Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, doing business as Wabtec Corporation, provides technology-based equipment and services for the rail industry. The company operates through two segments, Freight Group and Transit Group. The Freight Group manufactures and services components for new and existing freight cars and locomotives, builds new switcher locomotives, and rebuilds freight locomotives, as well as provides related heat exchange and cooling systems. The Transit Group manufactures and services components for new and existing passenger transit vehicles, typically subway cars and buses, builds new commuter locomotives, and refurbishes subway cars. WAB company’s principal component product lines include railway braking equipment and related components; freight car truck components and undercarriage components; draft gears, couplers, and slack adjusters; air compressors and dryers; positive train control equipment and electronically controlled pneumatic braking products; railway electronics, including event recorders, monitoring equipment, and end of train devices; friction products, including brake shoes and pads; rail and bus door assemblies; accessibility lifts and ramps for buses and subway cars; heat exchangers and cooling products for locomotives and power generation equipment; commuter and switcher locomotives; and transit car and locomotive overhauls. In addition, it designs and builds electronic instrumentation devices for rail and transit markets and manufactures railroad track and signaling products. The company’s customers include railroads and passenger transit authorities in North America, as well as in the United Kingdom, Australia, Europe, Asia, and South Africa; manufacturers of transportation equipment, such as locomotives, freight cars, subway vehicles, and buses; and lessors of such equipment. WAB company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.

Dairy state-based Marten Transport hauls more than cheese. The long-haul truckload carrier uses refrigerated and insulated trailers to convey a variety of food products and other temperature-sensitive materials; it also hauls dry freight. Marten Transport operates throughout the US and in parts of Canada; its average haul is about 760 miles. The company's fleet includes about 2,300 tractors and 4,000 trailers. In addition to freight transportation, the company provides logistics services. Among Marten Transport's largest customers are food giants General Mills and Kraft, which collectively account for about 30% of its total revenue each year.

Will Wilh. Wilhelmsen (WW) be at the helm of the ship carrying your next vehicle? Through several subsidiaries, WW offers marine transportation via a fleet comprising mainly car carriers and ro-ro (roll on, roll off) vessels. The company owns a minority stake in EUKOR, which operates 85 car carriers that primarily move Hyundai and Kia autos from Korea. EUKOR also serves automakers such as BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Suzuki, Volkswagen, and Volvo. Annually it transports about 3 million autos to 160 ports in 110 countries. Along with freight transportation, WW provides logistics and supply chain management services through its Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics subsidiary, which it plans to take public.

Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad was formed in 1907. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad provides switching services on its network of more than 50 miles of mainline track in Indiana and Illinois. The company serves the Chicago area, which is North America's primary railroad hub. Indiana Harbor Belt handles traffic from industrial customers, such as chemical and metal producers, and interchanges traffic with about 15 other rail lines. Steel companies account for the largest share of the company's freight traffic. Conrail, which is controlled by Norfolk Southern and CSX, owns 51% of Indiana Harbor Belt; Canadian Pacific Railway owns 49%.

Aspo supports the energy and process industries in the Baltic Sea area. The group operates through four divisions: ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko, and Aspo Ventures. ESL Shipping transports raw materials for energy producers and heavy-industry sectors, while Leipurin specializes in supplying the bakery industry with ingredients, equipment, and other supplies. Its Telko chemicals unit imports and distributes industrial chemicals and plastic raw materials, and Aspo Ventures mainly offers maintenance services and automation systems for service stations under the Autotank and Kaukomarkkinat brands. Aspo expanded its operations in mid-2008 when it acquired Kauko-Telko Oy from fellow Finnish company Kesko Corporation.

Irish Continental Group (ICG) is a leading shipping, transport and leisure group. We transport passengers and cars, Roll On Roll Off freight and container Lift On Lift Off freight, on routes between Ireland, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. We also operate container terminals in the ports of Dublin and Belfast. The Group comprises two main divisions; Ferries and Container & Terminal. Within these divisions there are a number of subsidiary companies.

They are all things commonly found in the Nation's river systems. As one of the United States' largest inland carriers, Ingram Barge moves dry and liquid bulk commodities, such as ore, grains, and coal, through the Mississippi River System, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and other US inland waterways. It operates a fleet of more than 130 towboats and about 4,000 barges, and offers storage and loading terminal services through third-party affiliates. A subsidiary of book wholesaler Ingram Industries, Ingram Barge has been managed by the Ingram family since its inception in 1946.

Frontline Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of oil tankers and oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. It primarily transports crude oil, as well as raw materials, such as coal and iron ore. The company’s very large crude carriers (VLCCs) primarily transport crude oil from the Middle East Gulf to the Far East, Northern Europe, the Caribbean, and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port. Its Suezmax tankers trade in the Atlantic Basin and the Middle East to the South East Asia. The company’s OBO carriers transport oil and dry cargo. In addition, it involves in the charter, purchase, and sale of vessels. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a tanker fleet consisting of 76 vessels comprising 41 VLCCs, which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight ton (dwt); 27 Suezmax tankers that are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt; and 8 Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered, as well as had 5 VLCCs under its commercial management. Frontline Ltd. was founded in 1948 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Towne Air Freight helps move goods from town to town. The company specializes in providing ground connections between customers and airports for cargo that is imported or exported. Along with airport-to-airport transportation, Towne Air Freight also provides less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services to customers other than freight forwarders. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Towne Air Freight operates from more than 60 terminals; it supplements its LTL offerings via partnerships. The company also offers border and customs assistance into Mexico. Investment firm Charterhouse Group owns the company, which was founded in 1963 by Gary Downey.

Top Ships Inc. provides international seaborne transportation services. It carries petroleum products and crude oil for the oil industry; and drybulk commodities for steel, electric utility, construction, and agriculture-food industries. TOP Ships Inc. employs its tanker and drybulk vessels under time charters, bareboat charters, or in the spot charter market. As of May 22, 2009, it owned and operated a fleet of 12 double-hull handymax tankers with a total carrying capacity of approximately 0.6 million dead weight tons (dwt); and a fleet of 5 drybulk vessels with a total carrying capacity of approximately 0.3 million dwt. TOP Ships Inc. was formerly known as Top Tankers Inc. and changed its name to Top Ships Inc. in December 2007. Top Ships Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Athens, Greece.

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