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CSX Corporation sold two-thirds of its control of water transport company American Commercial Barge Line in 1998, citing a desire to focus more on rail operations. [20] The founding chairman of CSX Corporation was Prime F. Osborn III of Seaboard, [21] for whom Jacksonville's Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center is named. The first CEO and ...
In 1990's Marquette changed from a barge operator to a line-haul towboat company then later started leasing its barges to its towing customers. Today Marquette's River unit operates more than 50 line-haul vessels and over 800 dry cargo barges. [5]
This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers , car carriers , container ships , Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers . For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships ( cruise ships , cargo-passenger ships , and ferries ), see List of passenger ship companies .
Bulk petroleum transportation joined the list of company services in 1933. In 1958, Crowley moved into Arctic transportation with an agreement to resupply the U.S. government’s Distant Early Warning Line on the Alaska coastline. It was the first penetration of the Arctic by commercial tug and barge services. This led to Crowley’s Alaska ...
Trailer Bridge was founded in 1991 by Malcom McLean, who is recognized in the industry as "The Father of Containerization".McLean had previously started McLean Trucking Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which he built into one of the largest trucking companies in the United States.
(Reuters) -Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings said on Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and ...
Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder Tug-Barge, entering the Port of Cleveland in June 2017. The Pathfinder was built in 1952 as the SS J. L. Mauthe for Pickands Mather's subsidiary, the Interlake Steamship Co. The list of ships owned and operated by Pickands Mather consists of barges and freighters operating on the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada.
Seaspan ULC evolved into a prominent marine transportation company serving the West Coast of North America with a large tugboat and barge fleet. Seaspan's barges haul forestry materials (logs, wood chips, hog fuel, lumber, pulp, paper and newsprint), minerals (construction aggregate and limestone), railcars, plus machinery, fuel and supplies to coastal communities.