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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

Damco International ($158 million), Jamaica, New York, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Panama Canal Chief Looks Back on the First Year of the Big Ship Era

In a telephone interview with the Miami Herald, Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano reviewed the first year of the canal expansion, a massive project that included state-of-the art locks on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the canal, a new 3.8 mile access channel, and widening and deepening at various locations along the 50-mile long canal.

Mimi Whitefield | Miami Herald
July 5, 2017
Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Poised to Pursue Acquisitions Again

XPO Logistics Inc.’s CEO is on the hunt for takeover targets again after taking a two-year pause.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
July 3, 2017
Logistics

ArcBest Becomes Latest LTL to Embrace Dimensional-Based Pricing

ArcBest Corp. is the latest less-than-truckload carrier to embrace dimensional-based pricing and is scheduled to institute the new program on Aug. 1.

June 30, 2017
Business, Logistics

Saddle Creek Logistics to Open $12 Million Pennsylvania Facility

Saddle Creek Logistics Services has leased a 249,000-square-foot distribution facility in Pittston Township, Pa., near a new FedEx hub.

Denise Allabaugh | The Citizens' Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
June 28, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Amazon to Become Major Produce Shipper With Purchase of Whole Foods

With its pending purchase of the Whole Foods grocery chain, Amazon.com will become a major shipper for fresh produce, a transport market that has always been difficult and is now getting even more challenging.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
June 28, 2017
Business, Logistics

Some Shippers Implement Longer Payment Policies

Some shippers are taking longer to pay freight bills, forcing carriers and brokerage firms to accept either discounts on invoices paid within a shorter payment cycle or to absorb additional expenses associated with extending credit to customers.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
June 27, 2017
Business, Technology, Logistics

XPO Plans 'Testing Ground' for the Future of Logistics

XPO Logistics is designing a testing center for the next generation of supply chain management, which would automate warehousing, CEO Brad Jacobs told Transport Topics in a one-on-one interview.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
June 27, 2017
Business, Fuel, Logistics

Gas Prices See Record Lows Just in Time for Holiday Weekend

National gasoline prices are hovering at an all-time low for the year at $2.26 per gallon — the lowest they’ve been since February, according to auto club AAA.

June 27, 2017
Business, Logistics

FedEx Posts $3 Billion Profit in Fiscal 2017; Freight Division Lags Express, Ground

FedEx Corp. reported a sharp increase in annual profits, rocketing 65% year-over-year and easily beating forecasts by a consensus of industry analysts.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
June 26, 2017
Business, Logistics

May Tonnage Gains 4.8%, Reversing Downward Trend

Truck tonnage rose 4.8% in May compared with one year ago, the largest year-over-year gain since November 2016, according to the monthly American Trucking Associations index, suggesting that the freight market has tightened in recent weeks.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
June 26, 2017
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