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.

Alaska Tanker Company transports the oil from Alaska that pipelines won't. The company provides marine transportation of Alaskan crude oil produced by BP to refiners on the west coast of the US and in Hawaii. It operates a fleet of several double-hull tankers that has a capacity of 195,000 deadweight tons (DWT). Alaska Tanker is jointly owned by BP Oil Shipping Company, USA (a unit of BP Shipping); Keystone Alaska; and OSG Ship Management (part of OSG America). The companies formed Alaska Tanker Company in 1999 to bring BP's Alaska crude oil shipping operations under a single corporate umbrella.

Allstates WorldCargo is one of the nation's most experienced and respected transportation companies. Since 1961, we have earned a national and international reputation for excellence in customer service and satisfaction. Allstates WorldCargo provides seamless worldwide service through a network of strategically-placed stations. By forming partnerships with select agents and vendors, we are able to operate in areas where we may not have a physical location.

One of the world's largest container transporters, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company doesn't limit its operations to the Mediterranean. The company's fleet of more than 375 containerships provides scheduled liner services to about 335 ports on six continents, covering the major global trade lanes. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company's vessels have an overall capacity of more than 1.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). CEO Gianluigi Aponte controls MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, which he founded in 1970.

Capital Product Partners L.P. owns and operates double-hull medium-range product tankers worldwide. It provides marine transportation services under medium to long-term time charters or bareboat charters. The company’s fleet consists of 21 vessels, which are capable of carrying crude and refined oil products, such as gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals, including ethanol. Capital GP L.L.C. serves as a general partner of the company. Capital Product Partners L.P. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Piraeus, Greece.

Cowan Systems provides truckload freight transportation, primarily in the eastern half of the US. The company's coverage area includes the mid-Atlantic states, the Midwest, New England, and the southeastern US. Cowan has about 1,400 tractors and 2,600 trailers and its largest customer is Coca-Cola Enterprises. The company arranges the transportation of freight through its logistics unit. Other offerings include ground transportation of airfreight between airports and dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. Cowan Systems has its roots in a trucking company that was founded in 1924.

Milan Express is a trucking company from Tennessee. Milan Express provides less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing, and distribution services. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Although its service area ranges from Florida to Wisconsin, the company operates primarily in the Southeast and Midwest US with a fleet of about 960 trucks and tractors. It maintains about 530,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space. Tommy Ross, company chairman, founded Milan Express in 1969 to serve an 87-mile route between Memphis and Milan, Tennessee. The Ross family owns the company.

This company stays cool in the sunny South -- and everywhere else it goes. Southern Refrigerated Transport hauls temperature-controlled and dry freight throughout 48 US states and in Canada. Services include transportation of fresh produce from the West Coast to destinations in the Midwest and the Southeast. Southern Refrigerated Transport operates a fleet of over 800 air-ride equipped tractors and more than 900 dry-van and refrigerated trailers. The company is a subsidiary of Tennessee-based truckload carrier Covenant Transportation Group. Tony Smith, the president of Southern Refrigerated Transport, founded the company in 1986 and sold it to Covenant in 1998.

Big metal boxes mean money for A.P. Moller - Maersk. A.P. Moller - Maersk company's container shipping units, led by Maersk Line, maintain a fleet of more than 500 containerships, and subsidiary APM Terminals is a major container terminal operator. Other vessels in the fleet include tankers and oil field supply and specialty ships. In addition to its shipping-related activities, A.P. Moller - Maersk offers supply chain management and freight forwarding services (through Damco), oil and gas drilling (primarily in the North Sea), and it owns one of Denmark's largest grocery and general merchandise chains. Other units build ships and shipping containers and provide air cargo services. A.P. Moller - Maersk operates in about 130 countries.

No, TransAm Trucking isn't that movie where Burt Reynolds helps haul beer from Texas to Georgia -- that was Smokey and the Bandit. TransAm Trucking does haul freight in the South, and in most of the rest of the US, and the company has carried a little beer in its time, along with other products that require temperature-controlled transportation. It operates a fleet of about 1,200 tractors and 2,400 refrigerated trailers. But no black Pontiac Trans Ams with T-tops. In addition to for-hire transportation, TransAm Trucking offers dedicated fleet services, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. The company was founded in 1987.

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