Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Ward Trucking operates primarily in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic US. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) In addition to its LTL business, the company offers full truckload and logistics services through the Ward Transport & Logistics brand name. Ward Trucking operates a fleet of about 375 tractors, 70 trucks, and 800 trailers from a network of terminals, stretching from New York to Illinois. William W. Ward founded the company in 1931 to haul freight from central Pennsylvania to New York City. Ward Trucking is run by members of the Ward family.

Doug Andrus Distributing is nothing if not versatile. Besides standard dry freight, Doug Andrus Distributing company transports temperature-controlled cargo, oversized loads, and freight that requires flatbed trailers. It sells equipment through affiliate DAD's Truck and Trailer Sales, which it opened in 1996. Overall, the company's fleet consists of about 260 tractors and 300 trailers. Doug Andrus Distributing operates throughout the US and in western Canada.Doug Andrus Distributing company was founded in 1937 by Doug and Veatrice Andrus. Members of their family still operate the business.

The IMC Group is a privately-held enterprise based in Asia. Its roots can be traced back to the early 1900s, when the founder’s family was engaged in the provision of transportation and banking services. In line with the rapid industrialisation of Asia, the IMC Group seeks to achieve world-class performance to meet the challenges facing its key areas of interests involving industries and financial sectors, lifestyle-oriented real estate investments, education and social development. Currently headquartered in Singapore, the IMC Group has more than 9,000 employees representing some 18 nationalities worldwide. It has a major presence in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia, as well as representative offices in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, India and the Philippines.In this rapidly-changing and integrating world, the philosophy behind IMC’s business approach is simple. Firm in the belief that businesses have the capability and responsibility to contribute to the community and society, IMC is set on achieving stable and sustainable development in the environment it operates in. By valuing long-term relationships with business partners and aspiring to be a dynamic organisation that is growing from a family business into a business family, IMC hopes to create a strategic alliance and a harmonious co-existence with all parties concerned for a better future together.

Lone Star Transportation hauls freight throughout North America on flatbed trailers.Lone Star Transportation company specializes in transporting equipment for wind power generation facilities, along with other heavy and complex loads for customers in industries such as aerospace, construction, and oil and gas. It operates a fleet of about 870 tractors and 2,000 trailers. In addition to freight transportation, Lone Star provides a variety of logistics services, which include arranging the transportation of customers' freight by air, ocean, and rail carriers. Company president Tex Robbins owns Lone Star, which began operations in 1988.

One of Germany's largest family-owned enterprises, Dr. August Oetker is the holding company for the diversified Oetker Group, which has interests in shipping (Hamburg Sud), food (frozen pizza and baking mixes), beer and nonalcoholic beverages, and wine, sparkling wine, and spirits. The company's shipping division, its largest, has operations worldwide; Oetker Group's food and spirits businesses are concentrated in Europe. Other Oetker Group activities include banking and insurance, book publishing, chemical manufacturing, and luxury hotels. Not only are beer and pizza staples of many a college student's diet, they are also key elements of Dr. August Oetker's business portfolio.

The well-known black cat logo of express delivery giant Yamato Holdings crosses paths throughout Japan. The holding company's flagship unit, Yamato Transport, delivers nearly 2 million parcels and another 2 million pieces of mail yearly from a network of some 3,600 delivery centers throughout Japan. Besides Yamato Transport and its signature next-day Takkyubin (door-to-door parcel delivery) and Kuroneko Mail (document delivery) businesses, Yamato Holdings' operations include logistics, financial transaction processing, and household moving services. Yamato Transport accounts for the bulk of the holding company's annual revenue.

Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is up there in the pantheon of the world's largest container shipping and logistics companies. Through its APL subsidiary, NOL provides container transportation on the world's major ocean trade routes with a fleet of about 140 vessels. Container shipping services account for about 80% of the company's sales. Its APL Logistics unit provides supply chain management services, primarily in the Americas but also in the Asia/Pacific region and Europe. A third business, APL Terminals, operates container terminals in the Americas and the Asia/Pacific region. Through various entities, the government of Singapore controls about two-thirds of NOL.

Omega Navigation Enterprises Inc. provides marine transportation services through the ownership and operation of double hull product tankers worldwide. Its product tankers transport refined petroleum products, including gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, naphtha, gas oil, and heating oil. The company’s fleet includes 12 hull product tankers with a carrying capacity of approximately 680,000 dwt, of which 2 double hull product/chemical tankers with a capacity of 47,000 dwt and 2 double hull product/chemical tankers with a capacity of 37,000 dwt are owned through equal partnership joint ventures with a subsidiary of Glencore International, A.G. Omega Navigation Enterprises Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Athens, Greece.

Rail Cargo Austria is a unit of Austria's state-owned railway system, Oesterreichische Bundesbahnen (OBB). Freight railway operator Rail Cargo Austria transports approximately 100 million tons per year of agricultural and automotive products, building materials, chemicals, consumer goods, paper, pharmaceutical, steel, and other goods throughout the nation, as well as to neighboring countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Along with its primary freight transportation operations, the company provides a wide range of logistics services, including freight forwarding, warehousing, and intermodal services, which involve the transportation of cargo by multiple methods, such as train, truck, and ship.

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.

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