Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana. Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates offshore supply vessels (OSVs), multi-purpose support vessels, and a shore-base to provide logistics support and specialty services to the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry primarily in the United States and Gulf of Mexico. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment owns and operates fleets of the U.S.-flagged OSVs that support deepwater and ultra- deepwater exploration, development, production, construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and enhanced oil recovery requirements of the oil and gas industry. This segment also owns conventional OSVs, work class ROVs, and a shore-base facility located in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. In addition, it provides vessel management services for other vessels owners, which include crewing, daily operational management, and maintenance activities. The Downstream segment owns and operates a fleet of ocean-going tugs and tank barges that transport petroleum products, primarily in the northeastern United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and Puerto Rico. These tugs and tank barges provide coastwise transportation of refined and bunker grade petroleum products, as well as offer other services, including the support of deepwater well testing and other applications for refining, marketing, and trading companies. As of December 31, 2009, Hornbeck Offshore Services owned and operated a fleet of 47 new generation OSVs, and 9 double-hulled barges and 10 ocean-going tugs.

Pass it on -- Kuehne + Nagel International is one of the world's top freight forwarding and logistics groups. Kuehne + Nagel (pronounced "KOO-nuh and NAH-gel") provides sea freight and airfreight forwarding, arranges the transportation of goods by road and rail, and offers customs brokerage services. The company's contract logistics unit offers warehousing and distribution services, and it manages more than 7 million sq. meters of warehouse space. Overall, Kuehne + Nagel operates from about 900 locations in more than 100 countries worldwide. Executive chairman Klaus-Michael Kuehne, grandson of the company's co-founder, owns a controlling stake in Kuehne + Nagel.

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.

UK drivers know they can get a honk and a wave from the eye-catching green lorries of the Stobart Group. Once a family-owned trucking company bearing the name Eddie Stobart, the group is now a major transportation and logistics operation offering storage, rail, and port service, in addition to its fleet of 1,850 trucks and 3,000 trailers. Stobart Group owns and operates more than 6 million sq. ft. of warehouse space. Its port service is available in Widnes, in northwest England, and its rail service is operated primarily for the UK's #1 retailer, Tesco. Stobart Group formed in 2007 from a merger between Stobart Holdings Limited and Westbury Property Fund. One-fourth of the company's stock is owned by Invesco.

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.

Interstate Distributor provides truckload freight transportation and a full set of complementary offerings. The company's services include standard dry van, temperature-controlled, and heavy cargo hauling, dedicated contract carriage, warehousing and distribution, and intermodal marketing (arrangement of freight transportation by multiple methods, such as truck and train). Interstate Distributor's fleet consists of some 2,200 tractors and 7,400 trailers. The company operates primarily in the western US, but it provides service throughout the 48 contiguous states and in Alaska, Canada, and parts of Mexico. Interstate Distributor was founded in 1933.

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.

The ARRC is a self-sustaining, full-service railroad serving ports and communities from the Gulf of Alaska to the Interior of Alaska. The ARRC is unlike any other State of Alaska agency. It is owned by the state, but is incorporated and run like a private business. The ARRC receives no operating funds from the state, nor are its employees state employees. Rather, the corporation and ARRC employees generate revenue through freight, passenger and real estate services to cover personnel, operations and maintenance expenses. The ARRC generates revenue through real estate holdings, year-round passenger service and freight train service from Seward to Fairbanks-North Pole. Owned by the State of Alaska since 1985, the Railroad is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors appointed by the Governor of Alaska.

McKenzie Tank Lines fills its tanks with liquid and dry bulk cargo before hitting the road. The company handles chemical and petroleum products with its fleet of about 360 tractors and 1,000 trailers. McKenzie Tank Lines' fleet includes a variety of tank trailers, including models equipped to handle high-pressure cargo, as well as van trailers. The company maintains a network of more than 30 terminals, primarily in the Southeastern US. McKenzie Tank Lines provides service throughout the US and in Canada; it does business in Mexico through a partnership. The company was founded by Guy McKenzie Sr. in 1949.

Annett Holdings hauls freight such as steel and building materials throughout the US on flatbed trailers. The company's fleet includes some 2,900 trucks and tractors. TMC offers both regional and long-haul service and also provides logistics services, such as freight transportation arrangement, and dedicated fleet services, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. Chairman and CEO Harrold Annett founded the company in 1972.

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