Abdon Callais Offshore, LLC was founded in 1945 by Abdon Callais, grandfather of president and CEO Peter Callais. The Callais family controls the company; other backers have included private equity firm Stonehenge Capital. Abdon Callais Offshore provides freight and passenger transportation services to the offshore oil and gas industry. Abdon Callais Offshore company operates its fleet of about 75 supply vessels, utility vessels, and crew boats in the Gulf of Mexico, serving coastal, shelf, and deepwater projects. It counts both production companies and service companies among its customers.

Premuda is a shipping group listed on the Stock Exchange, its business being the transport of liquid and dry goods in bulk - employing its own ships as well as those of third parties. The first Italian shipping company to be listed on the Stock Exchange, it boasts an important Fleet of a high technical level composed of tankers, dry bulkers and FPSO. Premuda is today one of the main operators in maritime transport and in the chartering of ships for liquid and dry goods in bulk. Premuda has been on the market since 1907 updating its operating procedures using ships endowed with the most advanced technology. The Group functions with the utmost respect for international regulations regarding safety and protection of the environment. Given the attention now universally focused on the problems concerning safety in sea transport, the value of the Group Fleet has increased. The on-going updating (set in motion by the Erika case) of IMO regulations so as to exclude shipping traffic of single hull tonnage is a strong positive element for the Group, since it implies pursuant remarkable optimism on chartering market trends and on the value of the fleet for the next few years.

C.R. England hauls refrigerated and dry cargo throughout the US. The company also serves parts of Canada and, through alliances, parts of Mexico. C.R. England's fleet includes some 3,500 tractors and about 5,700 trailers. Besides for-hire freight hauling, C.R. England offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term; logistics services, including freight brokerage; and intermodal railroad service. C.R. England was founded in 1920 by Chester Rodney England and is run by his descendants.

Like a little acorn, Oak Harbor Freight Lines has grown -- into a mighty interstate less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier. (LTL carriers consolidate cargo from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) The company operates from about 35 terminals in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington; it maintains a fleet of some 500 tractors and 1,800 trailers. It serves the rest of the US through partnerships with LTL carriers such as Dayton Freight, Honolulu Freight Service, New England Motor Freight, and Southeastern Freight Lines. Oak Harbor is owned and run by brothers David and Edward Vander Pol. The company was founded in 1916 and acquired by the Vander Pol family in 1936.

Wan Hai Lines (WHL) business is no pleasure cruise. Specializing in international container shipping, the company transports all manner of freight through an extensive network of routes covering major ports throughout Asia, India, Europe, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the company transported logs between Taiwan, Japan and Southeast Asia. Since then Wan Hai Lines has grown in size (it now has more than 60 vessels that are owned or chartered), scope (the company also serves clients in the United States, Turkey, Romania, Germany, East Africa, South America, and the Netherlands), and business services (it sells and leases containers, offers online procurement services, and offers cargo tracking services).

Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. is the exclusive concessionaire for the operation and development of Rome airport system, consisting of Rome Fiumicino “Leonardo da Vinci” intercontinental airport and Rome Ciampino “Giovan Battista Pastine” airport. ADR shareholders are: Gemina S.p.A. (95.8%), Local Organizations (3%), other shareholders (1.2%). An air traffic reference point for central and southern Italy, Rome airport system has efficiently responded over the years to increased traffic, through the development and upgrade of its infrastructures. In 2008, traffic volume hit more than 38 million passengers in both airports: 190 destinations worldwide can be reached from Rome by a total of more than 110 airlines operating in both airports.

AirTran Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, AirTran Airways, Inc., provides scheduled airline services in the United States. It operates scheduled airline service primarily in short-haul markets in the eastern United States, with flights originating and terminating at its hub in Atlanta, Georgia. As of February 1, 2010, the company operated 86 Boeing B717-200 and 52 Boeing B737-700 aircraft offering approximately 700 scheduled flights per day to 63 locations in the United States. AirTran Holdings serves its customers through the Internet, travel agencies, and its reservation call centers. AirTran Holdings was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

May trucking? Yes, and in April, June, and the other months of the year, as well. Truckload carrier May Trucking hauls dry freight in about a dozen western states and transports refrigerated cargo throughout the US. The company operates a fleet of more than 900 tractors from terminals in Arizona, Colorado, California, Florida, Idaho, Oregon, and Utah. In addition to for-hire freight transportation, the company provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. May Trucking was founded in 1945; originally, the company's business consisted of hauling sacks of cement to construction sites.

The Washington Companies are a group of individual companies in which Montana businessman Dennis R. Washington owns or controls a majority position. Each company displays a unique entrepreneurial spirit that is individually cultured and managed by professional management teams, and guided by separate boards of directors. All of the companies are privately held and collectively generate annual revenues approaching $2 Billion US. The Washington Companies are headquartered throughout the United States and western Canada and conduct business internationally.The Washington Companies' core endeavors are: rail transportation, marine transportation, environmental remediation, restoration and construction, mining, heavy equipment sales and service, aviation technology, and real estate development. Together, The Washington Companies share a commitment to ethical conduct, a commitment to excellence and a strong sense of corporate citizenship. Their affiliation gives them the ability to interconnect and combine resources and remain highly competitive. The individual success of each Company also empowers a strong sense of social responsibility, realized through corporate charitable activities and programs funded by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation.

A less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, Wilson Trucking hauls freight from about 45 terminals in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic US. LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload; Wilson Trucking tries to haul freight directly from origin terminal to destination terminal, avoiding when possible intermediate stops at terminals to break down and reassemble loads. The company operates a fleet of about 970 tractors and 1,800 trailers. Outside its core region, Wilson Trucking offers service elsewhere in the US and in parts of Canada through partnerships with other carriers. The company was founded in 1926.

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