Matson Navigation, the main subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin, transports freight primarily between the continental US and ports in Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and Puerto Rico; it also offers service between the US and China. Containerships account for the majority of the company's fleet of more than 15 vessels. Besides containerized freight, cargo carried by Matson vessels includes automobiles and building materials. Subsidiary Matson Integrated Logistics provides logistics and multimodal transportation services (arrangement of freight transportation by combinations of road, rail, and air). Matson Terminals provides container stevedoring and related services for Matson and other carriers in Honolulu.

Groendyke Transport hauls bulk cargo throughout North America. The company operates from a network of more than 30 terminals, primarily in the southwestern and midwestern US. Among the commodities moved by Groendyke Transport are chemicals, petroleum, and grain products. Customers have included ADM, BASF, Dow Chemical, Eastman Chemical, and Koch Industries. Founded by Harold Groendyke in 1932, Groendyke Transport is owned by the Groendyke family, including chairman and CEO John Groendyke, Harold's son.

Tobu Railway was founded in 1897. Tobu Railway boasts the second-longest track network -- more than 460 kilometers (285 miles) -- of any passenger railroad in the Kanto region of Japan, which includes the Tokyo metropolitan area. (East Japan Railway has a larger network.) Although the company's railway passenger and freight transportation divisions make up the company's namesake business, Tobu Railway operates three other divisions: distribution, leisure, and real estate. The distribution division operates department and convenience stores.

JHT Holdings might very well haul it. Through its subsidiaries, JHT Holdings provides over-the-road transportation of various types of motor vehicles, including commercial trucks and cars. Among its operating units are Active Truck Transport, Automotive Carrier Services, and Unimark. JHT has its roots in Kenosha Auto Transport, a company that was formed in 1933 to haul vehicles made by International Harvester and Nash Motors. Striving to strengthen its balance sheet amid a period of slumping sales, JHT voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2008 and emerged a few months later, in October.

Bollore makes paper, but it's no paper tiger. Bollore company operates mainly in the transportation and logistics, manufacturing (plastic films and specialty papers), and fuel distribution businesses. Its largest segment, transportation and logistics, includes freight forwarding services and port operations. (As a freight forwarder, Bollore company buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to customers.) Bollore offers logistics services worldwide but focuses on trade between Europe and Africa, where Bollore company is a leading port operator. Financiere de l'Odet, a holding company whose principal shareholder is Bollore chairman Vincent Bollore, owns a controlling stake in Bollore company.

J & J Denholm was founded in 1866 by the family of chairman John Denholm. Water is a big ingredient in the success of J & J Denholm. The company operates in a variety of marine industries through its four divisions. Denholm Shipping operates a fleet of ocean freighters and provides management and consulting services to other ship operators, while its industrial services division includes several operating units that supply painting, scaffolding, and decontamination services to the marine, oil, and gas industries. Other operations include Denholm Logistics (supply chain management) and Denholm Seafoods (fishing and fish processing).

Teekay Tankers Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of oil tankers. As of March 1, 2010, the company’s fleet consisted of nine Aframax-class oil tankers and three Suezmax-class oil tankers. It managed four Aframax tankers in the Teekay Pool and one Suezmax tanker in the Gemini Pool; and operated seven vessels under fixed-rate time-charter contracts. Teekay Tankers Ltd. is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

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.

For Total Transportation of Mississippi, total transportation means trucking, but not just within in the Magnolia State. The truckload carrier provides service throughout the eastern half of the US. It operates a fleet of about 650 tractors and 1,200 trailers from two terminals in Mississippi, two in Tennessee, and one apiece in Georgia and North Carolina. Total transports general commodities on regional and medium-length routes (800-1,200 miles); it also offers dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to customers long-term. Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises owns 90% of Total; company managers own the rest.

FreightCar America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, rebuilds, repairs, sells, and leases freight cars used for hauling coal, other bulk commodities, steel and other metals, forest products, and automobiles primarily in North America. FreightCar America, Inc. designs and manufactures aluminum-bodied and steel-bodied railcars for use in various industries. It also refurbishes and rebuilds railcars, and sells forged, cast, and fabricated parts for all of the railcars it produces, as well as those manufactured by others. Its customers primarily include financial institutions, shippers, and railroads. FreightCar America, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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