B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. engages in the acquisition, investment, ownership, operation, and sale of vessels for dry bulk and liquid cargo transportation. Its fleet includes product tankers, the single-deck oceangoing vessels that are designed to transport liquid bulk commodities, such as refined petroleum products, vegetable oils, caustic soda, and molasses. The company’s fleet also includes ore/bulk/oil combination carriers (OBOs), which are used to transport liquid, iron ore, or bulk products, including coal, grain, bauxite, crude oil, phosphate, sugar, steel products, and other dry bulk commodities. As of December 31, 2008, it owned and operated four MR product tankers, one Panamax product tanker, two bulk carriers, and five OBOs. B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. company was founded in 1988 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Helping its customers keep food products cool, Petit Forestier provides refrigerated trucks and trailers to food suppliers and food processors all over France and in several European countries. The company maintains a fleet of about 21,000 vehicles from some 80 domestic facilities and more than 20 agent locations in Europe. An investment group controlled by the founding Forestier family took the company private in 2007. Petit Forestier was established in 1906.

Freight hauler Trans-System operates through three main units: System Transport (flatbed); TW Transport (refrigerated and dry van); and James J. Williams (bulk commodities). The Trans-System trucking companies operate from some 10 terminals in the western US. Overall, the company's fleet consists of about 1,000 tractors and 1,500 trailers. Trans-System also offers logistics services and runs a driver training school. Chairman and CEO Jim Williams founded the company in 1972, although it got its start when Williams' grandfather began transporting petroleum products throughout northern Idaho and eastern Washington.

Patriot Transportation Holding gets tanked whenever it can. The company's Transportation segment, comprising Florida Rock & Tank Lines subsidiary, transports liquid and dry bulk commodities, mainly petroleum (including ethanol) and chemicals, in tank trucks. Patriot Transportation's combined fleet of about 400 trucks and more than 500 trailers operates primarily in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic US. Customer Murphy Oil accounts for almost 25% of segment revenues. The company's Real Estate unit, comprising Florida Rock Properties and FRP Development, owns office and warehouse properties, as well as sand and gravel deposits on the East Coast that are leased to Vulcan Materials Company.

Exmar currently operates vessels in Belgium, Hong Kong, India, Luxembourg, Norway, Panama, and Singapore. Exmar is one of the largest independent shipping groups in the world serving the international oil and gas industry. It currently manages a fleet of more than 40 LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tankers including ethylene, midsized gas, very large gas, pressurized, and semi-refrigerated carriers. The vessels transport liquefied gases such as anhydrous ammonia, butane, petrochemicals, and propane. A smaller fleet of carriers transports liquefied natural gas. Some of its ships are owned; however, a majority are chartered either short or long term.

JR East's "shinkansen" (bullet-train) lines connect metropolitan Tokyo with other major cities. Besides its transportation-related operations, JR East gets revenue from leasing restaurant and retail space in its stations and from managing shopping centers and office buildings on property that has been developed near its stations. If you want to ride the rails into Tokyo, you could find yourself cruising at 168 mph aboard a bullet train operated by East Japan Railway, known as JR East. East Japan Railway company carries passengers on more than 7,525 km (4,665 miles) of track in the eastern half of the Japanese mainland, including the Tokyo area.

Con-way Freight specializes in next-day and second-day less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation. (LTL carriers consolidate loads from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Con-way Freight company operates throughout the US, with an extended network in North America via Con-way Freight Canada and Con-way Mexico. Transborder services extend to Canada, Mexico, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. Overall, Con-way Freight operates a fleet of about 8,300 tractors and 26,000 trailers from some 365 terminals. Con-way Freight is the main subsidiary of Con-way, which also owns supply chain management and truckload freight transportation businesses.

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.

Stolt-Nielsen is in its element in seawater. Through Stolt Tankers & Terminals and Stolt Tank Containers (STC) units, the company provides integrated parcel tanker, tank container, and marine terminal services, as well as logistics, for the worldwide transport of bulk liquids, such as chemicals, edible oils, and acids. It operates a fleet of about 160 vessels with an overall capacity of more than 2 million deadweight tons (DWT). Transportation-related operations account for more than 95% of the company's sales. Its Stolt Sea Farm business unit produces and sells turbot, sturgeon, sole, and caviar. Chairman Jacob Stolt-Nielsen and his family own a controlling stake in the company.

Lynden will haul your freight by truck, barge, or airplane. Through its more than 15 subsidiaries, Lynden also provides airfreight and ocean freight forwarding and logistics. It moves freight via truck mainly in Alaska, Canada, and the northwestern US; it offers service elsewhere in the US and internationally through arrangements with other carriers. Besides standard dry freight, Lynden's trucking units haul bulk chemicals, heavy equipment, and refrigerated cargo. Lynden's offers barge service between Seattle and southeastern Alaska and airfreight service within Alaska. The company traces its roots to 1907 and is owned by CEO Jim Jansen's family.

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