DistTech goes the distance. The transportation company specializes in carrying liquid bulk commodities, including food-grade products, throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada. In addition to acting as a common carrier, the company provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. DistTech also offers logistics services, returnable container management, and tank washing. It operates from 30 facilities across the US. Formerly known as Manfredi Motor Transit, the company was founded by father and son John and Frank Manfredi in 1932.

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway Limited operates independently of Canadian Pacific Limited, as of October 01, 2001. Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides rail and intermodal freight transportation services. It transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, sulphur, and fertilizers; and merchandise freight that consists of finished vehicles and automotive parts. The company also transports forest products, such as wood pulp, paper, paperboard, newsprint, lumber, panel, and oriented strand board; and industrial and consumer products, which include chemicals, plastics, aggregates, steel, mine, ethanol, and other energy related products. In addition, it transports intermodal traffic comprising time-sensitive retail goods. As of December 31, 2009, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited provided rail and intermodal freight transportation services over a 15,400-mile network. It serves the principal business centers of Canada, which include Montreal, Quebec, Vancouver, and British Columbia; and the Midwest and Northeast regions of the United States.

Truckload carrier USA Truck moves freight not only in the US, but also in Canada, and, through partners, into Mexico. It does most of its business east of the Rocky Mountains. USA Truck has a fleet of about 2,300 tractors and 7,200 trailers. It transports general commodities; customers include companies in the consumer goods, industrial machinery and equipment, paper products, rubber and plastics, and retail industries. The company provides both medium-haul (800-1,200 mile) and regional (500-mile) truckload services, along with dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. The company's average length-of-haul is about 600-miles.

Kirby Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides marine transportation and diesel engine services to the marine and power generation markets in the United States. Kirby Corporation operates in two segments, Marine Transportation and Diesel Engine Services. The Marine Transportation segment engages in the inland transportation of petrochemicals, black oil products, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargoes by barges, as well as offers transportation services for inland and offshore barge operators, oil service companies, offshore fishing companies, the USCG, and the United States Navy. As of February 27, 2009, this segment owned and operated 863 inland tank barges, 213 inland towboats, 4 offshore dry-cargo barges, 4 offshore tugboats, and an offshore shifting tugboat, as well as a bulk liquid terminal. The Diesel Engine Services segment involves in the overhaul and repair of medium-speed and high-speed diesel engines and reduction gears, and related parts sales in the marine market. This segment also provides aftermarket services for vessels powered by diesel engines utilized in various inland and offshore marine industries; aftermarket services for diesel engines that provide standby, peak, and base load power generation to the users of industrial reduction gears, as well as for standby generation components of the nuclear industry in the power generation market; and aftermarket services and parts for shortline, industrial, and Class II and transit railroads in the railroad market. Kirby Corporation was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990 because of the changing emphasis of its business. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Guangshen Railway Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, primarily provides passenger and freight transportation services on the Shenzhen-Guangzhou-Pingshi railway in the People's Republic of China. Guangshen Railway company’s freight services include the transportation of full load and single load cargo, containers, bulky and overweight cargo, dangerous cargo, fresh and live cargo, and oversized cargo. It also offers long distance passenger transportation services. In addition, Guangshen Railway company engages in the sale of food, beverages, and merchandise on board the trains and in railway stations. Further, it engages in the operation of a travel agency, as well as provision of services relating to warehousing, hotel management, cargo loading and unloading, catering management and services, advertising, and freight transportation and package agency services. Additionally, the company provides property management services, as well as involves in the supervision of construction projects. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 218 pairs of passenger trains, including 100 pairs of inter-city high-speed passenger trains between Guangzhou and Shenzhen; 13 pairs of Hong Kong Through Trains; and 105 pairs of long-distance passenger trains. Guangshen Railway company was founded in 1996 and is based in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.

Patriot Transportation Holding gets tanked whenever it can. The company's Transportation segment, comprising Florida Rock & Tank Lines subsidiary, transports liquid and dry bulk commodities, mainly petroleum (including ethanol) and chemicals, in tank trucks. Patriot Transportation's combined fleet of about 400 trucks and more than 500 trailers operates primarily in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic US. Customer Murphy Oil accounts for almost 25% of segment revenues. The company's Real Estate unit, comprising Florida Rock Properties and FRP Development, owns office and warehouse properties, as well as sand and gravel deposits on the East Coast that are leased to Vulcan Materials Company.

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.

Covenant Transportation Group promises its customers speedy service on long-haul and regional routes. The company operates a fleet of about 3,100 tractors and 8,000 trailers, including both dry vans and temperature-controlled units (through its Southern Refrigerated Transport subsidiary). In addition to for-hire transportation, Covenant offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned long-term to a customer or route, and freight brokerage services. Averaging about 800 miles per length of haul, the company gets business from manufacturers, retailers, and other transportation companies; among its top customers are Georgia-Pacific, Wal-Mart, and UPS.

The unit was established in 1982. COSCO Americas, Inc. (CAI) represents the interests of its parent, marine transportation giant China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, known as COSCO, in North and South America. In addition to serving as a shipping agent, CAI provides services related to sales, fuel supply, and technical consulting, as well as inland transportation of freight -- in other words, whatever is necessary to facilitate the movement of containerized and bulk cargo by the parent company. Overall, CAI operates from about 80 offices in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and the US.

Part of a diversified collection of transportation businesses, Sodrel Truck Lines provides truckload freight hauling services, primarily in the midwestern US. Its services include truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), and hazardous materials haulage. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Sodrel Truck Lines' fleet includes more than 300 tractors and 500 trailers. Customers have included the United States Postal Service, the US Department of Defense, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The company also offers warehousing and distribution services. Multiple generations of the Sodrel family have owned Sodrel Truck Lines, which was founded in 1929.

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