Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns and leases freight railroads worldwide. It operates through three segments: North American Operations, Australian Operations, and U.K./European Operations. Its services include freight railroading, transloading, industrial development, industrial switching, railcar repair, railcar storage, and port operations. The company transports various commodities, including agricultural products, autos and auto parts, chemicals and plastics, coal and coke, intermodal, food and kindred products, lumber and forest products, metallic ores, metals, minerals, and stone, petroleum products, pulp and paper, waste, and other commodities. It owns or leases 120 freight railroads, including 104 short-line railroads and 2 regional freight railroads located in the United States, 8 short-line railroads located in Canada, 3 railroads located in Australia, 1 railroad located in the United Kingdom, 1 railroad in Poland and Germany, and 1 railroad in the Netherlands, with a total of approximately 16,100 miles of track. The company also operates 6,200 additional miles of track that are owned or leased by others. In addition, it operates deep-sea maritime containers and provides bulk haulage, including coal, aggregates, cement, and infrastructure services. Further, the company provides rail services at approximately 40 ports; rail-ferry services in the United States, Southeast Asia, and Mexico; transload services; and contract coal loading, railcar switching, and repair services for industrial customers. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. was formerly known as Genesee & Wyoming Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Genesee & Wyoming Inc. in May 1995. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. was founded in 1899 and is based in Darien, Connecticut with additional offices in Rochester, New York, and Jacksonville, Florida.