Norbert Dentressangle has Europe's air/sea/land transportation and logistics needs covered from all angles. Norbert Dentressangle company transports chemicals and petrochemicals, food, retail goods, consumables, construction materials, automotive parts, and other goods from about 350 facilities located throughout Europe. The group's logistics division provides warehousing, product distribution, packaging, and assembly services. Norbert Dentressangle maintains a fleet of 7,000 tractors and 8,600 trailers. It has in excess of 5 million sq. meters of warehouse space and operates in more than 15 countries; France generates about 50% of revenues. Norbert Dentressangle formed the company as a cross-channel specialist in 1979.

The global economy and the U.S. economy are inter-dependent. U.S. manufacturers have largely become U.S. importers. While doing business internationally has become “second nature” to many, working with suppliers in other countries, other time zones, in other languages can create challenges. Global Link Logistics is well positioned to offer service bridging the span between the foreign manufacturer and the U.S. importer. Global Link Logistics (GLL) is licensed by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI) functioning as both a Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and Freight Forwarder.

CRST Malone operates a fleet of more than 1,600 trucks from about 100 field offices throughout the US and Canada. The company, a subsidiary of CRST International, provides long-haul and regional transportation of steel and other freight best transported on flatbed trailers. The carrier also provides less-than-truckload (LTL) services, hauling both partial and full loads. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) In addition to for-hire trucking, CRST Malone provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term.

New Century Transportation is bringing a different style of less-than-truckload (LTL) delivery to the new century. A transportation services company, New Century offers LTL services (where carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single trailer) to industrial, chemical, food, and other companies. Unlike many LTL carriers, the company offers a signature LTL service it calls "Load-to-Deliver," which involves delivering freight directly to customers rather than to a hub. It operates a fleet of more than 980 tractors and 2,100 trailers in the northeastern US, as well as across other parts of the US and Canada. The company -- formed at the turn of the century in 2000 -- filed to go public in 2010.

Pick a point on the compass -- Western Express Holdings isn't limited to a single direction when it comes to hauling customers' freight. The company's main subsidiary, truckload carrier Western Express, will go west, but it does most of its business in the eastern and midwestern US, concentrating on short to medium-length hauls of between 500 and 1,000 miles. The Western Express fleet consists of about 2,500 tractors and 4,500 trailers, including dry vans and flatbeds, which haul cargo for a diverse customer base. President and CEO Wayne Wise and his wife, Donna Wise, own a controlling stake in Western Express Holdings.

Polskie Koleje Panstwowe (PKP) keeps chugging along in Poland. One of the largest railways in Europe, it operates passenger rail services, such as PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, PKP Intercity and PKP Regional, as well as freight transport (PKP Cargo). Polskie Koleje Panstwowe S.A. also manages some 2,500 train stations in Poland. PKP has various other entities involved in real estate, tourism, energy, telecommunications, and IT services. PKP was formed in 2001, when the state-owned Polish Railway Lines was restructured due to new European Union guidelines.

Alan Ritchey has interests in transportation, agriculture, and construction materials. The company's truckload transportation unit mainly moves mail for the United States Postal Service; in addition, it hauls commodities used by Alan Ritchey's agricultural businesses and general freight. It has a fleet of some 200 trucks and 1,800 trailers. Alan Ritchey also operates mail transport equipment service centers for the Postal Service. The company's Martindale Feed Mill division operates mills, a feed store, and a grain storage facility in Texas; Alan Ritchey also owns a dairy in Oklahoma and a sand mining business in Texas. Alan Ritchey and his family own the company, which he founded in 1963.

Freight hauler Trans-System operates through three main units: System Transport (flatbed); TW Transport (refrigerated and dry van); and James J. Williams (bulk commodities). The Trans-System trucking companies operate from some 10 terminals in the western US. Overall, the company's fleet consists of about 1,000 tractors and 1,500 trailers. Trans-System also offers logistics services and runs a driver training school. Chairman and CEO Jim Williams founded the company in 1972, although it got its start when Williams' grandfather began transporting petroleum products throughout northern Idaho and eastern Washington.

If you think that's the Great Pumpkin behind you on the highway, look again. With its signature bright-orange fleet of about 12,000 tractors and 33,000 trailers, Schneider National is one of the largest truckload carriers in the US. Its Schneider National Carriers unit provides truckload service throughout North America, including one-way van, dedicated, expedited, regional, and bulk freight transportation. The company also offers intermodal service, in which it arranges the transportation of freight by multiple methods, such as road and rail. Additionally, it offers brokerage services, while subsidiary Schneider Logistics offers supply chain management services. The company was founded in 1935.

Aspo supports the energy and process industries in the Baltic Sea area. The group operates through four divisions: ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko, and Aspo Ventures. ESL Shipping transports raw materials for energy producers and heavy-industry sectors, while Leipurin specializes in supplying the bakery industry with ingredients, equipment, and other supplies. Its Telko chemicals unit imports and distributes industrial chemicals and plastic raw materials, and Aspo Ventures mainly offers maintenance services and automation systems for service stations under the Autotank and Kaukomarkkinat brands. Aspo expanded its operations in mid-2008 when it acquired Kauko-Telko Oy from fellow Finnish company Kesko Corporation.

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