Swift Transportation’s second-quarter profit rose on improved trucking pricing and expanded intermodal operations.
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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, Logistics
Battle Over Rail System Expected to Be Fierce, When Current Authorization Expires in 2013
In March, when the Senate passed its transportation reauthorization bill by a wide margin, the measure addressed the nation’s total surface transportation system.
July 23, 2012Business, Logistics
Swift’s 2Q Profit Improves
Business, Logistics
Forward Air’s Second-Quarter Income Rises
Forward Air Corp.’s second-quarter net income rose to $14.2 million, or 48 cents a share, from $12 million, or 40 cents, a year ago.
July 20, 2012Business, Logistics
Hub Group’s Profit Rises on Stronger Logistics, Intermodal Operations
Hub Group Inc.’s second-quarter profit rose 18% as its intermodal and logistics operations improved.
July 20, 2012Business, Logistics
Existing Home Sales Drop in June
Existing home sales declined 5.4% in June, an eight month low, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.
July 19, 2012Business, Logistics
Union Pacific’s 2Q Earnings Rise 28%
Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose 28% to $1 billion, or $2.10 a share, from $785 million, or $1.59, a year ago.
July 19, 2012Business, Logistics
CSX Reports Higher 2Q Income
CSX Corp.’s second-quarter earnings rose as growth in container-car shipments eased the effects of sliding coal volumes, Bloomberg reported.
July 18, 2012Government, Business, Logistics
Kansas City Southern’s 2Q Profit Improves
Kansas City Southern’s second-quarter earnings rose to $120 million, or $1.09 a share, from $71 million, or 64 cents, a year ago.
July 17, 2012Business, Logistics
Ingram Micro Agrees to Purchase BrightPoint
Technology distributor Ingram Micro Inc. said it has agreed to purchase BrightPoint Inc., a provider of logistics services to the wireless industry, for about $840 million, the companies announced in a joint statement July 2.
July 16, 2012Business, Logistics
GE Capital Sells Last 27,000 U.S. Trailers from TIP Fleet to Trio of Companies
Investor Wood Creek Capital Management, along with Bowman Sales and Equipment Inc. and Milestone Trailer Leasing, last week bought 27,000 U.S.-based trailers from GE Capital, continuing the transformation of the highway leasing market.
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