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Top 100 For-Hire | Less-Than-Truckload | Truckload/Dedicated | Intermodal/Drayage | Motor Vehicle/Driveaway | Tank/Bulk
Air/Expedited | Refrigerated | Flatbed/Heavy Specialized | Package/Courier | Household Goods/Commercial | Mail
Top Refrigerated (Truckload & LTL) Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
---|---|---|
1 | Prime Inc. | 1,623,776 |
2 | C.R. England | 1,405,411 |
3 | KLLM Transport Services | 959,000 |
4 | Stevens Transport | 694,980 |
5 | Swift Refrigerated | 539,307 est |
6 | Marten Transport | 380,210 |
7 | TransAm Trucking | 280,000 est |
8 | Hirschbach Motor Lines | 278,494 |
9 | Navajo Express | 238,000 est |
10 | Shaffer Trucking | 220,000 |
11 | John Christner Trucking | 214,017 |
12 | May Trucking Co. | 203,337 |
13 | Black Horse Carriers | 185,000 |
14 | Covenant Logistics Group | 162,150 |
15 | Roadrunner Freight | 156,000 |
16 | NFI | 153,300 |
17 | Frialsa Logistica | 135,600 |
18 | CanXpress | 120,507 |
19 | J&R Schugel Trucking | 119,000 est |
20 | Decker Truck Line | 106,206 |
21 | WEL Cos. | 106,042 |
22 | National Carriers | 102,000 |
23 | Bay and Bay Transportation | 101,000 |
24 | Freymiller Inc. | 84,000 est |
25 | MCT Transportation | 76,337 |
26 | Day & Ross | 75,561 |
27 | Roehl Refrigerated Transport | 49,311 |
28 | Cowan Systems | 39,119 |
29 | Maverick USA | 35,207 |
30 | Transportes Garza Leal | 32,700 |
31 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 30,000 |
32 | TWT Refrigerated | 30,000 |
33 | Challenger Motor Freight | 14,008 |
Top For-Hire Carriers on this list are common and contract freight carriers operating in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Companies are ranked on the basis of annual revenue. To be included in the Top 100 or any of the sectors, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
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