips owns the company.

Trailer Bridge, Inc., an integrated trucking and marine freight carrier, provides freight transportation services between the continental United States, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. It provides services through southbound containers and trailers, as well as through marine vessels that are configured to carry 48 inch and 53 inch long, and 102 inch wide high-cube equipment. The company also involves in moving new and used automobiles, non-containerized or freight not in trailers, and freight moving in shipper owned or leased equipment. It offers highway transportation services in the continental United States; and marine transportation services between Jacksonville, Florida, San Juan, Puerto Rico and Puerto Plata, and the Dominican Republic. The company also provides rail transportation services. In addition, it engages in chartering its vessels that are not in liner service to third party operators. Trailer Bridge, Inc. ships furniture, apparel, consumer goods, and raw materials for manufacturing, electronics, apparel, and new and used automobiles to Puerto Rico; and healthcare products, pharmaceuticals, electronics, shoes, and recyclables from Puerto Rico. As of December 31, 2009, it owned and operated a fleet of 134 tractors comprising 80 company owned units, and 54 leased and owner operated units; 3,924 high cube containers; 3,158 chassis; 210 high-cube trailers; 299 vehicle transport modules; 204 dry van trailers; 2 736’ triple-deck, ro/ro ocean-going barges and 2 403’ TBC’s, as well as leased 314 chassis and 482 high-cube containers, and chartered 3 TBC’s. Trailer Bridge, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Group Stef-TFE specializes in keeping supply chains cool. The company's Stef unit provides logistics services for temperature-controlled freight; the company's TFE, SDF, and Cavalieri units offer temperature-controlled transportation services; and Tradimar transports frozen seafood. Through its Agrostar unit, Stef-TFE provides information technology services related to its logistics and transportation offerings. Its road transport operating segment (freight services) is the company's most lucrative, representing more than 60% of the company's annual sales; logistics services follows, bringing in 30%. Group Stef-TFE caters chiefly to the French market.

James Fisher and Sons was founded in 1847. James Fisher and Sons does just about everything in the sea except fish. The company provides a variety of marine services to customers such as government agencies and companies in the oil and gas industry. James Fisher and Sons transports refined petroleum products in Northwestern Europe through its Tankships division and lays undersea fiber-optic cable through its Cable ships division. It also provides an array of marine support services to the defense (including the Royal and Norwegian navies), nuclear, and oil and gas sectors.

Not only do the trucking subsidiaries of The Kenan Advantage Group (KAG) burn diesel fuel, but they also haul it. The group transports gasoline, diesel fuel, other petroleum and petrochemical products, and food throughout the US. The company operates a fleet of some 3,300 tractors and 4,300 tank trailers from a network of about 100 terminals in more than 35 states, mainly in the eastern half of the US. Customers include major oil companies and other petroleum marketers, along with food manufacturers. In addition to trucking, KAG provides fuel-related logistics services. Investment firm Littlejohn & Co. owns the company.

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