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.

Truckload carrier Midwest Parts & Equipment, which does business as Midwest Systems, provides a range of freight transportation services. As a truckload carrier, the company specializes in doing its part for intermodal transportation, in which its trucks haul containers that may also move by train, ship, or both on their journey from origin to destination. The company provides service to all states but concentrates on Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee. Midwest Systems also leases containers and trailers and provides maintenance services. Founded in 1943 by Earl M. Winkle, the company is owned by company officers Justin Williamson and Thomas Lynch.

State-owned China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, known as COSCO Group, is one of the world's leading marine transportation companies. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, COSCO Group operates a fleet of about 800 containerships, bulk carriers and other vessels with an overall capacity of 50 million deadweight tons. In addition, the company is engaged in freight forwarding, logistics, real estate, ship building and repairing, container manufacturing, and terminal operations. It maintains facilities in more than 160 countries around the world. COSCO Group should not be confused with a rival state-owned marine transportation enterprise with a similar name, China Shipping (Group) Company.

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.

Landair Transport keeps its wheels on the ground. The truckload carrier transports general commodities and provides dedicated contract services, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. The company primarily operates east of the Mississippi River, employing a fleet of about 850 tractors and 2,000 trailers. It acquired Summit Logistics Services in late 2008, enabling expansion to states in the west and north. In addition to freight transportation, Landair provides logistics and warehousing and distribution services. Major customers have included John Deere, Lowe's, and Sonoco. CEO Scott Niswonger and president and COO John Tweed own the company, which Niswonger helped found in 1981.

Liquid Transport hauls bulk cargo from a network of more than 15 terminals, mainly in the eastern half of the US. Cargo carried by the company includes asphalt, chemicals, and petroleum products. Its intermodal services include trucking, cleaning, lifting, maintenance, and testing. Ecoff Trucking, which was founded in 1936, acquired Liquid Transport in 1959 and later took the Liquid Transport name.Liquid Transport company is owned by Ron Dana and is a member of The Dana Companies, a group of chemical common carrier transportation businesses. Liquid Transport's relationship with The Dana Companies gives it access to more than 6,000 trailers and extends its total geographic reach to about 70 terminals.

Chevron Shipping transports crude oil, refined petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG); it also provides marine-related technical support to other Chevron companies. The company operates from offices in the US, the UK, and Singapore. First you get the oil out of the ground, then you have to get it to the customer, and that's where Chevron Shipping Company comes in. The global marine transportation unit of oil giant Chevron manages a fleet of more than 45 vessels, including tankers of various types and sizes, both company-owned and chartered-in.

Since 1938, Pinsly Railroad Company has been dedicated to providing its customers with innovative, dependable transportation services. As a third-generation business, we strive to build long-term relationships and to uphold the Pinsly values of safety, respect, and integrity. Pinsly Railroad Company is led by a highly experienced team of railroad professionals. President John Levine has been in the railroad industry since 1971 and has successfully guided Pinsly through strategic changes and market shifts in his 30 years in senior leadership. Pinsly's four field Vice Presidents have over 100 years of railroading experience between them including various Class I, short line, and industry tenure. Our railroads are supported at headquarters by experts in their respective fields. This combined team is one of the best in the short line industry.

No, TransAm Trucking isn't that movie where Burt Reynolds helps haul beer from Texas to Georgia -- that was Smokey and the Bandit. TransAm Trucking does haul freight in the South, and in most of the rest of the US, and the company has carried a little beer in its time, along with other products that require temperature-controlled transportation. It operates a fleet of about 1,200 tractors and 2,400 refrigerated trailers. But no black Pontiac Trans Ams with T-tops. In addition to for-hire transportation, TransAm Trucking offers dedicated fleet services, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. The company was founded in 1987.

Air Transport Services Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides aircraft, airline operations, and other related services primarily to the shipping and transportation industries. The company provides air cargo transportation services; airlift services, including aircraft, aircraft flight crews, and maintenance services; airlift services to other airlines, freight forwarders, and the U.S. military; freight transportation and supply chain management services; passenger transportation primarily to the U.S. military; air charter brokerage services, fuel management, and specialized cargo management services; and warehousing and cargo handling services, as well as leases aircraft. It also provides aircraft maintenance and modification services, aircraft part sales services, equipment leasing and maintenance services, mail handling services for the U.S. Postal Service, and specialized services for aircraft fuel management and freight logistics. The company operates in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. As of December 31, 2009, its in-service fleet consisted of 62 aircraft. The company was formerly known as ABX Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Air Transport Services Group, Inc. in May 2008. Transport Services Group, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Ohio.

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