Intermodal volume rose 2.8% for the week ended Saturday from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.
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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
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Extras
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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, Logistics
Trailer Orders Jump in June But Lag Last Year by 7.1%
Fleets ordered 15,386 new trailers in June from U.S. manufacturers, an 8.6% increase from a year ago and the second monthly gain in the past three, ACT Research reported.
July 29, 2013Business, Logistics
Universal Truckload’s Profit Improves
Universal Truckload Services’ second-quarter operating income rose from a year ago.
July 26, 2013Business, Logistics
Echo Global Logistics’ Profit Rises
Echo Global Logistics said its second-quarter profit rose from a year ago, and its revenue improved.
July 26, 2013Business, Government, Logistics
Consumer Confidence Rises in July
Consumer confidence rose this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.
July 26, 2013Business, Logistics
Intermodal Volume Rises 2.8% for Week
Business, Logistics
Swift Reports Higher 2Q Net Income
Swift Transportation Co.’s second-quarter profit rose from a year ago on higher revenue at its truckload and intermodal operations.
July 25, 2013Business, Safety, Logistics
Transport Canada Enacts Emergency Rail Safety Rules in Wake of Quebec Crash
Transport Canada announced emergency railway safety rules in the wake of a deadly freight train crash in Quebec earlier this month.
July 24, 2013Business, Logistics
Canadian Railroads’ Earnings Improve
Canada’s two major freight railroads reported higher second-quarter earnings from a year ago on stronger rates and volume.
July 24, 2013Business, Logistics
XPO Agrees to Buy 3PD for $365 Million, Its Eighth Acquisition in 18 Months
Rapidly growing XPO Logistics Inc. agreed to buy 3PD Inc., a third-party logistics company, for about $365 million in the most expensive publicly disclosed transport-sector transaction this year.
July 22, 2013Business, Logistics
Hub Group’s Profit Rises on Stronger Logistics, Intermodal Operations
Hub Group Inc. reported higher second-quarter earnings on improved revenue at its intermodal and logistics units.
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