Truckload carrier Pan American Express hauls freight throughout the US and Canada and arranges service into Mexico through partnerships with Mexican trucking companies. The company operates a fleet of about 160 tractors and 475 trailers from terminals in Dallas, Harlingen, and Laredo, Texas, and in Romulus, Michigan. Company president Ricardo Guardado owns a majority interest in Pan American Express.

PCL Group is a unit of Singapore's Kuok Group, a holding company with diverse interests in businesses ranging from agricultural commodities to office equipment. Not limited to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Carriers Limited specializes in the worldwide transport of dry bulk cargo -- typically such commodities as coal, fertilizer, grain, and iron ore. Doing business as PCL Group, the company's fleet of more than 100 owned and managed vessels includes dry bulk carriers of various sizes, as well as chemical and product tankers, which transport liquid bulk cargo. Affiliates provide short-haul transportation of containerized freight and operate offshore supply vessels for oil companies doing business in Southeast Asia.

JR East's "shinkansen" (bullet-train) lines connect metropolitan Tokyo with other major cities. Besides its transportation-related operations, JR East gets revenue from leasing restaurant and retail space in its stations and from managing shopping centers and office buildings on property that has been developed near its stations. If you want to ride the rails into Tokyo, you could find yourself cruising at 168 mph aboard a bullet train operated by East Japan Railway, known as JR East. East Japan Railway company carries passengers on more than 7,525 km (4,665 miles) of track in the eastern half of the Japanese mainland, including the Tokyo area.

Crosby Trucking Service hauls truckload containers of general commodities, primarily along the east coast and between the coast and Ohio, Indiana, and the city of Chicago. The company operates from terminals in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia. It maintains a fleet of about 130 tractors and more than 600 trailers. In addition to freight transportation, Crosby Trucking subsidiaries Crosby Leasing, Crosby Brokerage, and Crosco provide truck leasing and freight brokerage services and manage the company's real estate holdings, respectively. Crosby Trucking Service was founded in 1947 to haul milk to a local creamery.

USF Holland doesn't have time to stop and smell the tulips. Once a subsidiary of USF, the company is the largest regional less-than-truckload (LTL) freight hauler operated by YRC Regional Transportation, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) USF Holland does business in more than 20 states in the midwestern, northeastern, and southeastern US, as well as in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Providing service to additional regions through sister company USF Reddaway, it operates a fleet of some 4,500 tractors and 8,100 trailers from a network of about 60 terminals. USF Holland was founded in 1929 in Holland, Michigan.

It would take quite a few Xs to mark all the spots where Quik X Transportation delivers freight. The less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier provides expedited service shore-to-shore within Canada, and to points in the US. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Operating through four divisions, Quik X specialties include trade-show services, high-tech equipment handling, and temperature-controlled transport. Affiliates Quik X Logistics and QuiktraX Intermodal coordinate LTL and truckload transportation, and related freight services in North America. Catering to paper and air cargo markets, Roadfast offers truckload services between Ontario, Quebec, and the Northeastern US.

Turners (Soham) has enough big wheels to make it a big wheel in the distribution industry. Founded in 1930 by Wallace and Frank Turner, family-owned and -operated Turners (Soham) is one of the largest privately owned transport companies in the UK. Its core businesses are temperature-controlled and bulk-tanker operations. Turners (Soham) also runs a fresh-produce distribution and storage center. With a fleet of 800 vehicles, the company serves customers that range from major retailers to government entities, including the US Air Force and Her Majesty's Prison Services.

Trinity Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various products and services for the industrial, energy, transportation, and construction sectors primarily in the United States. Its Rail group manufactures and sells railcars and component parts, such as auto carrier cars, box cars, gondola cars, hopper cars, intermodal cars, specialty cars, and tank cars. This group also offers railcar parts used in manufacturing and repairing railcars, such as auto carrier doors and accessories, discharge gates, yokes, couplers, axles, and hitches. It serves customers, including railroads, leasing companies, and shippers of products, such as utilities, petrochemical companies, grain shippers, and construction and industrial companies. The company’s Railcar Leasing and Management Services group leases tank cars and freight cars, as well as provides management services. Its Construction Products group produces concrete, aggregates, and asphalt; manufactures highway products, as well as other steel products for infrastructure related projects; and distributes construction aggregates, such as crushed stone, sand and gravel, asphalt rock, and recycled concrete. This group serves customers, such as contractors and subcontractors in the construction and foundation industry. The company’s Inland Barge group manufactures various inland barges and fiberglass barge covers; dry cargo barges, including deck barges, and open or covered hopper barges that transport various commodities, such as grain, coal, and aggregates; and tank barges used to transport liquid products. This group serves commercial marine transportation companies. Its Energy Equipment group offers structural wind towers, tank containers and tank heads for pressure vessels, tank heads for non-pressure vessels, and propane tanks. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Air Atlanta Icelandic is one of the largest ACMI service provider in the world. We offer tailor-made solutions to other carriers, both in the passenger and cargo industry. Large Market share, strong brand name, impressive customer base and superior know-how are some of our core assets. The solid reputation for supplying quality services is built on a strong base of experience acquired throughout many years in the airline industry.

DryShips, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of drybulk carriers and drilling rigs that operate worldwide. Its drybulk fleet principally carries various drybulk commodities, including bulk items comprising coal, iron ore, and grains; and minor bulk items, such as bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, and steel products. As of April 6, 2010, the company owned and operated a fleet of 39 drybulk carriers consisting of 7 Capesize, 28 Panamax, 2 Supramax vessels, and 2 Panamax newbuilding vessels with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 3.3 million dwt, as well as owned and operated 2 ultra-deep water semi-submersible drilling rigs and 4 ultra deep-water newbuilding drillships. DryShips Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Athens, Greece.

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