Over hill and over dale, less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier TST Overland Express hauls freight throughout Canada. (LTL carriers consolidate cargo from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) TST Overland Express operates a fleet of more than 1,600 tractors and trailers. The company offers its customers service throughout the US via multiregional LTL carrier Estes Express Lines, its partner in the ExpressLINK alliance. TST Overland Express is a unit of TST Solutions, which in turn is owned by TransForce Income Fund. TST Overland Express was founded in 1928.

NFT Distribution Holdings is a leading provider of logistics and transportation services that specializes in serving food manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers in the UK. It delivers a wide range of products including fresh fruit and produce, beverages, and other chilled food items. NFT Distribution serves such major grocery retailers as J Sainsbury and ASDA. In addition, the company offers logistics consulting and management services. NFT Distribution was started in 1979 as the distribution arm of Northern Foods and was spun off through a management buyout backed by Phoenix Equity Partners in 2006.

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.

Half a load is better than none for Vitran: the company nets most of its sales from its less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation business. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Vitran -- the name is short for vital transportation -- provides LTL service in Canada and in much of the US. Besides its LTL operations, Vitran offers logistics services in the US and Canada and provides truckload freight transportation in the US. Overall, the company operates a fleet of more than 5,600 tractors, trailers, containers, and other equipment from a network of more than 135 facilities, most of which are located in the US.

Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited, an industrial shipping company, provides marine transportation services primarily in South America, Europe, and Asia. Its shipping operations encompass grain, forest products, minerals, crude oil, petroleum, and refined petroleum products transportation for the shipping and offshore oil platform supply markets. The company operates in three segments: River, Offshore Supply, and Ocean. The River segment owns and operates river barges and pushboats that transport dry bulk and liquid cargos through the Hidrovia Region of South America. As of December 31, 2009, this segment had 591 barges and 30 pushboats with approximately 1,005,000 deadweight (dwt) capacity. The Offshore Supply segment owns and operates vessels that provide critical logistical and transportation services for offshore petroleum exploration and production companies in the North Sea and the coastal waters of Brazil. This segment’s fleet consisted of six platform supply vessels (PSVs) in operation and six PSVs under construction. The Ocean segment operated nine ocean-going vessels, including five product tankers, two Capesize vessels, one Oceangoing Pushboat, and one inland tank barge with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 445,606 dwt tons. Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Nassau, the Bahamas.

Irish Continental Group (ICG) is a leading shipping, transport and leisure group. We transport passengers and cars, Roll On Roll Off freight and container Lift On Lift Off freight, on routes between Ireland, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. We also operate container terminals in the ports of Dublin and Belfast. The Group comprises two main divisions; Ferries and Container & Terminal. Within these divisions there are a number of subsidiary companies.

Man makes his own shipwreck, but Smit Internationale has the favor of Neptune on its side. In business for some 170 years, Smit is a global provider of marine salvage services. It is known for its historic retrieval of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk. Smit company also transports freight in oceangoing, coastal, and river barges, and operates sheerlegs -- floating cranes used in offshore and inland construction projects. Other Smit divisions provide ocean and harbor towage services and manage marine terminals. Smit Internationale N.V. operates a fleet of more than 400 vessels, including about 230 tugboats. In April 2010, Smit was acquired by dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster for E1.4 billion (about $2 billion).

General Maritime Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides international transportation services of seaborne crude oil and petroleum products. The company’s vessels are primarily available for charter on a spot voyage or time charter basis. As of February 26, 2010, it operated 31 vessels consisting of 2 VLCCs, 11 Suezmax vessels, 12 Aframax vessels, 2 Panamax vessels, and 4 Handymax vessels. The company’s vessels had a total of 3.9 million dead weight tonnage carrying capacity on a combined basis. Its customers include oil companies, oil producers, oil traders, and vessel owners. General Maritime Corporation operates its vessels in the Caribbean, South and Central America, the United States, western Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe, and the North Sea ports.

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.

Since 1938, Pinsly Railroad Company has been dedicated to providing its customers with innovative, dependable transportation services. As a third-generation business, we strive to build long-term relationships and to uphold the Pinsly values of safety, respect, and integrity. Pinsly Railroad Company is led by a highly experienced team of railroad professionals. President John Levine has been in the railroad industry since 1971 and has successfully guided Pinsly through strategic changes and market shifts in his 30 years in senior leadership. Pinsly's four field Vice Presidents have over 100 years of railroading experience between them including various Class I, short line, and industry tenure. Our railroads are supported at headquarters by experts in their respective fields. This combined team is one of the best in the short line industry.

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