The Maersk Company Limited has its head office in London and offices in 20 locations across the UK and Ireland. The Maersk Company has over 5,000 staff operating on both land and sea. We are one of the largest shipowners in the UK, and own various vessel types ranging from product tankers and container vessels to some of the world’s most powerful offshore support vessels. As the UK and Ireland general agent for Maersk Line we handle around four million container movements each year. This along with the activities of Maersk Logistics UK and Ireland Limited enables us to provide a full range of container related services to our customers. Alongside shipping and containerised services, The Maersk Company Limited is also active in the oil and gas sectors. We are part of the global A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, which has more than 110,000 employees in more than 125 countries across the globe.

Transtar's strength is rooted in its robust transport services. The company, which moves steel and other products on trains and barges, was formed in the 19th century to serve its parent, steelmaker U.S. Steel. Transtar works from start to finish, hauling raw materials such as iron ore, limestone, coal, and coke to sites; providing in-plant transportation; and moving finished products. In addition to handling transportation for U.S. Steel, Transtar transports freight for other steel companies and for customers in the coal, chemical, oil refining, and forest products industries. Transtar operates subsidiaries in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Texas.

Earl aspires to hold a royal rank in the world of refrigerated transportation. Earl L. Henderson Trucking hauls food and other perishable products throughout the US. Earl L. Henderson Trucking Company operates a fleet of some 400 tractors and 600 trailers, including about 500 refrigerated trailers. It offers long-haul service in the US and parts of Canada and regional service in the eastern half of the US. In addition to perishable products, Henderson Trucking transports time-sensitive printed matter. Company president John Kaburick owns Henderson Trucking, which was founded by Earl Henderson in 1978.

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana. Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates offshore supply vessels (OSVs), multi-purpose support vessels, and a shore-base to provide logistics support and specialty services to the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry primarily in the United States and Gulf of Mexico. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment owns and operates fleets of the U.S.-flagged OSVs that support deepwater and ultra- deepwater exploration, development, production, construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and enhanced oil recovery requirements of the oil and gas industry. This segment also owns conventional OSVs, work class ROVs, and a shore-base facility located in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. In addition, it provides vessel management services for other vessels owners, which include crewing, daily operational management, and maintenance activities. The Downstream segment owns and operates a fleet of ocean-going tugs and tank barges that transport petroleum products, primarily in the northeastern United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and Puerto Rico. These tugs and tank barges provide coastwise transportation of refined and bunker grade petroleum products, as well as offer other services, including the support of deepwater well testing and other applications for refining, marketing, and trading companies. As of December 31, 2009, Hornbeck Offshore Services owned and operated a fleet of 47 new generation OSVs, and 9 double-hulled barges and 10 ocean-going tugs.

Northland Services spends much of its time in the waters of the northern Pacific. Through its fleet of forklifts, cranes, loaders, trucks, tractors, and shipping platforms, the company transports freight on barges between Seattle and ports in Alaska and Hawaii, as well as along rivers in Alaska. It operates marine terminals in Seattle, Alaska, and Hawaii that handle a variety of freight, including hazardous, oversized, and refrigerated shipments. Major Northland shareholders include the company's management team, founders James Haagen and Dunlap Towing, and Portland, Oregon-based investment firm Endeavour Capital. Northland was founded in 1977.

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.

Clarke has Canada covered coast-to-coast. Through Clarke Transport and Clarke Road Transport, the firm provides truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation. (LTL carriers consolidate loads from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Clarke hauls a variety of goods, including building materials, beverages, metals, pharmaceuticals, and retail products. Its CIS Shipping International runs a time charter vessel transporting goods between Florida and Grand Cayman. Founded in 1921, Clarke operates primarily in Canada, but also in Mexico and the US.

DryShips, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of drybulk carriers and drilling rigs that operate worldwide. Its drybulk fleet principally carries various drybulk commodities, including bulk items comprising coal, iron ore, and grains; and minor bulk items, such as bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, and steel products. As of April 6, 2010, the company owned and operated a fleet of 39 drybulk carriers consisting of 7 Capesize, 28 Panamax, 2 Supramax vessels, and 2 Panamax newbuilding vessels with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 3.3 million dwt, as well as owned and operated 2 ultra-deep water semi-submersible drilling rigs and 4 ultra deep-water newbuilding drillships. DryShips Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Athens, Greece.

Tube Lines Ltd.'s business has gone down the tube -- just where it is supposed to be. Through its 30-year contract with London Underground, the company maintains and improves London's larger underground rail lines (Jubilee, Northern, and Piccadilly). In addition to maintenance operations, the company provides distribution, emergency services, and training programs to London Underground; it has also upgraded about 100 of its rail stations. Transport for London, the government agency that runs the London Underground, bought the Tube Lines shares owned by construction and rail specialists Amey and Bechtel in 2010 for about £400 million (about $580 million), returning Tube Lines to public ownership.

DB Schenker Rail Danmark (formerly Railion Scandinavia) handles freight deliveries to and from Denmark and other Scandinavian countries, with both conventional and intermodal transport services offered. (Intermodal hauling involves combinations of more than one mode of transportation, such as trucks and trains.) DB Schenker Rail Danmark is a subsidiary of DB Schenker, one of Europe's leading providers of freight transportation and logistics services. Swedish shipping company Green Cargo owns 49% of DB Schenker Rail Danmark.

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