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2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
Up Front
The pandemic-driven spike in online shopping has forced firms to adjust operations.
For the 2021 list, we've decided to use a different metric to rank companies.
Find out where the Top 50 are located by U.S. region.
Rankings
Rank Company Total Refrigerated Storage (Millions of Cu. Ft.) No. of Warehouses
1 Lineage Logistics 2,100.0 340
2 Americold Logistics 1,410.0 186
3 United States Cold Storage 376.0 42
4 XPO Logistics 175.0 336
5 VersaCold Logistics Services 120.0 27
6 Penske Logistics 77.3 94
7 Burris Logistics 75.6 14
8 Conestoga Cold Storage 64.0 5
9 Midwest Refrigerated Services 45.9 7
10 Hanson Logistics 43.0 7
11 Trenton Cold Storage 34.0 8
12 Confederation Freezers 29.0 8
13 FW Logistics 24.0 16
14 RLS Logistics 20.0 5
15 NFI 16.0 132
16 Covenant Logistics Group 10.5 12
17 Geodis (North America) 1.4 171
18 Rinchem Co. 1.2 21
19 Peoples Services 1.0 45
Extras
Evan Armstrong breaks down how COVID-19 challenged companies in 2020.
53

On the Bubble

Redwood Logistics ($804 million), Chicago, provides custom brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, 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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A. Duie Pyle to Open Three Locations in Virginia

A. Duie Pyle is opening three new facilities as part of an effort to expand its services into Virginia, the company announced March 15.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 22, 2022
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Breaking News

Truck Tonnage Up 2.4% Year-Over-Year in February

Truck tonnage in February increased 2.4% compared with the same month a year ago, and American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Index equaled 115.3, the federation announced March 22.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 22, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, TCA

Iowa Towns Negotiate With Canadian Pacific Over Train Traffic

Cities along the Mississippi River and Canadian Pacific officials are talking about ways to measure and address the impact of its proposed merger with Kansas City Southern. The consolidation could triple the train traffic in the Iowa Quad-Cities.

Sarah Watson | Quad City Times
March 22, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics

Repowr Closes $4.2 Million Seed Round

Repowr, a collaborative logistics marketplace and digital-leasing platform, announced it closed a $4.2 million seed round.

March 21, 2022
Business, Fuel, Logistics

Instacart Adds Fuel Surcharge to Offset High Gas Prices

Instacart Inc. is adding a fuel surcharge on grocery delivery orders, becoming the latest gig economy company to impose new fees on customers to ease drivers’ gas bills amid record-high prices.

Jackie Davalos | Bloomberg News
March 18, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Port of Mobile Reports Volume Boom in February

The Port of Mobile saw double-digit jumps in container traffic in February, the Alabama Port Authority has reported.

Lawrence Specker | Alabama Media Group
March 18, 2022
Business, Logistics, Top 100

FedEx Reports Record Q3 Revenue on Holiday Surge

Fueled by a strong holiday shopping season by both its business and consumer customers, FedEx Corp. reported higher fiscal third-quarter earnings.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 18, 2022
Business, Logistics

Canadian Pacific Set to Shut Down if Labor Talks Fail

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has issued a 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference of plans to lock out employees early March 20 if the union’s leadership and the company fail to negotiate a settlement or agree to binding arbitration.

March 17, 2022
Business, Logistics, TCA

Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark Hopes Dim

The Oakland A’s plans to build a waterfront ballpark and development at the Port of Oakland hit a setback March 16 after some members of a state committee said they were concerned that the port would give up valuable space used for freight and truck parking.

Sarah Ravani | San Francisco Chronicle
March 17, 2022
Business, Logistics, TCA

Ship Could Be Stuck in Chesapeake Bay for Weeks

Officials say it could take days or weeks to free a containership stranded near Gibson Island in the Chesapeake Bay since the evening of March 13.

Dan Belson | The Capital, Annapolis, Md.
March 17, 2022
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