OceanFreight Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides shipping transportation services. The company specializes in transporting drybulk cargoes, which include iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials, as well as crude oil cargoes through the ownership and operation of drybulk carriers and tanker vessels. As of March 5, 2010, the company owned a fleet of 13 vessels comprising 9 drybulk carriers, including 3 Capesize and 6 Panamax; and 4 crude carrier tankers, including 1 Suezmax and 3 Aframaxes with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 1.4 million tons. OceanFreight Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Athens, Greece.

Patriot Transportation Holding gets tanked whenever it can. The company's Transportation segment, comprising Florida Rock & Tank Lines subsidiary, transports liquid and dry bulk commodities, mainly petroleum (including ethanol) and chemicals, in tank trucks. Patriot Transportation's combined fleet of about 400 trucks and more than 500 trailers operates primarily in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic US. Customer Murphy Oil accounts for almost 25% of segment revenues. The company's Real Estate unit, comprising Florida Rock Properties and FRP Development, owns office and warehouse properties, as well as sand and gravel deposits on the East Coast that are leased to Vulcan Materials Company.

Gardner Trucking carrier operates in about a dozen Western states. Its fleet of 855 tractors and trailers includes trailing equipment includes dry vans, roller vans, curtain vans, double curtain vans, flatbeds, and double flatbeds. Gardner Trucking operates two terminals, in Chino (near Los Angeles) and in Tracy (near Sacramento, San Francisco, and Stockton). The company also offers logistics services. Gardner Trucking was established in 1974 by Ron Gardner. The company was acquired in 1987 by President Ron Lanting.

The seafaring side of energy giant BP is BP Shipping. BP Shipping Limited company operates a fleet of about 60 vessels to carry crude oil, refined products, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) worldwide. Bases of operation include the US, the UK, and the Asia/Pacific region, where it owns a facility for laying up ships. BP Shipping Limited company transports Alaskan crude through Alaska Tanker, its joint venture with OSG Ship Management (part of OSG America). In China, BP Shipping holds a 40% stake in China LNG Shipping, a ship management service for LNG carriers. BP Shipping Limited company also provides ship-vetting services to assess ships for their suitability to operate for BP, inspecting their capabilities in management, operations, crewing, and structure.

Russian Railways has about 130 subsidiaries and offices in North Korea, Poland, China, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Iran. It was created in 1842 as The Department of Railroads. A big country needs a big railroad and Russia's got it. The government-owned Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi, better known as RZD or Russian Railways, covers more than 53,000 miles of track (second only to the US) across 11 time zones from Sovetskaya on the Sea of Japan to St. Petersburg on the Baltic. It also runs trains to international cities including Helsinki, Beijing, and Budapest. Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi OAO handles nearly 80% of the freight transported in Russia and accounts for about 4% of GDP.

New England Motor Freight (NEMF) gets the show on the road every day. The company provides less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, including expedited freight transportation, primarily in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic US, eastern Canada, and Puerto Rico. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) NEMF operates from about 40 terminals. Alliances with carriers such as AAA Cooper, Midwest Motor Express, and Oak Harbor Freight Lines enable NEMF to extend service to other parts of the US. NEMF is the flagship of several transportation companies controlled by CEO Myron Shevell and his family through Shevell Group.

DX Network Services helps businesses bypass the Royal Mail post box to get documents from Point A to Point B. Founded in 1975, the company, which does business as DX Group, offers private business-to-business mail services, including collection, sorting, and last-mile delivery, delivering about 250 million packages each year across the UK and Ireland. It also delivers small packages and provides bulk mail services, delivering more than 1 million items each day. In addition, its DX Document Exchange unit delivers papers and documents to professional, public, and financial services firms. DX Group is owned by investment firm Candover.

DFDS bought ferry operator Norfolk Holdings for $425 million in 2010 from A.P. Meller-Maersk, which acquired 31% of DFDS in the deal; Vesterhavet owns 36% of DFDS. DFDS carries freight and passengers. Most of the company's revenue comes from ro-ro and ro-pax shipping. (Ro-ro is short for roll-on, roll-off, which is how cargo is loaded and unloaded. Ro-pax vessels carry passengers and their vehicles, as well as freight.) DFDS' other operating units include container shipping, cruise ships (which also carry freight), terminal services, and trailer or logistics services. DFDS operates primarily in the North Sea area. its fleet consists of some 60 cargo vessels, with several that also transport passengers.

Air Transport Services Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides aircraft, airline operations, and other related services primarily to the shipping and transportation industries. The company provides air cargo transportation services; airlift services, including aircraft, aircraft flight crews, and maintenance services; airlift services to other airlines, freight forwarders, and the U.S. military; freight transportation and supply chain management services; passenger transportation primarily to the U.S. military; air charter brokerage services, fuel management, and specialized cargo management services; and warehousing and cargo handling services, as well as leases aircraft. It also provides aircraft maintenance and modification services, aircraft part sales services, equipment leasing and maintenance services, mail handling services for the U.S. Postal Service, and specialized services for aircraft fuel management and freight logistics. The company operates in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. As of December 31, 2009, its in-service fleet consisted of 62 aircraft. The company was formerly known as ABX Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Air Transport Services Group, Inc. in May 2008. Transport Services Group, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Ohio.

China Merchants was founded in 1872, when China witnessed the Westernization Movement of the late Qing Dynasty. Being the forerunner of China's national industry and commerce, China Merchants has played an important role in the modernization of China. Owing to the great efforts of several generations, China Merchants has now grown into a diversified conglomerate with great strength. She boasts of well-developed business network and market expertise in several business sectors covering transportation infrastructure (ports & toll roads), finance (banking, insurance, funds & securities), real estate and related community services, energy shipping & logistics. China Merchants' total assets value amounts to over HK$114 billion and the total assets value under her management amounts to nearly HK$1021 billion. With her headquarters based in Hong Kong and her business operations in emerging markets with dynamics and great potential including Hong Kong, mainland China and Southeast Asia, China Merchants ranks among the "four major mainland-funded companies" based in Hong Kong and has exerted great influence in the international industrial and commercial community.

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