U.S. Shipping Corp is a leading provider of long-haul marine transportation services, principally for refined petroleum products in the U.S. Jones Act trade. We are also a leading provider of coastwise transportation of petrochemical and commodity chemical products. Our existing fleet consists of eight vessels; Three chemical parcel tankers; one product tanker; four articulated tug barge units (ATB) and one integrated tug barge. With the addition of a series of ATB units, we are adding double-hull newbuilds to our fleet that will serve customers in both the refined petroleum product and chemical markets.

Founded as a moving company in 1920, Hassett Air Express is owned by CEO Terry Sherman and CFO Donna O'Reilly. Hassett Storage Warehouses, which does business as Hassett Air Express, provides express air and ground freight forwarding to customers across the US. (Freight forwarders buy transportation capacity from carriers and resell it to customers.) Hassett Air Express operates from eight locations in the US and through a network of agents overseas, with customers coming from the publishing, entertainment, manufacturing, and automotive industries. It offers same-day and next-day service, charter service, and operates a segment for transporting materials to trade shows.

Torm A/S, a shipping company, together with its subsidiaries, provides product tanker and dry bulk carrier services worldwide. Its product tankers carry refined oil products, such as gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha, and diesel oil. Torm company’s dry bulk vessels carry iron ore and coal for utilities and the steel industry; and commodities, such as grain, bauxite, and fertilizers. It operates a fleet of 140 vessels principally through a pooling cooperation with other respected shipping companies. Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet TORM was formerly known as Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Torm and changed its name to TORM A/S in April 2009. TORM A/S was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ship Finance International Limited, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates vessels and offshore related assets in Bermuda, Cyprus, Malta, Liberia, Norway, the United States, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the Marshall Islands. The company also involves in the charter, purchase, and sale of assets. As of December 31, 2009, it owned 32 oil tankers, 8 oil/bulk/ore carriers, 1 dry bulk carrier, 8 container vessels, 1 jack-up drilling rig, 3 ultra-deepwater drilling units, 6 offshore supply vessels, and 2 chemical tankers. The company offers its services to various sectors of shipping and offshore industry, including oil transportation, drybulk shipments, chemical transportation, container transportation, drilling rigs, and offshore supply vessels. Ship Finance International Limited was founded in 2003 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

StealthGas Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership of a fleet of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers that provide international seaborne transportation services to LPG producers and users in Greece and internationally. It carries various petroleum and petrochemical gas products in liquefied form, including propane, butane, butadiene, isopropane, propylene, and vinyl chloride monomer, which are byproducts in the production of crude oil and natural gas. The company offers its services to producers of LPG products, such as national and other independent energy companies and energy traders; and industrial users of those products. It also charters product carriers that carry refined petroleum products comprising gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals. As of June 15, 2009, StealthGas had a fleet of 39 LPG carriers with a carrying capacity of 173,499 cubic meters, as well as 2 product carriers with a capacity of 94,000 deadweight tones. StealthGas Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Kifisia, Greece.

Air cargo carrier AirNet Systems helps banks keep their records straight. Transporting canceled checks and other bank documents accounts for the majority of the company's sales. AirNet also offers express delivery of such cargo as human organs and time-sensitive medications, as well as general freight. Founded in 1974, it provides both scheduled and charter cargo services. Overall, AirNet operates a fleet of about 120 aircraft, including jets and turboprops. It serves more than 100 cities in the US. In 2008, AirNet was acquired by an affiliate of investment firm Bayside Capital.

Phoenix International Freight Services makes sure your cargo doesn't go up in flames. The company offers logistics services throughout the world, arranging the transportation of both air and ocean freight. It also provides cargo insurance, customs brokerage, vendor management, and warehousing and distribution services. Phoenix operates more than two dozen offices in the US, plus almost 50 more in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America; the company also maintains a network of agents in other regions. Phoenix, founded in 1979, is owned by retired chairman Bill McInerney, along with president and CEO Stephane Rambaud and managing director Andy Wang.

Those familiar brown vans handle most UPS deliveries, but for bigger cargo, there's UPS Ground Freight. The company, known as UPS Freight, provides less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight transportation services throughout North America. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) UPS Freight operates a fleet of about 6,700 tractors and 22,100 trailers from a network of more than 200 terminals. In addition to for-hire LTL and truckload freight services, UPS Freight offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. The company is a subsidiary of package delivery giant UPS.

Watkins & Shepard Trucking offers less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight hauling throughout the US from about 20 terminals, mainly west of the Rockies. (LTL carriers consolidate cargo from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) The company's fleet consists of about 630 tractors and 1,600 trailers. Standard dry vans account for the majority of the company's trailers; Watkins & Shepard also uses flatbed trailers. In addition, the company arranges intermodal transportation, which involves hauling freight by multiple methods, such as road and rail. CEO Ray Kuntz and president Steve Williamson own Watkins & Shepard, which was founded in 1974 as Stan Watkins Trucking.

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.

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