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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.
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On the Bubble

Arrive Logistics ($815 million), Austin, Texas, provides freight brokerage.
The leader in cold storage wants to become a one-stop shop.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics, Top 100

FedEx Logistics Opens Global Headquarters in Memphis

FedEx Logistics Inc. opened its new global headquarters in Memphis, Tenn., on April 5.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 6, 2022
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics, Top 100

J.B. Hunt Launches Clean Transport Program

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. launched a program April 4 to help customers offset the carbon footprint of their supply chain.

April 4, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

Panama Canal Proposes Toll Revamp

The Panama Canal Authority proposed a comprehensive restructuring of its toll system April 1 that would increase rates charged on cargo such as vehicles, oil and gas, and soybeans that cross the waterway as ocean shippers rake in record profits.

Michael McDonald | Bloomberg News
April 1, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

Port Leaders Say They're Ready to Spend Infrastructure Funds

With the largest infusion of direct federal infrastructure spending set to begin, port leaders from around the country say they’re ready to begin rebuilding and upgrading their facilities to keep up with a record number of cargo containers moving through ports.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 31, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Rising Fuel Costs Slow Spot Rate Descent

The rise in fuel prices is slowing a decline in spot rates while also potentially suppressing base revenue for some carriers, experts said.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 31, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, Top 50

DeJoy Says He’s Been Cleared in Federal Probe

WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said March 31 that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.

March 31, 2022
Business, Logistics

Trucking Companies Bet on Intermodal Growth

J.B. Hunt, Knight-Swift and Schneider are among the motor carriers expanding their intermodal operations for new avenues for growth.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 31, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics

GrubHub, Uber Fail to Get Price-Fixing Suit Dismissed

GrubHub Inc., Postmates Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. must face a lawsuit alleging their delivery fees result in higher prices even for New York diners not using those apps.

Chris Dolmetsch | Bloomberg News
March 30, 2022
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous, Top 100

FedEx Partners With Elroy Air to Test Pilotless Package Drone

FedEx Corp. is partnering with Elroy Air, a startup that makes a large cargo drone, to test moving packages by air with no pilot on board.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
March 30, 2022
Business, Logistics

Efforts to Refloat the Ever Forward Begin

BALTIMORE — The U.S. Coast Guard prepared a second attempt to free a stranded container ship March 30, more than two weeks after it ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay.

March 29, 2022
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