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April 23, 2024Up Front
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Rankings
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. | 1,887,004 |
| 2 | C.R. England | 1,636,138 |
| 3 | KLLM Transport Services | 917,000 |
| 4 | Swift Refrigerated | 819,190 |
| 5 | Stevens Transport | 719,870 |
| 6 | Marten Transport | 375,340 |
| 7 | Hirschbach Motor Lines | 369,285 |
| 8 | TransAm Trucking | 307,000 est |
| 9 | John Christner Trucking | 295,171 |
| 10 | Shaffer Trucking | 266,000 |
| 11 | Navajo Express | 255,000 est |
| 12 | Black Horse Carriers | 214,000 |
| 13 | May Trucking Co. | 203,337 |
| 14 | Bay and Bay Transportation | 155,000 |
| 15 | NFI | 148,000 |
| 16 | Frialsa Logistica | 143,200 |
| 17 | Covenant Logistics Group | 135,200 |
| 18 | Pride Transport | 120,000 |
| 19 | J&R Schugel Trucking | 119,000 |
| 20 | WEL Cos. | 118,799 |
| 21 | National Carriers | 115,500 |
| 22 | Decker Truck Line | 106,206 |
| 23 | Freymiller Inc. | 98,000 |
| 24 | Roadrunner Freight | 96,692 |
| 25 | Continental Express | 96,500 |
| 26 | Day & Ross | 84,795 |
| 27 | Schuster Co. | 83,200 |
| 28 | Roehl Refrigerated Transport | 50,667 |
| 29 | Great Plains Transport Inc. | 48,697 |
| 30 | Denney Transport | 46,401 |
| 31 | Maverick USA | 45,484 |
| 32 | MCT Transportation | 44,148 |
| 33 | Cowan Systems | 41,571 |
| 34 | PS Logistics | 36,367 |
| 35 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 36,000 |
| 36 | Transportes Garza Leal | 34,500 |
| 37 | TransAmerica Express Logistics | 30,000 |
| 38 | TWT Refrigerated | 30,000 |
| 39 | Halvor Lines | 26,401 |
| 40 | Blackhawk Transport | 18,157 |
| 41 | Fastfrate Group | 2,700 |
| 42 | J&B Express | 2,200 |
| 43 | Dupré Logistics | 1,641 |
Extras
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