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2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 50 Logistics Companies listing.
As online sales continue to soar, so have the expectations of consumers for goods to be delivered quickly and cheaply.
Our April 20 LiveOnWeb webcast looked at how online shopping is creating enormous disruption to freight networks and modes of delivery. Plus we looked back at the new TT Top 50 Logistics Companies rankings. Watch the replay.
Rankings
Rank Company Total Power Units
1 J.B. Hunt Transport Services 7,208
2 Swift Transportation 4,890
3 Ryder Supply Chain Solutions 4,540
4 XPO Logistics 4,210
5 Werner Enterprises 3,580
6 Ruan 3,501
7 Penske Logistics 2,782
8 NFI 2,305
9 U.S. Xpress Enterprises 1,800
10 UPS Supply Chain Solutions 1,382
11 Averitt Express 1,198
12 Estenson Logistics 1,140
13 Universal Logistics Holdings 965
14 Performance Team 910
15 DHL Supply Chain 865
16 Cowan Logistics 766
17 Celadon Group 700
18 TTS 605
19 Ceva Logistics (North America) 604
20 Dupre[singlequote] Logistics 600
21 AIM Integrated Logistics 515
22 Bay and Bay Transportation 500
23 CRST The Transportation Solution 500
24 Lily Dedicated Logistics Systems 415
25 Crane Worldwide Logistics 371
26 Warehouse Services Inc. 314
27 Landair Dedicated 280
28 Fidelitone 191
29 Saddle Creek Logistics Services 178
30 Kenco Group 167
31 East Coast Warehouse & Distribution 140
32 Keller Logistics Group 115
33 Allen Lund Co. 110
34 Leonard's Express 100
Extras
A former Transport Topics editor who worked at Amazon examines the hustle and bustle of the online retailer.
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On the Bubble

Dupre Logistics ($168 million), Lafayette, La., provides customs brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, supply chain consulting and transportation management.
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Logistics News
Government, Business, Logistics

USPS Chief DeJoy: Election Mail Will Get Delivered on Time

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended his management of the U.S. Postal Service and said the agency is “fully capable” of handling what is expected to be a record number of mail-in ballots in the November election.

August 21, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

American Airlines to Drop Flights to 15 Cities in October

American Airlines will drop flights to 15 smaller U.S. cities in October when a federal requirement to serve those communities ends.

David Koenig | Associated Press
August 20, 2020
Business, Technology, Logistics

Uber, Lyft Win Delay on Converting Drivers to Employees

Uber and Lyft were spared from having to rapidly convert their California drivers to employees after an appeals court agreed they can keep their business models in place while challenging a judge’s order to comply with a state labor law.

Joel Rosenblatt | Bloomberg News
August 20, 2020
Business, Technology, Logistics, TCA

Volvo Trucks Partners With India’s Delhivery for Express Operations

Logistics company Delhivery and Volvo Trucks have joined hands to test and deploy a new transport solution for express operations that will help address the challenges in speedy delivery and cost efficiencies of services.

Nandita Mathur | Mint (New Delhi, India)
August 20, 2020
Business, Logistics

ATA Expands With Moving and Storage Conference, Council

Stakeholders from the moving and storage industries have been made part of two groups that American Trucking Associations’ executive committee recently voted to create.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
August 20, 2020
Business, Logistics

UPS, FedEx Out to Prove They Can Profit in Holiday Season

UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp., riding high from record package deliveries amid the coronavirus pandemic, are moving on to their next objective: showing investors they can boost profit in the approaching onslaught of the holidays.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
August 20, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics, Breaking News

IMCC Files Claim Against OCEMA, Ocean Carriers

American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference on Aug. 17 filed a complaint against the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association and 11 international ocean carriers alleging conduct that violates the Shipping Act, charging they inflated prices in the intermodal chassis market at dozens of ports across the country.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
August 20, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

White House Open to $25 Billion for USPS, McEnany Says

The Trump administration is willing to consider the Democrats’ plan to spend $25 billion on the U.S. Postal Service — as long as lawmakers also provide other coronavirus relief sought by the White House, said spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany.

Saleha Mohsin | Bloomberg News
August 19, 2020
Business, Fuel, Logistics

World’s Largest Offshore Rig Owner Valaris Goes Bankrupt

Valaris Plc became the latest casualty of the global slump in oil prices, filing for bankruptcy Aug. 19 as the world’s largest offshore rig owner by fleet size seeks to restructure a roughly $7 billion debt load.

August 19, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

States Sue Trump Over USPS Even as Changes Paused

More than a dozen states sued President Donald Trump over changes at the U.S. Postal Service that they said trampled federal law and threatened delivery of mail-in ballots, even after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pledged to delay the moves until after the November election.

Erik Larson | Bloomberg News
August 19, 2020
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