Estes Express Lines late Oct. 12 said its rating and quoting system, as well as telephone lines and email access, were again operational following a cyberattack earlier in the month.
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2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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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 Truckload/Dedicated Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swift Truckload | 3,131,771 |
| 2 | Schneider | 2,380,000 est |
| 3 | Landstar System | 1,894,221 |
| 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 1,836,766 |
| 5 | Werner Enterprises | 1,644,874 |
| 6 | Penske Logistics | 1,400,000 |
| 7 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,346,000 |
| 8 | TFI International | 1,263,357 |
| 9 | Knight-Swift Transportation | 952,098 |
| 10 | Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 895,538 |
| 11 | Crete Carrier Corp. | 775,000 est |
| 12 | XPO | 770,000 |
| 13 | Celadon Trucking Services | 748,337 |
| 14 | Heartland Express | 736,345 |
| 15 | Universal Truckload | 696,134 |
| 16 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 585,587 |
| 17 | Mullen Group | 559,477 |
| 18 | Ruan | 521,063 |
| 19 | Western Express | 520,079 |
| 20 | Canada Cartage | 466,463 |
| 21 | Covenant Logistics Group | 449,029 |
| 22 | Cowan Systems | 432,000 |
| 23 | P.A.M. Transport | 417,050 |
| 24 | Mesilla Valley Transportation | 397,716 |
| 25 | Interstate Distributor Co. | 392,109 |
| 26 | USA Truck | 356,528 |
| 27 | Dart Transit Co. | 349,456 |
| 28 | NFI | 332,700 |
| 29 | Bison Transport | 303,191 |
| 30 | Stan Koch & Sons Trucking | 290,000 |
| 31 | Paschall Truck Lines | 259,301 |
| 32 | Challenger Motor Freight | 258,496 |
| 33 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 227,329 |
| 34 | Martin Transportation Systems | 220,000 |
| 35 | Epes Carriers Inc. | 215,979 |
| 36 | Roehl Transport | 211,154 |
| 37 | Brown Trucking Co. | 176,521 |
| 38 | Anderson Trucking Service | 155,898 |
| 39 | Black Horse Carriers | 143,000 |
| 40 | CalArk | 124,218 |
| 41 | SLH Transport | 114,581 |
| 42 | Day & Ross Freight | 112,324 |
| 43 | Forward Air | 110,950 |
| 44 | Abilene Motor Express | 95,000 est |
| 45 | Titan Transfer | 84,002 |
| 46 | TransX Group of Companies | 79,593 |
| 47 | System Freight | 72,562 |
| 48 | Fastfrate Group | 44,604 |
| 49 | Atlas World Group | 28,501 |
| 50 | A. Duie Pyle | 15,490 |
Extras
North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
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For-Hire News
Business, Technology, For-Hire
Estes Rating, Quoting System Returns to Action After Cyberattack
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire, Private
Mercedes Unveils Longhaul Electric Truck
Mercedes-Benz Trucks revealed a heavy-duty electric truck to take on Tesla Inc.’s battery-powered Semi, the latest move in the intensifying race to decarbonize road logistics.
October 10, 2023Business, 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.
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