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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

No rankings are available for this year.

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

Verst Group ($156 million), Walton, Ky., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics, Top 100

A. Duie Pyle to Open Three Locations in Virginia

A. Duie Pyle is opening three new facilities as part of an effort to expand its services into Virginia, the company announced March 15.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 22, 2022
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Breaking News

Truck Tonnage Up 2.4% Year-Over-Year in February

Truck tonnage in February increased 2.4% compared with the same month a year ago, and American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Index equaled 115.3, the federation announced March 22.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 22, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, TCA

Iowa Towns Negotiate With Canadian Pacific Over Train Traffic

Cities along the Mississippi River and Canadian Pacific officials are talking about ways to measure and address the impact of its proposed merger with Kansas City Southern. The consolidation could triple the train traffic in the Iowa Quad-Cities.

Sarah Watson | Quad City Times
March 22, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics

Repowr Closes $4.2 Million Seed Round

Repowr, a collaborative logistics marketplace and digital-leasing platform, announced it closed a $4.2 million seed round.

March 21, 2022
Business, Fuel, Logistics

Instacart Adds Fuel Surcharge to Offset High Gas Prices

Instacart Inc. is adding a fuel surcharge on grocery delivery orders, becoming the latest gig economy company to impose new fees on customers to ease drivers’ gas bills amid record-high prices.

Jackie Davalos | Bloomberg News
March 18, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Port of Mobile Reports Volume Boom in February

The Port of Mobile saw double-digit jumps in container traffic in February, the Alabama Port Authority has reported.

Lawrence Specker | Alabama Media Group
March 18, 2022
Business, Logistics, Top 100

FedEx Reports Record Q3 Revenue on Holiday Surge

Fueled by a strong holiday shopping season by both its business and consumer customers, FedEx Corp. reported higher fiscal third-quarter earnings.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 18, 2022
Business, Logistics

Canadian Pacific Set to Shut Down if Labor Talks Fail

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has issued a 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference of plans to lock out employees early March 20 if the union’s leadership and the company fail to negotiate a settlement or agree to binding arbitration.

March 17, 2022
Business, Logistics, TCA

Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark Hopes Dim

The Oakland A’s plans to build a waterfront ballpark and development at the Port of Oakland hit a setback March 16 after some members of a state committee said they were concerned that the port would give up valuable space used for freight and truck parking.

Sarah Ravani | San Francisco Chronicle
March 17, 2022
Business, Logistics, TCA

Ship Could Be Stuck in Chesapeake Bay for Weeks

Officials say it could take days or weeks to free a containership stranded near Gibson Island in the Chesapeake Bay since the evening of March 13.

Dan Belson | The Capital, Annapolis, Md.
March 17, 2022
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