Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is up there in the pantheon of the world's largest container shipping and logistics companies. Through its APL subsidiary, NOL provides container transportation on the world's major ocean trade routes with a fleet of about 140 vessels. Container shipping services account for about 80% of the company's sales. Its APL Logistics unit provides supply chain management services, primarily in the Americas but also in the Asia/Pacific region and Europe. A third business, APL Terminals, operates container terminals in the Americas and the Asia/Pacific region. Through various entities, the government of Singapore controls about two-thirds of NOL.

As a provider of transportation infrastructure management services, Amey UK helps ensure that people can get to the office, and as a provider of business services, the company aims to help the office run smoothly. The company's majority-owned joint venture Tube Lines, manages the Jubilee, Northern, and Piccadilly lines, including stations and track infrastructure, for the London Underground. Amey also manages rail lines, highways, and local roads. It also offers a variety of facilities management, business process outsourcing, and consulting services. Amey's clients come from the public and private sectors in aviation, defense, education, and transportation. Spanish construction group Ferrovial owns Amey.

Crete Carrier Corporation's flagship business, Crete Carrier, provides dry van truckload freight transportation services in the 48 contiguous states. It operates from some two dozen terminals, mainly in the midwestern and southeastern US. The company's Shaffer Trucking unit transports temperature-controlled cargo, and Hunt Transportation (no relation to J.B. Hunt Transport Services) hauls heavy equipment and other cargo on flatbed trailers. Overall, the companies operate more than 5,300 tractors and more than 12,400 trailers. Family-owned Crete Carrier was founded in 1966 by chairman Duane Acklie; president and CEO Tonn Ostergard is his son-in-law.

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.

Euronav is a vertically integrated owner operator and manager able to provide complete shipping services in addition to its fleet of modern large tankers. The crude oil sea-borne transportation market is cyclical and highly volatile requiring flexible, proactive management of assets in terms of fleet composition and employment. Euronav increases exposure to the market through opportunistically entering the market by chartering vessels from other owners and tonnage provider whilst maintaining a core fleet of high quality owned or controlled tonnage. The Euronav core fleet has an average age of a little over 6 years. (For further details see fleet) Euronav operates its fleet both on the spot and the period market. Most of Euronav's VLCCs and 1 V-Plus are operated in the Tankers International pool. The majority of its Suezmax fleet is fixed on long term charter. Euronav can also supply and operate Floating, Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessels through conversion or newbuilding. Euronav is able to bring added value to its offshore projects through building supervision or construction, engineering and in-house management. Fleet management is conducted by three wholly owned subsidiaries Euronav Ship Management SA and Euronav SAS, both French companies with head quarters in Nantes, France and with a major branch office in Antwerp, Belgium and Euronav Ship Management (Hellas) Ltd. with branch office in Piraeus, Greece. The skills of its directly employed seagoing officers and shore-based captains and engineers give it a competitive edge in high quality design, maintenance and operation. Euronav vessels fly Belgian, Greek and French flag.

Frontline Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of oil tankers and oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. It primarily transports crude oil, as well as raw materials, such as coal and iron ore. The company’s very large crude carriers (VLCCs) primarily transport crude oil from the Middle East Gulf to the Far East, Northern Europe, the Caribbean, and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port. Its Suezmax tankers trade in the Atlantic Basin and the Middle East to the South East Asia. The company’s OBO carriers transport oil and dry cargo. In addition, it involves in the charter, purchase, and sale of vessels. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a tanker fleet consisting of 76 vessels comprising 41 VLCCs, which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight ton (dwt); 27 Suezmax tankers that are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt; and 8 Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered, as well as had 5 VLCCs under its commercial management. Frontline Ltd. was founded in 1948 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

EPES Carriers is one of the largest private transportation companies in the southeastern US. Through its subsidiaries, EPES Carriers covers the US, Canada, and Mexico with a fleet of some 1,100 tractors and 3,300 trailers. Its Epes Transport Systems provides US truckload service; Epes Logistic Services arranges for truckload deliveries in the continental US, Canada, and Mexico; Epes Freight Management handles expedited, less-than-truckload, and truckload management services such as carrier bid negotiations, claim filing, freight quotes, and routing; and Texas Star Express handles truckload for the midwest and southwest US.

Gulfstream International Group was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Gulfstream International Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a scheduled airline; and a flight training academy for licensed commercial pilots, as well as provides scheduled and on-demand charter services. It provides flight training services for pilots holding commercial, multi-engine and instrument certifications; and offers frequent charter flights within its geographic operating region, including licensed flights to Cuba. The company operates approximately 147 scheduled flights per day, serving 9 destinations in Florida, 10 destinations in the Bahamas, and 5 destinations from continental airline’s Cleveland hub to cities in Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia under the department of transportation’s essential air service program. As of December 31, 2009, Gulfstream International Group operated a fleet of 23 Beechcraft ‘1900 Turboprop’ passenger aircraft. It operates under a principal code share and alliance agreement with Continental Airlines, as well as has code share agreements with United and Copa Airlines of Panama.

CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based transportation services in North America. The company offers traditional rail service, and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers. It provides integrated intermodal transportation services linking customers to railroads, through trucks and terminals. CSX Corporation transports crushed stone, sand and gravel, metal, phosphate, fertilizer, food, consumer, agricultural, paper, and chemical products. In addition, it delivers coal, coke, and iron ore to electricity generating power plants, ocean, river, lake piers and terminals, steel makers, and industrial plants, as well as finished vehicles and auto parts. The company also engages in the real estate sale, leasing, acquisition, and management and development activities. As of December 25, 2009, it operated approximately 21,000 route mile rail network and 216,000 freight car fleet in 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. CSX Corporation was founded in 1978 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Knightsbridge Tankers Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the seaborne transportation of crude oil and dry bulk cargoes worldwide. As of December 31, 2009, the company’s fleet consisted of four double-hull very large crude oil carriers and two capesize dry bulk carriers. It serves oil companies, tanker companies, dry bulk carriers, petroleum products traders, and government agencies. Knightsbridge Tankers Limited was founded in 1996 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

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