Intermodal traffic increased 6.2% last week compared with 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
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
Verst Group
($156 million), Walton, Ky., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Editorial, Business, Government, Safety, Logistics
Better Days Ahead
A few stories in this edition of Transport Topics illustrate quite well the current state of the national economy.
January 31, 2011Business, Logistics
Hub Group’s Fourth-Quarter Earnings Grow
Logistics and intermodal firm Hub Group’s fourth-quarter profit jumped 25.7% to $12.5 million, or 34 cents a share, from $10 million, or 26 cents, a year earlier.
January 28, 2011Business, Logistics
Intermodal Traffic Rises 6.2% for Week
Government, Business, Logistics
Kansas City Southern’s 4Q Profit Grows
Kansas City Southern said it earned $51.8 million, or 50 cents a share, in its fourth quarter, compared with $32.3 million, or 34 cents, the previous year.
January 27, 2011Business, Logistics
Norfolk Southern’s 4Q Profit Improves
Norfolk Southern Corp.’s fourth-quarter and annual net income rose from the same periods a year earlier and it said it was boosting its quarterly dividend.
January 26, 2011Business, Logistics
Canadian Pacific’s Profit Improves
Canadian freight railroad Canadian Pacific’s fourth-quarter net income increased 27.1% to C$185.8 million, or C$1.09 per share, from C$146.2 million, or 87 cents, a year earlier.
January 26, 2011Business, Logistics
Swift’s Fourth-Quarter Loss Narrows
Swift Transportation Co., in its first public earnings statement since going public late last year, said its fourth-quarter net loss was less than that of a year earlier and that its operating revenue improved.
January 25, 2011Business, Logistics
CN’s Profit Falls in 4Q, Grows in Year
Canadian National Railway Co. said its fourth-quarter net income fell 13.6% to C$503 million, or C$1.08 per share, from C$582 million or $1.23 per share, a year earlier.
January 25, 2011Business, Logistics
CSX’s 4Q, Full-Year Earnings Jump on Higher Volume
CSX Corp. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 42% on higher shipments from auto manufacturers and other industrial shippers.
January 24, 2011Business, Logistics
Canadian Rail Workers Drop CN Strike Threat
Canadian National Railway Co. reached a contract deal with the Canadian Auto Workers union Monday and the union dropped its threat to strike Tuesday, Reuters reported.
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