The slow improvement in global manufacturing could be about to take a pause — or worse — as firms brace for supply-chain disruptions and a blow to demand from the spread of the coronavirus.
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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
Logistics 50 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
Top Refrigerated Firms
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
Transplace Inc.
($170 million), Frisco, Texas, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, freight brokerage freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, supply chain consulting and transportation management.
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Logistics News
Business, Technology, Logistics
Samsara Improves Integration With LoadMaster
Samsara has further integrated its fleet management software with LoadMaster Enterprise, the trucking technology company announced Feb. 3.
February 3, 2020Government, Business, Logistics
Factories Brace for Virus Blow Just as Demand Starts to Pick Up
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics
Ryder Expands Truck-Sharing Program COOP
Ryder System Inc. will expand its ride-sharing program for trucks to meet growing demand, the Miami-based company announced Feb. 3.
February 3, 2020Business, Technology, Logistics
Odyssey Logistics & Technology Acquires RPM Consolidated Services
Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. acquired full-service logistics and warehousing provider RPM Consolidated Services Inc., the Danbury, Conn.-based company announced Jan. 30.
January 31, 2020Business, Logistics, Top 100
USA Truck Reports Q4 Loss, Cuts Nondriver Staff by 8%
Van Buren, Ark.-based truckload carrier USA Truck says in the fourth quarter it reduced its nondriver staff by 8% as the company reported a quarterly loss of $4.8 million or 56 cents per share, compared with net income of $5.3 million or 64 cents per share for the same period last year.
January 31, 2020Business, Logistics
Amazon Offers New Jobs to Employees in Pinnacle's 1,600-Person Layoff
An aviation and trucking company that operates out of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport will lay off more than 1,600 people this spring, and Amazon has offered all hourly employees jobs at the same location.
January 31, 2020Government, Business, Logistics
Georgia Legislative Panel Recommends $121.5 Billion Freight Spend
Georgia should spend up to $121.5 billion more over 30 years to improve the movement of freight across the state, a legislative panel has recommended.
January 31, 2020Business, Logistics
Ex-Celadon CEO Paul Svindland Gets Same Post at STG Logistics
STG Logistics has hired Paul Svindland as CEO, the Chicago-based company announced Jan. 28.
January 30, 2020Government, Business, Technology, Logistics
Amazon to Make New Staten Island Warehouse a Delivery Station
Amazon says a new 450,000-square-foot warehouse leased in Bloomfield will be used as a delivery station that will help speed up deliveries to local residents.
January 30, 2020Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous
UPS-Waymo Partnership to Start in Near Future
UPS and Waymo announced Jan. 29 a pilot program for autonomous vehicle package pickup in Phoenix.
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