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2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
Fleets have been overcoming unprecedented challenges to keep essential freight moving during the pandemic.
See the locations of the headquarters for each of the Top 100 for-hire carriers in North America.
COVID-19 has transformed 2020 into a tumultuous year for trucking, but the Top 100 list remains stable, at least for now.
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. | 2,006,924 |
| 2 | KLLM Transport Services | 936,000 |
| 3 | C.R. England | 897,868 |
| 4 | Swift Refrigerated | 755,000 est |
| 5 | Stevens Transport | 737,294 |
| 6 | Hirschbach Motor Lines | 440,862 |
| 7 | Marten Transport | 378,000 |
| 8 | John Christner Trucking | 338,873 |
| 9 | TransAm Trucking | 297,000 est |
| 10 | Black Horse Carriers | 280,500 |
| 11 | FFE Transportation Services | 275,000 |
| 12 | Shaffer Trucking | 266,000 est |
| 13 | Navajo Express | 243,000 est |
| 14 | Bay and Bay Transportation | 150,752 |
| 15 | Frialsa Logistica | 143,200 est |
| 16 | NFI | 126,000 |
| 17 | Pride Transport | 122,000 |
| 18 | WEL Cos. | 120,284 |
| 19 | J&R Schugel Trucking | 119,000 est |
| 20 | Day & Ross | 118,837 |
| 21 | National Carriers | 108,500 |
| 22 | Decker Truck Line | 106,206 est |
| 23 | Covenant Logistics Group | 98,272 est |
| 24 | Freymiller Inc. | 98,000 est |
| 25 | Roadrunner Freight | 96,692 est |
| 26 | Schuster Co. | 83,200 est |
| 27 | Raider Express | 80,000 |
| 28 | Wilson Logistics | 75,000 |
| 29 | Continental Express | 71,500 |
| 30 | Great Plains Transport | 64,302 |
| 31 | Roehl Refrigerated Transport | 59,078 |
| 32 | Canada Cartage | 53,580 |
| 33 | Denney Transport | 46,401 est |
| 34 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 38,000 |
| 35 | Transportes Garza Leal | 34,500 |
| 36 | Cowan Systems | 32,590 |
| 37 | Halvor Lines | 28,100 |
| 38 | May Trucking Co. | 26,304 |
| 39 | TWT Refrigerated | 20,000 |
| 40 | Sorenson Transport | 12,474 |
| 41 | Centurion Trucking | 9,107 |
| 42 | Alabama Motor Express | 8,000 |
| 43 | TransAmerica Express Logistics | 3,000 |
| 44 | Atlas World Group | 2,300 |
| 45 | Dupré Logistics | 1,641 |
| 46 | Bowers Trucking | 1,000 |
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On the Bubble
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($243 million), is a refrigerated and truckload carrier based in Denver.
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For-Hire News
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire, Private
Mercedes Unveils Longhaul Electric Truck
Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire
Estes: Many Core IT Systems Operational Again After Attack
Estes Express Lines on Oct. 6 said a large share of its core IT infrastructure systems were “once again operational” following a cyberattack earlier in the week.
October 6, 2023Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire
Fleets Turn to Military Veterans to Fill Technician Roles
Investing in veterans to fulfill the much-needed job duties of commercial technicians has been a concentrated goal for some fleets.
October 6, 2023Business, Technology, For-Hire
Uber Offers to Return Parcels for $5
Uber said Oct. 4 that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores.
October 4, 2023Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire
Cyberattack Hits Estes Express Lines’ IT Systems
Estes Express Lines on Oct. 3 confirmed that its IT systems were the target of an ongoing cyberattack, but said its trucks were still moving freight.
October 3, 2023Business, Technology, For-Hire
Heartland Express Deploys Isaac In-Cab Technology
Truckload carrier Heartland Express has deployed Isaac Instruments’ in-cab telematics system across its fleet, the companies said in a joint announcement.
September 28, 2023Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Private, Global Freight
UPS to Hire 30,000 Extra Drivers for Peak Season
UPS Inc. is set to hire more than 30,000 additional drivers for peak season, a mix of package car drivers, commercial driver license drivers and seasonal support drivers.
September 27, 2023Business, For-Hire, TCA
UPS Looks to Add 100,000 Workers for the Holidays
UPS Inc. said Sept. 26 it plans to hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers for the peak holiday shipping season this year.
September 26, 2023Business, For-Hire
FedEx Beats Quarterly Wall Street Profit Expectations
FedEx Corp. posted a higher profit than Wall Street expected in its most recent quarter, but trimmed expectations for the full-year period.
September 20, 2023Business, Equipment, For-Hire, Private
Experts: Freight Environment Unlikely to Improve Much Soon
Executives across multiple segments of the trucking industry expect the freight environment to take considerable time to improve substantially.
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