Truckload carrier Transport Corporation of America wants to deliver the goods on time for manufacturers and retailers in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Long- and short-haul freight carried by Transport America includes department store merchandise, furniture, and recreational equipment, as well as consumer, grocery, industrial, and paper products. The company operates a fleet of about 1,400 tractors and 4,300 trailers; its trailer inventory is made up primarily of standard dry vans but also includes some refrigerated units. Its TA Logistics unit provides third-party logistics services. Minneapolis-based investment firm Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison owns Transport America, which began its operations in 1984.

McKenzie Tank Lines fills its tanks with liquid and dry bulk cargo before hitting the road. The company handles chemical and petroleum products with its fleet of about 360 tractors and 1,000 trailers. McKenzie Tank Lines' fleet includes a variety of tank trailers, including models equipped to handle high-pressure cargo, as well as van trailers. The company maintains a network of more than 30 terminals, primarily in the Southeastern US. McKenzie Tank Lines provides service throughout the US and in Canada; it does business in Mexico through a partnership. The company was founded by Guy McKenzie Sr. in 1949.

Matson Navigation, the main subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin, transports freight primarily between the continental US and ports in Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and Puerto Rico; it also offers service between the US and China. Containerships account for the majority of the company's fleet of more than 15 vessels. Besides containerized freight, cargo carried by Matson vessels includes automobiles and building materials. Subsidiary Matson Integrated Logistics provides logistics and multimodal transportation services (arrangement of freight transportation by combinations of road, rail, and air). Matson Terminals provides container stevedoring and related services for Matson and other carriers in Honolulu.

With a clear focus on transportation, The Shevell Group is far from disheveled. Headed by Myron "Mike" Shevell, the group consists of a number of companies in the real estate, warehousing, and LTL and TL (less-than-truckload and truckload) transportation and logistics industries. Subsidiaries include New England Motor Freight, Eastern Freightways, Carrier Industries, and Apex Logistics. The Shevell Group's various subsidiaries offer transportation services across the northeastern US and Canada, parts of the Midwest, and Puerto Rico. Its fleet consists of 10,000 vehicles. Myron Shevell founded the group in 1977 and is the principal shareholder in the family-owned and -managed company.

Velocity Express Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides logistics solutions to consumers and businesses in the United States and Canada. It offers distribution logistics services, which include the receipt of customer bulk shipments that are divided and sorted at metropolitan locations and delivered to multiple locations; scheduled logistics services comprising daily pickup and delivery of parcels; and expedited logistics services, including expedited point-to-point service for customers with time sensitive delivery requirements. The company primarily serves customers operating in the healthcare, office products, financial services, commercial, retail and consumer products, transportation and logistics, energy, and technology sectors. Velocity Express Corporation was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. On September 24, 2009, Velocity Express Corporation, along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Southeastern Freight Lines hauls freight throughout the southern US with a fleet of about 3,000 tractors and 9,600 trailers. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Southeastern Freight Lines operates from a network of about 75 terminals in a dozen states, plus Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Client have included Lowe's and Masco. Through partnerships with carriers including A. Duie Pyle, Dayton Freight, and Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Southeastern Freight Lines provides service throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada. Southeastern Freight Lines is controlled by the Cassels family, which also owns truckload carrier G&P Trucking.

PCL Group is a unit of Singapore's Kuok Group, a holding company with diverse interests in businesses ranging from agricultural commodities to office equipment. Not limited to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Carriers Limited specializes in the worldwide transport of dry bulk cargo -- typically such commodities as coal, fertilizer, grain, and iron ore. Doing business as PCL Group, the company's fleet of more than 100 owned and managed vessels includes dry bulk carriers of various sizes, as well as chemical and product tankers, which transport liquid bulk cargo. Affiliates provide short-haul transportation of containerized freight and operate offshore supply vessels for oil companies doing business in Southeast Asia.

USF Holland doesn't have time to stop and smell the tulips. Once a subsidiary of USF, the company is the largest regional less-than-truckload (LTL) freight hauler operated by YRC Regional Transportation, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) USF Holland does business in more than 20 states in the midwestern, northeastern, and southeastern US, as well as in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Providing service to additional regions through sister company USF Reddaway, it operates a fleet of some 4,500 tractors and 8,100 trailers from a network of about 60 terminals. USF Holland was founded in 1929 in Holland, Michigan.

Heartland Express stays close to home as a short- to medium-haul truckload carrier -- its average trip is just over 500 miles. With the exception of traffic from its Phoenix hub, the company mainly operates east of the Rockies; it also offers service in the southwestern US. Although most of its loads go directly from origin to destination, Heartland also operates from about 10 regional distribution hubs, which are located near major customers.Heartland Express company regional hubs focus on short-haul freight movements (less than 500 miles). Heartland transports general commodities, including appliances, auto parts, consumer products, food, and paper products.

DX Network Services helps businesses bypass the Royal Mail post box to get documents from Point A to Point B. Founded in 1975, the company, which does business as DX Group, offers private business-to-business mail services, including collection, sorting, and last-mile delivery, delivering about 250 million packages each year across the UK and Ireland. It also delivers small packages and provides bulk mail services, delivering more than 1 million items each day. In addition, its DX Document Exchange unit delivers papers and documents to professional, public, and financial services firms. DX Group is owned by investment firm Candover.

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