Founded in 1937, Nippon Express also sells petroleum products and leases containers. One of Japan's largest transportation companies, Nippon Express moves all sorts of freight. The company's largest business, motor transportation, operates under brands including Arrow. Besides general freight transportation, Nippon Express offers moving services and transportation of items such as cash and construction equipment. Nippon Express also provides warehousing services and air, ocean, and rail freight forwarding. The company operates from facilities throughout Japan, which accounts for the vast majority of its sales, and in more than 35 other countries around the world.

Those familiar brown vans handle most UPS deliveries, but for bigger cargo, there's UPS Ground Freight. The company, known as UPS Freight, provides less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight transportation services throughout North America. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) UPS Freight operates a fleet of about 6,700 tractors and 22,100 trailers from a network of more than 200 terminals. In addition to for-hire LTL and truckload freight services, UPS Freight offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. The company is a subsidiary of package delivery giant UPS.

The Arkansas & Missouri Railroad was created in 1986 with a purchase of track from Burlington Northern. The Arkansas & Missouri Railroad hauls a variety of bulk freight over about 150 miles of track in northwestern Arkansas and southwestern Missouri -- specifically, between Van Buren and Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Monett, Missouri. The company supplements its rail freight operations with transload services -- transferring cargo between railcars and trucks and vice versa. In addition to serving commercial customers, the company operates excursion trains for passengers in the scenic Boston Mountains, which are part of the Ozarks.

Clarksons are the world's leading provider of integrated shipping services, bringing our connections and experience to an international client base. We play a vital intermediary role between shipowners and ship charterers across every sector of maritime trade. Our network of offices spans five continents and our services and expertise help ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of global seaborne trade. Our strategy is to continue the expansion of our core shipbroking and research activities, building on our unique 150 year heritage and expertise to develop a portfolio of innovative shipping related financial products, port, technical and logistical services.

MCO Transport specializes in hauling cargo to and from ports in the southeastern US. The company's fleet of more than 160 trucks includes vans, containers, and flatbed trailers. By taking a container from a ship and hauling it over the road, the company helps facilitate intermodal transportation. Company president Danny McComas is the majority owner of MCO Transport.

Koch (pronounced "cook") Companies' collection of eight operating units offers a full menu of transportation services, including truckload freight hauling, logistics, warehousing, and truck and trailer leasing. The company's operations include both long-haul and regional truckload transportation in the US 48-states, as well as capacity in Canada. It also provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are often assigned to a retailer long-term. Overall it drives a fleet of about 650 tractors and 1,820 trailers. Led by its founder's second generation, Koch Companies is not related to the Kansas-based conglomerate Koch Industries, which is owned by a family that pronounces its name "coke."

Bulk hauler Bulkmatic Transport moves everything from chemicals to flour to petroleum to plastics throughout the US and in Canada and Mexico. Bulkmatic Transport company operates a fleet of about 600 tractors from some 35 terminals, primarily in the eastern half of the US. In addition to trucking, Bulkmatic Transport company provides transloading services -- moving cargo between truck trailers and railcars. It also operates warehouses in the US and Mexico. Bulkmatic was founded in 1965.

The well-known black cat logo of express delivery giant Yamato Holdings crosses paths throughout Japan. The holding company's flagship unit, Yamato Transport, delivers nearly 2 million parcels and another 2 million pieces of mail yearly from a network of some 3,600 delivery centers throughout Japan. Besides Yamato Transport and its signature next-day Takkyubin (door-to-door parcel delivery) and Kuroneko Mail (document delivery) businesses, Yamato Holdings' operations include logistics, financial transaction processing, and household moving services. Yamato Transport accounts for the bulk of the holding company's annual revenue.

OmniTRAX, Inc. is one of North America’s leading transportation services companies offering a broad range of customized solutions to the industrial and transportation sectors. OmniTRAX company’s core capabilities range from railroad and port services to intermodal and industrial switching operations. Through its affiliation with The Broe Group and its managed companies, OmniTRAX also has the unique capability of offering customers specialized industrial development and real estate solutions, both on and off the OmniTRAX rail network.OmniTRAX boasts an exceptional management team comprised of experts from various aspects of the transportation industry. As a growing company with diverse holdings, it relies on the dedication, creativity, and commitment of its associates to develop innovative business solutions to meet the unique needs of its customers. OmniTRAX’s history of growth and success has been achieved through its entrepreneurial spirit, capital, and its relentless adherence to a core philosophy that reinforces the value of its people and its customers. OmniTRAX company's mission is clear; to provide exceptional value to its customers by providing outstanding service, safely and reliably.

MC Shipping is owned by an investment fund managed by Irving Place Capital, an affiliate of private equity firm Bear Stearns Merchant Banking. MC Shipping knows the rap when it comes to ocean freight transportation. The company's fleet of more than 20 vessels consists mainly of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) carriers; it also includes containerships. MC Shipping leases its vessels on time charters, bareboat charters (in which the lessee provides its own crew), and spot charters. Day-to-day operation of the company's fleet is overseen by independent ship-management companies. It has offices in Indonesia, London, Monaco, and Singapore.

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