Before you can buy stuff at the store, the stuff has to get to the store, and that's where National Retail Systems comes in. The company provides less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation, along with logistics and warehousing and distribution services. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) It operates a fleet of about 1,100 trucks and about 4,300 trailers and maintains more than 1 million sq. ft. of warehouse space. To serve its retail clients, the company has both trailers and warehouses designed to handle garments on hangers. National Retail Systems was founded in 1953.

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.

Truckload carrier Midwest Parts & Equipment, which does business as Midwest Systems, provides a range of freight transportation services. As a truckload carrier, the company specializes in doing its part for intermodal transportation, in which its trucks haul containers that may also move by train, ship, or both on their journey from origin to destination. The company provides service to all states but concentrates on Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee. Midwest Systems also leases containers and trailers and provides maintenance services. Founded in 1943 by Earl M. Winkle, the company is owned by company officers Justin Williamson and Thomas Lynch.

SEACOR Holdings Inc. owns, operates, invests in, and markets equipment for the offshore oil and gas, industrial aviation, and marine transportation industries worldwide. Its Offshore Marine Services segment operates support vessels to deliver cargo and personnel to offshore installations; handle anchors for drilling rigs and marine equipment; support offshore construction and maintenance work; and provide standby safety support and emergency response services. The company also offers logistics services, including shorebased, marine transport, and various supply chain management services; and supports projects, such as well stimulation, seismic data gathering, and offshore accommodation. Its Marine Transportation Services segment provides transportation services through tankers for petroleum products and chemicals in the United States. The company’s Inland River Services segment provides dry and liquid cargo transportation of agricultural, industrial, chemical, and petrochemical products on the Mississippi River, Illinois River, Tennessee River, and Ohio River, as well as on the Gulf Intracoastal waterways. Its Aviation Services segment offers transportation services to the offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production industry, as well as leasing and transportation services to hospitals and flight seeing tours. This segment also sells fuel, and provides other services to corporate aircraft; offers aircraft and flight crews under contracts; provides flight training services; and manages customer-owned aircraft. The company’s Environmental Services segment offers emergency preparedness and response services to oil, chemical, industrial, and marine transportation clients. Its Commodity Trading and Logistics segment involves in the purchase, storage, transportation, and sale of agricultural and energy commodities. The company’s Other segment provides harbor and offshore towing services. SEACOR was founded in 1989 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Grupo TMM, S.A.B., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated logistics and transportation company in Mexico. The company offers maritime transportation services, including offshore vessels, which offer transportation and other services to the Mexican offshore oil industry; tankers that transport petroleum products in Mexican waters; parcel tankers, which transport liquid chemical and vegetable oil cargos from and to the United States and Mexico; and tugboats that provide towing services at the port of Manzanillo, Mexico. It operates a fleet of 46 vessels, which comprise product and chemical tankers, harbor tugs, and various offshore supply vessels. The company also operates two Mexican port facilities, Tuxpan and Acapulco, as well as provides port agent services to vessel owners and operators in the Mexican ports. Its logistics business provides trucking services to manufacturers consisting of automobile plants, and retailers, as well as offers logistical facilities in industrial cities and railroad hubs in Aguascalientes, Toluca, Puebla, Veracruz, Nuevo Laredo, Cuernavaca, Mexico City, Monterrey, Manzanillo, Ensenada, and Altamira. The company's logistics services include consulting, analytical, and logistics outsourcing; logistics network analysis; logistics information process design; trucking, intermodal transport, and auto haulage services; warehousing and bonded warehousing facility management; supply chain and logistics management; product handling and repackaging; local pre-assembly; maintaining and repairing containers; and inbound and outbound distribution using truck transport. Grupo TMM was founded in 1955 and in headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

Frontline Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of oil tankers and oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. It primarily transports crude oil, as well as raw materials, such as coal and iron ore. The company’s very large crude carriers (VLCCs) primarily transport crude oil from the Middle East Gulf to the Far East, Northern Europe, the Caribbean, and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port. Its Suezmax tankers trade in the Atlantic Basin and the Middle East to the South East Asia. The company’s OBO carriers transport oil and dry cargo. In addition, it involves in the charter, purchase, and sale of vessels. As of December 31, 2009, it operated a tanker fleet consisting of 76 vessels comprising 41 VLCCs, which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight ton (dwt); 27 Suezmax tankers that are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt; and 8 Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered, as well as had 5 VLCCs under its commercial management. Frontline Ltd. was founded in 1948 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Clarke has Canada covered coast-to-coast. Through Clarke Transport and Clarke Road Transport, the firm provides truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation. (LTL carriers consolidate loads from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Clarke hauls a variety of goods, including building materials, beverages, metals, pharmaceuticals, and retail products. Its CIS Shipping International runs a time charter vessel transporting goods between Florida and Grand Cayman. Founded in 1921, Clarke operates primarily in Canada, but also in Mexico and the US.

UPS Supply Chain Solutions operates in more than 175 countries and territories worldwide; overall, it maintains about 35 million sq. ft. of warehouse space. Several logistics-related businesses of delivery giant United Parcel Service were brought together in one package to form UPS Supply Chain Solutions. The company's offerings include logistics, warehousing and distribution, freight forwarding, international trade management, customs brokerage, and consulting services. As a freight forwarder, the company buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to customers. It targets customers in sectors such as automotive, biotechnology, consumer goods, government, health care, and retail.

BW Gas was taken private by the family of CEO Andreas Sohmen-Pao and delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2009. BW Gas is a leading marine transporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with a fleet of about 65 vessels with a deadweight ton (DWT) total of 3.3 million. The company has been busy renewing its fleet by scrapping and selling older vessels. BW Gas plans to concentrate on building its very large gas carriers (VLGCs) fleet. BW Gas is part of BW Group Ltd. (formerly Bergesen d.y. ASA), which also includes BW Offshore, BW Maritime, and BW Fleet Management. Hong Kong-based World-Wide Shipping Group bought Bergesen d.y. ASA in 2003.

Jim Palmer isn't related to the former Baltimore Orioles pitcher, but Jim Palmer Trucking wants to move freight the way the National Baseball Hall of Fame member threw strikes -- and to stay as cool in the process. Jim Palmer Trucking offers truckload transportation of temperature-controlled cargo with a fleet of about 350 tractors and 500 trailers. The company operates throughout the US from terminals in Denver; Missoula, Montana; and Salina, Kansas. After voluntarily filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-2008, the company emerged from bankruptcy in May 2009. It cited the rising costs of fuel as one of the primary reasons for its financial woes.

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