Watco Companies, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Dick Webb, and is led by his son, Rick. Watco's world of railcar services is a wide one. Watco Companies operates 20 short-line railroads, primarily in the midwestern and southern US but also in the Pacific Northwest and in Appalachia. In addition, Watco offers industrial contract switching services, in which the company operates some two dozen railcar switching facilities located on the sites of manufacturers and other companies that ship freight by rail. Watco also leases and repairs railcars, locomotives, and other equipment; provides warehousing and distribution services, including temperature-controlled storage; and offers transloading of cargo between trucks and trains.

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.

Founded in 1933, Canal Barge Company, Inc. is a family-owned, independent marine transportation company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The name “Canal Barge” dates back to our early years when we operated one barge exclusively along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Today we are one of the most diverse marine transportation companies in the country, moving highly valuable cargo to virtually every part of the world. Our greatest strength is in providing dedicated logistics in moving along the waterway between the Gulf Coast and Mid-America. Additionally, using our oceangoing deck barge fleet, we have made port calls on all coasts of the U.S. and foreign port calls in the Caribbean, Central and South America and even across the Atlantic Ocean. Dedicated to long-term partnerships and tailor-made customer service, Canal Barge enjoys relationships with several Fortune 500 chemical and oil companies, as well as refineries, construction companies, fabricators, public utilities, engineering companies, and the United States Government. Canal Barge is in full compliance with the American Waterways Operators’ Responsible Carrier Program.

Through its operating companies, TransForce is one of Canada's largest providers of transportation and logistics services. Subsidiaries offer truckload transportation of general freight and specialized cargo, as well as less-than-truckload (LTL) tranportation through carrier TST Overland Express. (Less-than-truckload carriers consolidate loads from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Other TransForce units include parcel delivery company Canpar, and logistics and warehousing services. In 2008 the company, which formerly traded as TransForce Income Fund, converted itself from an income fund to a corporation in order to invest more of its income in its business.

Truckload carrier USA Truck moves freight not only in the US, but also in Canada, and, through partners, into Mexico. It does most of its business east of the Rocky Mountains. USA Truck has a fleet of about 2,300 tractors and 7,200 trailers. It transports general commodities; customers include companies in the consumer goods, industrial machinery and equipment, paper products, rubber and plastics, and retail industries. The company provides both medium-haul (800-1,200 mile) and regional (500-mile) truckload services, along with dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. The company's average length-of-haul is about 600-miles.

The trains of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) are being driven by a new engineer. In December 2007 the government of Hong Kong, which owns KCRC, combined the company's rail operations with those of commuter rail operator MTR, which also is controlled by the government. Before its operations were merged with MTR's, KCRC provided commuter rail service in the Hong Kong region over three main lines. Its network consisted of some 113 kilometers (70 miles) of track. Although MTR runs the combined system, KCRC retains ownership of its rail-related assets and receives payments from MTR under a 50-year contract, which may be extended.

Finnlines, one of Europe's largest liner cargo shipping companies, concentrates its sea transport services in the Baltic and North Seas. It provides ro-ro (roll-on/roll-off) services on routes between Finland and Sweden; Sweden and Germany; and Germany and Russia. It also ferries passengers on ro-pax vessels on routes including Finland-Poland-Germany; Helsinki-Travemunde (Germany); and Lubeck (Germany)-St. Petersburg (Russia), as well as to and from Mediterranean, West African, and North and South American destinations. The group is engaged in port operations in Finland (Finnsteve). Its shipping units include TransRussia Express, FinnLink, and Nordo-Link. Finnlines is part of Italy-based Grimaldi Group.

Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. ("NAT") was incorporated in Bermuda in 1995. In September 1995 NAT sold securities to the public in the US and in Europe. The shares are today trading at the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). The proceeds from the first offering (and subsequent exercise of warrants) were used to acquire 3 new suezmax double hull crude oil tankers (151,000 dwt) built at Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. to very high specifications. The three vessels ("Nordic Hawk", "Nordic Hunter" and "Gulf Scandic") were all delivered during the autumn of 1997 and commenced a seven-year bareboat charters to British Petroleum ("BP") immediately after delivery. The charter was based on the spot market rates at all times; with a minimum guaranteed rate. NAT's bye-laws restricted the company from acquiring additional vessels or concluding other business during the charter to BP. As the charters were close to expiry, an Extraordinary General Meeting was called for in March 2004 to decide if NAT should be wound up, or continue as an active operating company in October 2004. An overwhelming majority of the shareholders voted to continue, and in October 2004 the charter to BP expired, the restricting bye-laws were effectively changed and NAT became an active operating company.

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.

Mission Petroleum Carriers, Inc. company's mission is to transport gas and other fuels all across North America. Bulk products trucker Mission Petroleum Carriers specializes in the transportation of chemicals, crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas, and refined petroleum products throughout Canada, Mexico, and the US from about 15 terminals, primarily located in Texas. Maintaining a fleet of some 325 tractors and 365 trailers, it transports fuel for Wal-Mart, Sam's, H-E-B, Valero, and other major distributors. Mission Petroleum Carriers is a subsidiary of gasoline retailer TETCO. The company was founded in 1965 by Tom E. Turner. (TETCO itself is short for Tom E. Turner Co.)

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