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2019 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
Up Front
According to industry experts, that’s a complicated question.
Find out where the Top 50 are located by U.S. region.
Evan Armstrong breaks down how logistics segments performed in 2018.
Rankings
Rank Company Total Refrigerated Storage (Millions of Cu. Ft.) No. of Warehouses
1 Lineage Logistics 1,300.0 200
2 Americold Logistics 918.7 155
3 United States Cold Storage 270.0 38
4 XPO Logistics 175.0 400
5 VersaCold Logistics Services 118.0 31
6 Interstate Warehousing 100.0 7
7 Cloverleaf Cold Storage 75.6 17
8 Burris Logistics 75.0 15
9 Henningsen Cold Storage 60.0 12
10 Midwest Refrigerated Services 45.9 7
11 Conestoga Cold Storage 37.8 5
12 Hanson Logistics 37.0 9
13 Allied Frozen Storage 35.0 7
14 Trenton Cold Storage 27.0 8
15 Confederation Freezers 27.0 4
16 RLS Logistics 17.0 5
17 NFI 16.0 134
18 FST Logistics 10.8 6
19 Agro Merchants Group 7.5
20 Penske Logistics 2.5 98
21 Geodis (North America) 1.4 176
22 Peoples Services Inc. 1.2 42
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On the Bubble

Pilot Freight Services ($240 million), Lima, Pa., provides cross-border services, custom brokerage, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Schneider, Now Public, Initiates Trading

Truckload carrier Schneider said its Class B common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on April 6 under the ticker symbol SNDR, and offered 28,947,000 shares initially priced at $19 per share.

April 6, 2017
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Comfort Rises for Fifth Time in Last Six Weeks

Americans’ confidence climbed for the fifth time in the last six weeks, resulting in the strongest quarterly sentiment since 2007, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed April 6.

Sho Chandra | Bloomberg News
April 6, 2017
Business, Logistics

Global Shipping Fleet Braces for Chaos of $60 Billion Fuel Shock

Little more than 2½ years from now, the global fleet of merchant ships will have to reduce drastically how much sulfur their engines belch into the atmosphere.

Firat Kayakiran | Bloomberg News
April 5, 2017
Business, Safety, Autonomous, Logistics, Government, Fuel

Kevin Burch: Taking the Story of Trucking to the White House

I love trucks. As I travel the country as chairman of American Trucking Associations, I wear a simple button with a simple message: “I Love Trucks.” I even wear it in my official ATA chairman’s portrait. It’s a button I encourage everyone I meet to wear. It starts conversations about this great industry and gives me a chance to tell our story.

Kevin Burch | Chairman, American Trucking Associations
April 5, 2017
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics

Logistics Market Continues to Evolve; XPO Jumps to No. 1 on Top 50 List

The market for third-party logistics services continues to expand and evolve in response to market demands and a changing competitive landscape.

April 3, 2017
Perspective, Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

Opinion: Working Together to Elevate 3PL Industry

As I prepare to serve as chairman of the Transportation Intermediaries Association for the next two years, I reflect on my experience with the association. Throughout the past 13 years of attending TIA events, participating on various committees and investing time as a board member and executive committee member, I have experienced firsthand the benefits that come from associating with and investing in TIA.

April 3, 2017
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics, Autonomous

ELDs Hot Topic at MATS as December Mandate Looms

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Truck makers returned to the Mid-America Trucking Show, to varying degrees, and while many things seemed familiar, the specter of new competition also loomed over North America’s largest annual truck show.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
April 3, 2017
Business, Autonomous, Government, Logistics, Technology

Execs Offer Mixed Assessment of Freight Market Since January

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — At the end of the first quarter, there are signs of optimism in the economy but also caution about the sustainability of the momentum, according to economic analysts and trucking executives at the 2017 Truckload Carriers Association conference.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
April 3, 2017
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics

GAO Upholds XPO Protest of Military Freight Contract

A multibillion-dollar contract recently awarded to Crowley Logistics to handle freight shipments for the Department of Defense is being reopened after the Government Accountability Office upheld a challenge filed by XPO Logistics Government Services.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
April 3, 2017
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

NTSB Encourages Fleets to Root Out Bad Drivers

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A top National Transportation Safety Board official called on motor carriers to do a better job of identifying drivers in their employ with bad driving habits.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
April 3, 2017
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