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Rankings
Rank Company Total Refrigerated Storage (Millions of Cu. Ft.) No. of Warehouses
1 Americold Logistics 945.0 160
2 Lineage Logistics 600.0 114
3 Preferred Freezer Services 300.0 37
4 United States Cold Storage 270.0 38
5 XPO Logistics 141.8 401
6 VersaCold Logistics Services 118.0 31
7 Interstate Warehousing 100.0 7
8 Cloverleaf Cold Storage 91.0 17
9 Henningsen Cold Storage 60.0 11
10 Conestoga Cold Storage 37.0 5
11 Hanson Logistics 37.0 9
12 Allied Frozen Storage 35.0 7
13 Trenton Cold Storage 28.0 8
14 FST Logistics 22.5 6
15 NFI 15.9 130
16 Agro Merchants Group 7.5
17 Penske Logistics 1.9 87
18 Peoples Services Inc. 1.2 37
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Verst Group ($172 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
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

TuSimple to Use New Funds for System Development, Route Expansion

Startup autonomous truck company TuSimple announced commitments from investors for an additional $120 million. These funds are part of an extended Series D round that was oversubscribed and reached a total of $215 million.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
September 17, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Striking GM Workers, Union Far From Agreement

General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers remain far apart in their talks over a new contract, according to the union’s top negotiator, making it less likely a strike called Sept. 15 will end within two days like a previous work stoppage did in 2007.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
September 17, 2019
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics

Trimble Dives Deeper Into Data Analytics, Taps Langley to Lead Transportation Division

HOUSTON — Trimble introduced a broad range of new software features and product enhancements designed to help fleets gain more insights from the data in their systems and collaborate more closely with their shipper customers.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
September 17, 2019
Business, Logistics

Amazon Falls After Report That the Company Prioritized Profit in Its Search Listings

Amazon.com shares fell following a report that the e-commerce giant adjusted its product search results to emphasize items that are more profitable to the company.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
September 16, 2019
Business, Logistics

Coyote Logistics Makes Managerial Appointments

Coyote Logistics made several new appointments to its executive leadership team, according to a Sept. 13 news release.

September 16, 2019
Business, Logistics, TCA

Shippers Sue Oregon Port Over Fee

An association representing oceangoing ships is suing the Port of Astoria in Oregon over its $300 fee for pier maintenance.

Edward Stratton | The Daily Astorian (Oregon)
September 16, 2019
Business, Logistics, TCA

Nestle to Close Illinois Distribution Facility

Nestle is closing a frozen food distribution facility in the Chicago suburb of Glendale Heights, Ill., and laying off 121 workers beginning in October.

Robert Channick | Chicago Tribune
September 16, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

Convoy Opens Up Access to Automated Network

Digital freight broker Convoy on Sept. 16 launched Convoy Now, a program that gives shippers and other logistics companies access to Convoy’s automated, real-time pricing and capacity for both live and drop-and-hook loads.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
September 16, 2019
Business, Logistics

IMC Launches Pacific Drayage Services for Seattle, Tacoma Markets

IMC Cos., a Memphis, Tenn.-based intermodal logistics company, announced it launched Pacific Drayage Services to provide drayage and warehousing services to customers in the Seattle and Tacoma markets of Washington.

September 13, 2019
Business, Logistics, TCA

Bonneville Lock Closure Hinders Supply Chain in Pacific Northwest

More than 100,000 tons of exports will be stranded upriver at the Bonneville Dam for about a month as the Army Corps of Engineers repairs a damaged navigation lock that river users call a “critical link” of the Columbia River trade corridor.

Mallory Gruben | The Daily News, (Longview, Wash.)
September 13, 2019
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