AAA Cooper Transportation can freight your cargo from point A to point B. A regional less-than-truckload (LTL) freight hauler, AAA Cooper operates in the southeastern US and Puerto Rico; it also maintains facilities in Chicago, and a few other industrial crossroads. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) AAA Cooper Transportation operates close to 80 terminals, and the company's fleet includes about 2,000 tractors and 6,000 trailers. AAA Cooper Transportation also offers freight brokerage services and dedicated contract carriage. Chairman and CEO Mack Dove owns the company, which was founded by his father in 1955.

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.

Even though it does have plenty of horsepower, don't look for truckload carrier Triple Crown Services in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, or the Belmont Stakes. The company instead races for business in the field of intermodal transportation, which involves moving freight by multiple methods -- in this case, trucks and trains. Triple Crown maintains a fleet of about 7,500 RoadRailer trailers (manufactured by Wabash National) that can be pulled down the road by tractors or along the rails by locomotives. The company operates from more than a dozen terminals in the US and Canada. A unit of railroad operator Norfolk Southern, Triple Crown was founded in 1986.

CRST Malone operates a fleet of more than 1,600 trucks from about 100 field offices throughout the US and Canada. The company, a subsidiary of CRST International, provides long-haul and regional transportation of steel and other freight best transported on flatbed trailers. The carrier also provides less-than-truckload (LTL) services, hauling both partial and full loads. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) In addition to for-hire trucking, CRST Malone provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term.

Liquid Transport hauls bulk cargo from a network of more than 15 terminals, mainly in the eastern half of the US. Cargo carried by the company includes asphalt, chemicals, and petroleum products. Its intermodal services include trucking, cleaning, lifting, maintenance, and testing. Ecoff Trucking, which was founded in 1936, acquired Liquid Transport in 1959 and later took the Liquid Transport name.Liquid Transport company is owned by Ron Dana and is a member of The Dana Companies, a group of chemical common carrier transportation businesses. Liquid Transport's relationship with The Dana Companies gives it access to more than 6,000 trailers and extends its total geographic reach to about 70 terminals.

James Fisher and Sons was founded in 1847. James Fisher and Sons does just about everything in the sea except fish. The company provides a variety of marine services to customers such as government agencies and companies in the oil and gas industry. James Fisher and Sons transports refined petroleum products in Northwestern Europe through its Tankships division and lays undersea fiber-optic cable through its Cable ships division. It also provides an array of marine support services to the defense (including the Royal and Norwegian navies), nuclear, and oil and gas sectors.

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.

Kirby Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides marine transportation and diesel engine services to the marine and power generation markets in the United States. Kirby Corporation operates in two segments, Marine Transportation and Diesel Engine Services. The Marine Transportation segment engages in the inland transportation of petrochemicals, black oil products, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargoes by barges, as well as offers transportation services for inland and offshore barge operators, oil service companies, offshore fishing companies, the USCG, and the United States Navy. As of February 27, 2009, this segment owned and operated 863 inland tank barges, 213 inland towboats, 4 offshore dry-cargo barges, 4 offshore tugboats, and an offshore shifting tugboat, as well as a bulk liquid terminal. The Diesel Engine Services segment involves in the overhaul and repair of medium-speed and high-speed diesel engines and reduction gears, and related parts sales in the marine market. This segment also provides aftermarket services for vessels powered by diesel engines utilized in various inland and offshore marine industries; aftermarket services for diesel engines that provide standby, peak, and base load power generation to the users of industrial reduction gears, as well as for standby generation components of the nuclear industry in the power generation market; and aftermarket services and parts for shortline, industrial, and Class II and transit railroads in the railroad market. Kirby Corporation was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990 because of the changing emphasis of its business. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Torm A/S, a shipping company, together with its subsidiaries, provides product tanker and dry bulk carrier services worldwide. Its product tankers carry refined oil products, such as gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha, and diesel oil. Torm company’s dry bulk vessels carry iron ore and coal for utilities and the steel industry; and commodities, such as grain, bauxite, and fertilizers. It operates a fleet of 140 vessels principally through a pooling cooperation with other respected shipping companies. Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet TORM was formerly known as Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Torm and changed its name to TORM A/S in April 2009. TORM A/S was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Man makes his own shipwreck, but Smit Internationale has the favor of Neptune on its side. In business for some 170 years, Smit is a global provider of marine salvage services. It is known for its historic retrieval of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk. Smit company also transports freight in oceangoing, coastal, and river barges, and operates sheerlegs -- floating cranes used in offshore and inland construction projects. Other Smit divisions provide ocean and harbor towage services and manage marine terminals. Smit Internationale N.V. operates a fleet of more than 400 vessels, including about 230 tugboats. In April 2010, Smit was acquired by dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster for E1.4 billion (about $2 billion).

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