Russian Railways has about 130 subsidiaries and offices in North Korea, Poland, China, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Iran. It was created in 1842 as The Department of Railroads. A big country needs a big railroad and Russia's got it. The government-owned Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi, better known as RZD or Russian Railways, covers more than 53,000 miles of track (second only to the US) across 11 time zones from Sovetskaya on the Sea of Japan to St. Petersburg on the Baltic. It also runs trains to international cities including Helsinki, Beijing, and Budapest. Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi OAO handles nearly 80% of the freight transported in Russia and accounts for about 4% of GDP.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises hopes customers find it x-ceptional. The company's truckload transportation units, led by flagship U.S. Xpress, provide medium- to long-haul service throughout North America, as well as regional service in the midwestern, southeastern, and western US. It also offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term, and expedited freight hauling. Subsidiary Xpress Global Systems provides less-than-truckload freight hauling, warehousing, and distribution services. Overall, the company's fleet includes about 8,300 trucks and 23,000 trailers. Co-chairmen and co-founders Patrick Quinn and Max Fuller own the company.

Arnold Transportation Services specializes in regional truckload freight transportation services.Arnold Transportation Servicescompany operates a fleet of about 1,650 tractors in several regions, including the mid-Atlantic, northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern US. Besides its regional service, Arnold Transportation offers medium-haul (800 to 1,200 mile) freight transportation. In addition, the company provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. Nationwide truckload transportation company U.S. Xpress Enterprises owns a controlling stake in Arnold Transportation.

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.

PlanGraphics can do more than read a map. The company provides IT services for geographic information systems (GIS), computer-based mapping applications used with database management software to analyze customer demographics, mineral exploration, military surveillance, crop forecasting, and other data. PlanGraphics' customers include government entities, utilities, and corporations, such as Entergy and the US Army Corps of Engineers. In 2009 Integrated Freight Corp., a Florida-based transportation company, acquired a majority stake in PlanGraphics, which then acquired Integrated Freight. The merged company then sold PlanGraphics' operating subsidiary to CEO John Antenucci.

Northland Services spends much of its time in the waters of the northern Pacific. Through its fleet of forklifts, cranes, loaders, trucks, tractors, and shipping platforms, the company transports freight on barges between Seattle and ports in Alaska and Hawaii, as well as along rivers in Alaska. It operates marine terminals in Seattle, Alaska, and Hawaii that handle a variety of freight, including hazardous, oversized, and refrigerated shipments. Major Northland shareholders include the company's management team, founders James Haagen and Dunlap Towing, and Portland, Oregon-based investment firm Endeavour Capital. Northland was founded in 1977.

Coras Iompair Eireann is king of the road (and rail) in Ireland. The company, known as the CIE Group, operates the Dublin Bus, Bus Atha Cliath, and Bus Eireann units as well as the Iarnrod Eireann passenger and freight rail system. Most of the CIÉ Group's revenue comes from its road passenger operations. Other operations include tourism, property sales, food service, and outdoor advertising sales. The company's CIE Tours International bus tour company primarily does business in North America. The CIE Group is wholly owned by the government of Ireland.

DistTech goes the distance. The transportation company specializes in carrying liquid bulk commodities, including food-grade products, throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada. In addition to acting as a common carrier, the company provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. DistTech also offers logistics services, returnable container management, and tank washing. It operates from 30 facilities across the US. Formerly known as Manfredi Motor Transit, the company was founded by father and son John and Frank Manfredi in 1932.

Exmar currently operates vessels in Belgium, Hong Kong, India, Luxembourg, Norway, Panama, and Singapore. Exmar is one of the largest independent shipping groups in the world serving the international oil and gas industry. It currently manages a fleet of more than 40 LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tankers including ethylene, midsized gas, very large gas, pressurized, and semi-refrigerated carriers. The vessels transport liquefied gases such as anhydrous ammonia, butane, petrochemicals, and propane. A smaller fleet of carriers transports liquefied natural gas. Some of its ships are owned; however, a majority are chartered either short or long term.

Tube Lines Ltd.'s business has gone down the tube -- just where it is supposed to be. Through its 30-year contract with London Underground, the company maintains and improves London's larger underground rail lines (Jubilee, Northern, and Piccadilly). In addition to maintenance operations, the company provides distribution, emergency services, and training programs to London Underground; it has also upgraded about 100 of its rail stations. Transport for London, the government agency that runs the London Underground, bought the Tube Lines shares owned by construction and rail specialists Amey and Bechtel in 2010 for about £400 million (about $580 million), returning Tube Lines to public ownership.

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