Genco Shipping & Trading Limited engages in the ocean transportation of drybulk cargoes through the ownership and operation of drybulk carrier vessels worldwide. It primarily transports iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, and other drybulk cargoes. The company charters its vessels primarily to trading houses, including commodities traders; producers; and government-owned entities. As of February 26, 2010, its fleet consisted of 35 drybulk carriers comprising 9 Capesize, 8 Panamax, 4 Supramax, 6 Handymax, and 8 Handysize drybulk carriers, with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 2,903,000 deadweight tons. Genco Shipping & Trading Limited was incorporated in 2004 and is based in New York, New York.

Portec Rail Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture, supply, and distribution of various rail products in the United States and internationally. It operates in four divisions: Railway Maintenance Products (RMP), Shipping Systems, Portec Rail Nova Scotia Company (Canada), and Portec Rail Products (UK) Ltd. (United Kingdom). The RMP division provides track component, and friction management products and services to railroads, transit systems, and railroad contractors; and railway wayside detection and operating asset data management systems. Its track component products include standard and insulated rail joints, gauge plates, and curve blocks; and friction modifiers. This division also distributes and resells purchased track components and lubricants manufactured by third parties. The Shipping Systems division engineers and sells load securement systems and related products to the railroad freight car market. Its customers include railroads, railcar builders, railcar repair shops, and railcar lessors. The Canada division manufactures rail anchors and rail spikes, and assembles friction management products primarily for Canadian railroads. It also designs, manufactures, and sells friction management products. In addition, this division manufactures stick lubrication and application systems; and Keltrack, a liquid friction modifier. The United Kingdom division offers friction management and track component products and services to the United Kingdom passenger rail network. It also designs, manufactures, and sells material handling equipment, such as overhead and floor conveyors, expandable boom conveyors, racking systems, and mezzanine flooring systems primarily used in manufacturing, distribution, garment, and food industries. Portec Rail Products markets its products directly, as well as through a third party sales representatives, agents, and distributors. Portec Rail Products, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Network Rail took over the UK's railways with backing from the government in 2002 from insolvent Railtrack Group. Network Rail Infrastructure has taken charge of the UK's rail infrastructure. The company, through subsidiary Network Rail , owns, manages, and maintains 21,000 miles of track and 40,000 bridges and tunnels in the England, Scotland, and Wales. Network Rail Infrastructure owns the nation's 2,500 railway stations but manages only the 18 largest; the rest of the stations are managed by train operating companies, which provide passenger rail service. Passengers aren't all that ride Network Rail's system -- freight traffic has increased 50% under Network Rail's watch.

The Panalpina group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of forwarding and logistics services, specializing in end-to-end supply chain management solutions and intercontinental air freight and ocean freight shipments. Thanks to its in-depth industry knowledge and state-of-the-art IT systems, Panalpina provides globally integrated door-to-door services tailored to its customers’ individual needs. The Panalpina Group operates a close-knit network with some 500 branches in more than 80 countries. In a further 80 countries, it cooperates closely with partner companies. Panalpina employs about 14,000 people worldwide.

The Washington Companies are a group of individual companies in which Montana businessman Dennis R. Washington owns or controls a majority position. Each company displays a unique entrepreneurial spirit that is individually cultured and managed by professional management teams, and guided by separate boards of directors. All of the companies are privately held and collectively generate annual revenues approaching $2 Billion US. The Washington Companies are headquartered throughout the United States and western Canada and conduct business internationally.The Washington Companies' core endeavors are: rail transportation, marine transportation, environmental remediation, restoration and construction, mining, heavy equipment sales and service, aviation technology, and real estate development. Together, The Washington Companies share a commitment to ethical conduct, a commitment to excellence and a strong sense of corporate citizenship. Their affiliation gives them the ability to interconnect and combine resources and remain highly competitive. The individual success of each Company also empowers a strong sense of social responsibility, realized through corporate charitable activities and programs funded by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation.

In the Netherlands, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) runs the trains, but ProRail is in charge of the tracks. ProRail, formed in 2003 to unify the operations of former NS units Railinfrabeheeer, Railned, and Railverkeersleiding, holds the government contract to oversee the infrastructure and management of the Dutch railway system. The government-controlled company maintains a network of about 6,800 kilometers (4,225 miles) of track. ProRail also is in charge of capacity, determining which operators can use the tracks at any given time, and it provides traffic monitoring and disruption recovery services. ProRail also manages stations and transfer facilities and supplies passenger information.

Bollore makes paper, but it's no paper tiger. Bollore company operates mainly in the transportation and logistics, manufacturing (plastic films and specialty papers), and fuel distribution businesses. Its largest segment, transportation and logistics, includes freight forwarding services and port operations. (As a freight forwarder, Bollore company buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to customers.) Bollore offers logistics services worldwide but focuses on trade between Europe and Africa, where Bollore company is a leading port operator. Financiere de l'Odet, a holding company whose principal shareholder is Bollore chairman Vincent Bollore, owns a controlling stake in Bollore company.

Standard Forwarding specializes in less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation services. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) The company operates a fleet of about 300 tractors and 790 trailers from a network of more than a dozen terminals in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The company also offers freight transportation in Canada through partnerships. Farm equipment manufacturer Deere is a major customer, as it has been since Standard Forwarding was founded in 1934. As a result of experiencing higher-than-market operating costs in the midst of the recession, the company voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2009.

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.

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.

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