Companies To Watch

Intercoastal Shipping

• McDonough Marine, Inc. continues to serve as a global leader in the marine transportation industry by providing exceptional, safe, quality service.
• Campbell Transport & Marine, Inc.These two independent marine service providers represent one of the largest river towing organizations on the Upper Ohio River, operating a combined fleet of 420 open hopper barges and 30 towboats.  They have been serving the utility, steel, and marine industries for nearly 70 years, from Huntington, West Virginia, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Tidewater Marine, Inc. Home of the world's largest work boat fleet and compression services.  Tidewater Marine Services include 650 vessels in 30 different countries used along with petroleum supertankers.

Specialty Logging

• Underwater Logging, Triton Logging, Inc.is working around the globe recovering this forgotten resource, bringing value to communities and a clear environmental wood choice to consumers.
• Eco-Friendly Timber Management, Plum Creek Timber, Inc.is the largest and most geographically diverse private landowner in the nation.  It is a member of the Abundant Forests Alliance, and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.

Off-Shore Drilling

• Diamond Off-Shore Drilling, Inc.>, a leading deepwater drilling contractor, owns and operates one of the largest fleets of offshore drilling units in the world.  The company's diverse fleet consists of 30 semi-submersibles, 13 jack-ups, and one dynamically positioned drill ship.
• Transocean, Inc., the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, provides the most versatile fleet of mobile offshore drilling units to help clients find and develop oil and natural gas reserves.  Building on more than 50 years of experience with the highest specification rigs, their approximately 20,000 employees are focused on safety and premier offshore drilling performance
• Atwood Oceanics, Inc., through its international operating subsidiary, Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited, and related subsidiaries (“the Atwood Group”) are engaged in the business of international offshore drilling and completion of exploratory and developmental oil and gas wells as well as related support, management, and consulting services. 

Commercial Fishing

-coming off of a rocky five year hiatus a few companies are reporting a little better fishing for last year.

• Trident Seafoods, Inc. This Company is committed to maintaining a steady supply of delicious, healthy seafood products from the committed vessel owners and commercial fishermen who ply the cold, rich ocean currents, and bring today's bounty to the dinner table. 
• Moon Tillett Fishing Company is amongst the largest privately owned fishing and seafood trading companies in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  The company is proudly owned by the Tillett family and has established a global reputation for quality products with its commitment to excellence. 
• The National Fisherman- The fishing industry is much smaller than before and its much more complicated; this is of national concern.  The National Fisherman is a voice for the small to medium sized fishing outfit and for commercial fishing as a whole. 

Alternative-Renewable Energy

• Great Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. is a leader in the production of renewable energy, enhancing the local and national economies, and improving the lives of the communities and neighborhoods where they work.  Their processes include the latest biotechnology, which maximizes production yields and quality.  Reduced plant emissions make their facilities some of the most environmentally friendly in the industry. 
• Green Mountain Energy, Inc.is the nation’s leading retail provider of cleaner energy and carbon off-set solutions.  Their mission is to deliver more than six billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy into the market, prevent as much CO2 pollution as the equivalent of planting over 290 million trees, and spur the development of 13 new wind and solar facilities across the nation within the next year. 
• Native Energy, Inc. helps build and support new clean and renewable sources of energy that reduce global warming pollution and create sustainable economies for Native Americans, family farmers, and local communities. 
• Altra Biofuels, Inc., seeks to be the world’s largest biofuels manufacturer and distributor.  As a technologically advanced bio-energy company, they develop and seek out the best biofuels solutions and quickly put them into profitable, environmentally sound production.  To achieve the twin goals of energy independence and environmental sustainability, the company is rapidly operationalizing technologies in cellulosic ethanol and is phasing CHP (co-generation technology) into its plants. It is also aggressively evaluating technologies in alga-culture and thermal depolymerization.  Altra Biofuels is located in Los Angeles, with facilities in Arizona, Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio, and California.

Safety Equipment

• Modern Mine Safety Supply, LLC.  Their late model refuge Chambers fabricated by Modern Mine Safety Supply are designed to give miners a safe haven during and after an underground emergency.  They are a leading US maker of this much needed shelter for miners.
• MineARC Systems of Australia.  MineARC Refuge Chambers have emerged as the number one selling Refuge Chamber in the world.  This is the result of over a decade of research and development along with an inherent understanding of underground safety requirements.  The Chambers undergo constant refinement and enhancements to adapt to changing technologies and industry environments.
• BurnerFire, Inc. A Leader Fire & Safety Equipment.  Burner Fire Controlä has become the standard in safety services, which includes fabrication of fire equipment facilities and piping, inspections, system design, safety equipment and well testing of heat suppression systems.  BurnerFire is a diversified manufacturer and service provider to the offshore and onshore oil & gas market, as well as both the commercial and industrial fire equipment markets, offering the latest in fire fighting and fire safety technologies.  Most recently, Burner Fire Control is partnering with Raytheon Corporation on their new “Global Defender Blast Mitigation System,” designed specifically to defeat the growing threat of improvised explosive devices (IED's).