James Fisher and Sons was founded in 1847. James Fisher and Sons does just about everything in the sea except fish. The company provides a variety of marine services to customers such as government agencies and companies in the oil and gas industry. James Fisher and Sons transports refined petroleum products in Northwestern Europe through its Tankships division and lays undersea fiber-optic cable through its Cable ships division. It also provides an array of marine support services to the defense (including the Royal and Norwegian navies), nuclear, and oil and gas sectors.

Our core business is petroleum logistics and AET Tanker Holdings Sdn Bhd operates a group of wholly owned companies that serve our customers and are responsible for managing, operating and securing business for the fleet. Corporate services are managed from London, regional offices operate in the UK, Singapore and the US, shipmanagement centres are in Malaysia and Singapore and crewing and manning offices are established in India and the Philippines. A fleet of workboats operate from Galveston, Texas, from where we manage US Gulf lightering business. AET Tanker Holdings Sdn Bhd is a private limited liability company registered in Malaysia and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of international transport and energy company MISC Bhd. MISC Bhd is a public limited liability company incorporated in Malaysia and is listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd. AET boosted its India operations in May 2009 with the opening of a new office in Gurgaon.

Ship Finance International Limited, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates vessels and offshore related assets in Bermuda, Cyprus, Malta, Liberia, Norway, the United States, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the Marshall Islands. The company also involves in the charter, purchase, and sale of assets. As of December 31, 2009, it owned 32 oil tankers, 8 oil/bulk/ore carriers, 1 dry bulk carrier, 8 container vessels, 1 jack-up drilling rig, 3 ultra-deepwater drilling units, 6 offshore supply vessels, and 2 chemical tankers. The company offers its services to various sectors of shipping and offshore industry, including oil transportation, drybulk shipments, chemical transportation, container transportation, drilling rigs, and offshore supply vessels. Ship Finance International Limited was founded in 2003 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

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.

Truckload hauler Midnite Express, whose drivers have been known to be on the road in the middle of the day as well as at night, delivers freight throughout the US. The company also provides logistics and freight brokerage services, matching customers' cargo with carriers' capacity. Midnite Express is owned by MME, which also operates less-than-truckload carrier Midwest Motor Express.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, known as SEPTA, provides passenger transportation services in the Philadelphia area. The agency's operations include buses, subways and elevated trains, trackless trolleys, and light rail and commuter rail lines. All together, SEPTA maintains more than 300 stations and bus terminals, chiefly in five Pennsylvania counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia) and in the neighboring states of Delaware and New Jersey. Its territory spans some 2,200 sq. mi. The Pennsylvania legislature established SEPTA in 1964, and over the years the agency has acquired the assets of several for-profit transportation companies that operated in the region.

Founded in 1970, the company is a unit of New Zealand-based logistics provider Mainfreight Limited, which also has operations in Asia and Australia. Mainfreight, Inc. (which does business as Mainfreight USA) arranges the transportation of its customers' cargo and provides services that include handling, packing, and containerization, as well as preparation of shipping documents. It focuses on shipments heavier than 50 lbs. that require second-day delivery. Items transported include clothing, computers and other electronic equipment, and software. On its own and through agents, Mainfreight USA has facilities in more than 35 US cities.

Lone Star Transportation hauls freight throughout North America on flatbed trailers.Lone Star Transportation company specializes in transporting equipment for wind power generation facilities, along with other heavy and complex loads for customers in industries such as aerospace, construction, and oil and gas. It operates a fleet of about 870 tractors and 2,000 trailers. In addition to freight transportation, Lone Star provides a variety of logistics services, which include arranging the transportation of customers' freight by air, ocean, and rail carriers. Company president Tex Robbins owns Lone Star, which began operations in 1988.

Ameriflight takes flight across the Americas, delivering time-sensitive packages for banks and for other air cargo carriers. The company serves some 200 communities, primarily in the western US but also elsewhere in the US and in Canada and Mexico. Managing 75,000 packages a day, it operates a fleet of about 170 aircraft, consisting of small jets and turboprops from several manufacturers, from about a dozen hubs. The company serves other air cargo carriers by meeting their larger air freighters at major airports and distributing cargo to markets not easily served by big aircraft. Ameriflight is owned by its management team.

The US market is the one and only concern for US 1 Industries, which partners with its subsidiaries to provide truckload transportation services in the 48 contiguous states. The company doesn't have trucks of its own; instead, it does business through a network of independent sales agents, who arrange freight transportation via independent truck owner-operators. Approximately 160 commission-based agents operate facilities that monitor shipments. US 1's contractors provide transportation of freight in temperature-controlled trailers and flatbeds, as well as in standard dry vans. One of its specialties is the hauling of intermodal shipping containers, which can be transported by trucks, trains, and ships.

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