Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana. Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates offshore supply vessels (OSVs), multi-purpose support vessels, and a shore-base to provide logistics support and specialty services to the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry primarily in the United States and Gulf of Mexico. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment owns and operates fleets of the U.S.-flagged OSVs that support deepwater and ultra- deepwater exploration, development, production, construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and enhanced oil recovery requirements of the oil and gas industry. This segment also owns conventional OSVs, work class ROVs, and a shore-base facility located in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. In addition, it provides vessel management services for other vessels owners, which include crewing, daily operational management, and maintenance activities. The Downstream segment owns and operates a fleet of ocean-going tugs and tank barges that transport petroleum products, primarily in the northeastern United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and Puerto Rico. These tugs and tank barges provide coastwise transportation of refined and bunker grade petroleum products, as well as offer other services, including the support of deepwater well testing and other applications for refining, marketing, and trading companies. As of December 31, 2009, Hornbeck Offshore Services owned and operated a fleet of 47 new generation OSVs, and 9 double-hulled barges and 10 ocean-going tugs.

Air cargo carrier AirNet Systems helps banks keep their records straight. Transporting canceled checks and other bank documents accounts for the majority of the company's sales. AirNet also offers express delivery of such cargo as human organs and time-sensitive medications, as well as general freight. Founded in 1974, it provides both scheduled and charter cargo services. Overall, AirNet operates a fleet of about 120 aircraft, including jets and turboprops. It serves more than 100 cities in the US. In 2008, AirNet was acquired by an affiliate of investment firm Bayside Capital.

Landstar Inway knows the way to the highway. The truckload freight hauler, part of Landstar System's carrier group, calls upon a fleet that includes dry vans, flatbeds, and temperature-controlled vans and containers. Like sister companies Landstar Gemini, Landstar Ligon, and Landstar Ranger, Landstar Inway operates through a network of sales agents and contract carriers.

Universal Truckload Services hasn't hauled freight beyond its own galaxy, but the company does cover the US and parts of Canada (Ontario and Quebec). As an "asset-light" provider of truckload freight transportation, the company operates through a network of truck owner-operators rather than employing drivers and investing heavily in equipment. It can call upon a fleet of some 3,400 tractors and 3,400 trailers, including standard dry vans and flatbeds; the majority of its tractors and trailers are owned by others. The company generates business primarily through about 770 sales agents. Trucking magnates Matthew Moroun and his father, Manuel Moroun, control Universal Truckload Services (UTSI).

Finnlines, one of Europe's largest liner cargo shipping companies, concentrates its sea transport services in the Baltic and North Seas. It provides ro-ro (roll-on/roll-off) services on routes between Finland and Sweden; Sweden and Germany; and Germany and Russia. It also ferries passengers on ro-pax vessels on routes including Finland-Poland-Germany; Helsinki-Travemunde (Germany); and Lubeck (Germany)-St. Petersburg (Russia), as well as to and from Mediterranean, West African, and North and South American destinations. The group is engaged in port operations in Finland (Finnsteve). Its shipping units include TransRussia Express, FinnLink, and Nordo-Link. Finnlines is part of Italy-based Grimaldi Group.

NORDEN, which was established in 1871, has offices in Denmark, China, Singapore, the US, Brazil, and India. Dampskibsselskabet "NORDEN" (in English, Steamship Company NORDEN) steers a steady course in global shipping. The company operates crude oil tankers and vessels that transport dry bulk commodities such as coal, grain, and steel. Its fleet consists of 200 bulk carriers and 30 tankers, and it has a newbuild program that includes 67 bulk carriers and 15 tankers. NORDEN is one of the world's leading operators of Handymax bulk carriers, as well as a top operator of Capesize and Panamax vessels for its dry cargo transport and of Aframax oil tankers. Its large fleet consists primarily of chartered vessels.

OceanFreight Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides shipping transportation services. The company specializes in transporting drybulk cargoes, which include iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials, as well as crude oil cargoes through the ownership and operation of drybulk carriers and tanker vessels. As of March 5, 2010, the company owned a fleet of 13 vessels comprising 9 drybulk carriers, including 3 Capesize and 6 Panamax; and 4 crude carrier tankers, including 1 Suezmax and 3 Aframaxes with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 1.4 million tons. OceanFreight Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Athens, Greece.

United Maritime joins the forces of three subsidiaries engaged in transporting dry bulk commodities. Operations serve deep-water ports and inland waterways in the US and abroad. The company maintains a dozen ocean-going vessels, and 20 river barges; it also owns a transfer and storage terminal and related logistics services. United Maritime's ocean-going fleet, made up of US-flag vessels, has an overall capacity of some 400,000 deadweight tons (DWT). Handled commodities include coal, grain, petroleum coke, and phosphate. United Maritime, known as TECO Transport prior to December 2007, was sold by its former parent TECO Energy to an investment group led by an affiliate of Miami-based Greenstreet Equity Partners.

Pioneer Railcorp owns and operates railroads in the United States. It operates railcars and locomotives, as well as provides railcar storage, railcar repair, railcar cleaning, businesses with railroad switching, and railroad equipment leasing services. The company was formerly known as Pioneer Railroad Company, Inc. Pioneer Railcorp was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Peoria, Illinois with additional offices in Monroeville and Andalusia, Alabama; Evansville and Elkhart, Indiana; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Garden City, Kansas; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Keokuk, Iowa; Holly Springs, Mississippi; Cairo, Vandalia, and Assumption, Illinois; and White Pigeon and Paw Paw, Michigan.

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