Trucking company Penn Tank Lines specializes in transporting petroleum and petroleum products, including asphalt. The company operates from a network of more than 25 terminals in the eastern half of the US, spanning several states from New Hampshire to Florida. President and CEO Jack McSherry founded Penn Tank Lines in 1974. The company was combined with the petroleum division of Fleet Transport in 1995.

New Century Transportation is bringing a different style of less-than-truckload (LTL) delivery to the new century. A transportation services company, New Century offers LTL services (where carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single trailer) to industrial, chemical, food, and other companies. Unlike many LTL carriers, the company offers a signature LTL service it calls "Load-to-Deliver," which involves delivering freight directly to customers rather than to a hub. It operates a fleet of more than 980 tractors and 2,100 trailers in the northeastern US, as well as across other parts of the US and Canada. The company -- formed at the turn of the century in 2000 -- filed to go public in 2010.

Crosby Trucking Service hauls truckload containers of general commodities, primarily along the east coast and between the coast and Ohio, Indiana, and the city of Chicago. The company operates from terminals in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia. It maintains a fleet of about 130 tractors and more than 600 trailers. In addition to freight transportation, Crosby Trucking subsidiaries Crosby Leasing, Crosby Brokerage, and Crosco provide truck leasing and freight brokerage services and manage the company's real estate holdings, respectively. Crosby Trucking Service was founded in 1947 to haul milk to a local creamery.

ASTAR Air Cargo helps DHL take on delivery giants FedEx and UPS on their own turf. Hiring the carrier's fleet of about 40 aircraft enables DHL and other customers, including the US Department of Defense and the United States Postal Service, to achieve overnight delivery of virtually any kind of cargo. ASTAR's service includes scheduled as well as chartered flights. In January 2009, ASTAR suffered a blow when -- in order to cut down on costs -- DHL was forced to shut down its express operations within the US. (Through ASTAR and other carriers, DHL still offers international shipping services to and from the US). An investment group led by CEO John Dasburg controls ASTAR.

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.

Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. provides sea borne dry bulk cargo transportation services worldwide. Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. company transports various types of cargo, including iron ore, coal and grain, steel products, fertilizers, cement, bauxite, and sugar and scrap metal. As of March 10, 2010, it owned and operated a fleet of 47 vessels comprising 5 Capesize, 14 Kamsarmax, 21 Panamax, 2 Supramax, and 5 Handymax vessels with a total carrying capacity of approximately 3.9 million deadweight tonnage. Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. company was founded in 1988 and is based in Athens, Greece.

With a clear focus on transportation, The Shevell Group is far from disheveled. Headed by Myron "Mike" Shevell, the group consists of a number of companies in the real estate, warehousing, and LTL and TL (less-than-truckload and truckload) transportation and logistics industries. Subsidiaries include New England Motor Freight, Eastern Freightways, Carrier Industries, and Apex Logistics. The Shevell Group's various subsidiaries offer transportation services across the northeastern US and Canada, parts of the Midwest, and Puerto Rico. Its fleet consists of 10,000 vehicles. Myron Shevell founded the group in 1977 and is the principal shareholder in the family-owned and -managed company.

Alpine Air Express, Inc., through its subsidiary Alpine Aviation, Inc., provides air cargo services. It transports mail packages and other time-sensitive cargo to approximately 29 cities in the western portion of the mainland United States. The company also offers contract cargo and charter services for other package delivery and cargo carriers; maintenance services on aircraft owned or operated by third parties; leasing of passenger aircraft; and first officer training program. As of October 31, 2009, it operated a portfolio of 29 aircrafts. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Provo, Utah.

Malaysian national oil company Petronas owns 62% of MISC, which was formerly known as Malaysia International Shipping Corporation. When it's time to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG), MISC often gets the call -- its fleet of more than 25 LNG carriers is among the world's largest. MISC also operates petroleum tankers, chemical tankers, and containerships; overall, the company's owned and chartered-in fleet includes more than 100 vessels. Energy-related shipping accounts for more than half of MISC's sales; the company also maintains offshore floating terminals for energy companies. Container shipping and related logistics services account for most of the rest of the company's business.

Milan Express is a trucking company from Tennessee. Milan Express provides less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing, and distribution services. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Although its service area ranges from Florida to Wisconsin, the company operates primarily in the Southeast and Midwest US with a fleet of about 960 trucks and tractors. It maintains about 530,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space. Tommy Ross, company chairman, founded Milan Express in 1969 to serve an 87-mile route between Memphis and Milan, Tennessee. The Ross family owns the company.

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