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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

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, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan to Total $2.25 Trillion, Include Corporate Tax Hikes

President Joe Biden announced a $2.25 trillion climate change-centric infrastructure plan meant to repair the country’s roads and bridges, and guarantee nationwide access to broadband internet and safe drinking water.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 31, 2021
Business, Logistics

Fight Over Chicago Golf Course Slated to Become Logistics Center Heating Up

A once-thriving country club near major interstate highways in Chicago was set to be the new home of an 800,000-square-foot distribution and warehouse facility, Now it is at the center of a legal battle involving a part of the city critical to trucking.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 31, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics

Geodis Announces Plans for Remote-Operated Forklifts

Logistics giant Geodis SA says it plans to begin using remote-operated forklifts in its warehouses. The Paris-based company announced early March 31 that it has formed a partnership with Silicon Valley start-up Phantom Auto to supply teleoperations.

Ira Boudway | Bloomberg News
March 31, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics, Top 100

Roadrunner Takes Major Steps in Transformation Plans

Roadrunner Freight took another step in its ongoing transformation with a March 25 announcement of a $50 million equity private placement and additions to its leadership team.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 30, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Georgia Ports Authority OKs $205 Million for Savannah Expansion

The board of the Georgia Ports Authority voted March 29 to spend $205 million to expand the Savannah facility, adding to $100 million authorized several months ago.

Michael E. Kanell | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 30, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Port of Baltimore Dredging, Expansion Seen as Boon to Economy

Port of Baltimore officials say with the vast jump in imported cargo and tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, the sprawling facility on the Chesapeake Bay will see rapid growth the next several years.

March 30, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Volvo, Aurora Pair for Autonomous Trucking Service

Volvo Group will partner with Aurora Innovation Inc. to develop and commercialize autonomous Class 8 trucks in North America.

Jerry Hirsch | Contributing Writer
March 30, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Conversation Begins About Who Will Pay for Suez Canal Crisis

The Suez Canal may be open again, but the battle over damages from the waterway’s longest closure in almost half a century is just beginning.

March 30, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics

Oil Rises for Second Day With Focus Moving Toward OPEC+ Meeting

Oil climbed to the highest in almost two weeks as traders looked ahead to this week’s OPEC+ meeting with speculation that renewed demand concerns will spur the group to keep production in check.

March 29, 2021
Business, Logistics

World’s Other Major Shipping Pileup Is Still Clogging Trade

Ship congestion outside the biggest U.S. gateway for Asian imports worsened from a week ago, highlighting a headwind facing American companies just as a pileup around the Suez Canal had threatened to tangle Europe’s supply chains.

Brendan Murray | Bloomberg News
March 29, 2021
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