Belt Railway of Chicago began operations in 1882. Belt Railway of Chicago is a railroad's railroad. Freight trains converge on its Clearing Yards facility to have their cars separated and moved from one rail line to another in order to reach their destinations. To accomplish these tasks, the company operates 28 miles of mainline track and 300 miles of switching lines. Belt Railway of Chicago is owned by six of the largest North American railroads: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific. Customers include not only the company's owners but also other railroads that serve the Chicago area, which is one of North America's primary rail hubs.

CEO Mark Tuchmann founded BeavEx Incorporated company in 1989. When it comes to courier services, leave it to BeavEx. BeavEx Incorporated company's slate of offerings includes scheduled same-day delivery, management of customers' interoffice mail systems, and logistics consulting. Some 3,000 independent contractor couriers perform the actual deliveries for BeavEx; what the company brings to the table is its expertise in transportation network management. Banks and health care companies are among BeavEx's major customers. BeavEx Incorporated operates in nearly 40 states, primarily in the eastern US; it also maintains facilities in southwestern and western states.

Wallenius Lines is invested in 180 ships that can carry up to 8,000 cars at one time; overall, it transports about 7 million cars per year. It operates Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics and EUKOR Car Carrier with partner Wilh. Wilhelmsen. Wallenius Lines also has minority stakes in United European Car Carriers, American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier, and two logistics companies, American Auto Logistics and Transcar. Before the rubber ever meets the road, new cars and trucks might take a ride from the factory floor on one of Wallenius Lines' carrier ships. Wallenius Lines AB has interests in four subsidiaries that transport rolling cargo, such as new cars, around the world.

AirTran Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, AirTran Airways, Inc., provides scheduled airline services in the United States. It operates scheduled airline service primarily in short-haul markets in the eastern United States, with flights originating and terminating at its hub in Atlanta, Georgia. As of February 1, 2010, the company operated 86 Boeing B717-200 and 52 Boeing B737-700 aircraft offering approximately 700 scheduled flights per day to 63 locations in the United States. AirTran Holdings serves its customers through the Internet, travel agencies, and its reservation call centers. AirTran Holdings was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

International Shipholding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides maritime transportation services to commercial and governmental customers primarily under medium to long-term time charters or contracts of affreightment in the United States and internationally. The company also offers ship charter brokerage and agency services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a fleet of 41 ocean-going vessels, including U.S. flag pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) designed to transport automobiles, trucks, and vehicles; international flag PCTCs with the capability of transporting heavyweight and large dimension trucks and buses; multi-purpose vessels; container vessels; tanker vessels that are used to transport supplies; U.S. flag molten sulphur vessel that is used to carry molten sulphur; and special purpose vessels modified as roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) vessels to transport loaded rail cars; U.S. flag conveyor belt-equipped self-unloading coal carrier; RO/RO vessels that permit deployment of rolling stock, munitions, and other military cargoes; U.S. flag and international flag container ships; double hull handy-size bulk carrier newbuildings; and bulk carriers. International Shipholding Corporation was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama.

Matheson helps the Post Office keep its promise of working through snow, rain, heat, and dead of night. The company, a major United States Postal Service contractor, hauls mail for the nation's mail carrier. Its Postal Services unit provides long-haul and local trucking services while its Mail Transportation unit serves Northern California. The company's Matheson Fast Freight unit offers overnight and second day less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation in the West and Midwest. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Matheson Flight Extenders provide terminal handling and ground support services. Robert B. "Brownie" Matheson founded Matheson Trucking in 1962.

Half a load is better than none for Vitran: the company nets most of its sales from its less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation business. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Vitran -- the name is short for vital transportation -- provides LTL service in Canada and in much of the US. Besides its LTL operations, Vitran offers logistics services in the US and Canada and provides truckload freight transportation in the US. Overall, the company operates a fleet of more than 5,600 tractors, trailers, containers, and other equipment from a network of more than 135 facilities, most of which are located in the US.

Crowley Liner operates a fleet of some 30 vessels, including tug and barge units, roll-on/roll-off, and lift-on/lift-off vessels, as well as intermodal equipment, such as containers, trailers, and chassis. Among its federal contracts, the liner won work to restore cargo delivery to Haiti following an earthquake in 2010. As the world trades, Crowley Liner Services heads for sea. The flagship unit of Crowley Maritime provides scheduled ocean transport services between the US and ports in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Bahamas, Central America, as well as the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba. Cargo carried by the liner includes containers, trailers, oversized freight, hazardous materials, and vehicles of all kind.

No throwback to horse-and-buggy days, these Waggoners transport horseless carriages. The Waggoners Trucking gets most of its revenue from hauling automobiles; much of the company's business comes from auto assembly plants in the southeastern US. Customers have included BMW, General Motors, and Honda. In addition, Waggoners Trucking uses flatbed trailers to provide specialized less-than-truckload transportation of freight such as oil field equipment. Waggoners Trucking operates throughout the US and in Canada from a network of more than 30 terminals. It maintains a fleet of about 1,100 tractor-trailer rigs. The company, which was founded in 1951, is owned by the Waggoner family.

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.

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