Independent Ocean Services, Inc

Founded in 1988, Walker International Transportation is a privately owned company that offers supply chain, Web-based order and inventory management and brokerage solutions. It has received an ISO 9001:2000 certification from the International Organization for Standardization. The company provides logistics, inbound and outbound freight forwarding and shipment tracking services. Walker International Transportation operates a more than 1 million-square-foot warehouse space. The company serves the automotive, manufacturing, retail, logistics and aerospace industries. It serves clients, such as L Oreal, Sears Roebuck and Co., IBM, Diane Young, ALCO, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Lenovo, Comverse and Sun Chemical. Walker International Transportation provides transportation services for oversized goods, heavy loads and hazardous materials. It also offers pickup and distribution services and handles more than 200 containers.

ITOCHU International is a provider of trading services for more than 20,000 items. It manages a portfolio of over 20 subsidiaries, such as Master Halco, ITOCHU Aviation, ICREST International, Advanced Media Technologies and AdPack. The company is a North American subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation, which serves the needs of clients in the telecommunications, information technology, media and retail businesses in Japan. The parent company is engaged in the domestic and overseas trading of textile, machinery and communication-related products. ITOCHU Corporation has a staff of nearly 3,000 employees. It operates more than 150 office locations in the world. In addition, it has various division companies that specialize in the areas of energy, chemical, food, aerospace and multimedia.

Louis Dreyfus SAS (LDSAS) is a privately owned company that operates energy, real estate and commodities businesses. It also has operations in electricity distribution and renewable and biomass energy. The company s commodities division trades and markets rice, sugar, ethanol, coffee, cotton, grains and oilseeds. Founded in 1851, Louis Dreyfus SAS additionally trades ocean freight, metals and financial instruments. Its energy division specializes in the merchandising, trading and storage of natural gas, coal, refined products, plastic resins and other petrochemicals. The company operates Louis Dreyfus Property Group, which owns, develops and manages properties in North America and Europe. Louis Dreyfus SAS operates in more than 50 countries worldwide, including the United States, Canada, India, Brazil, Argentina, Europe, South Africa and the Soviet Union.