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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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How drones could help distribute COVID-19 vaccines.
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Logistics News
Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

C.H. Robinson Unveils Sustainability Tool, EPA Collaboration

C.H. Robinson has unveiled a tool and data model designed to help the transportation sector monitor and manage carbon emissions that was developed by the company’s technology incubator in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 8, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 50

Pilot Freight Services Acquires DSI Logistics

Pilot Freight Services announced it acquired DSI Logistics, a nonasset-based provider of last-mile home delivery and installation for heavy and hard-to-handle goods.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
April 8, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 50

Syncreon Holdings Reported to Be Weighing $1.5 Billion Sale

The owners of supply-chain services company Syncreon Holdings are exploring a sale of the company that could value it at as much as $1.5 billion, including debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

April 8, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, Top 100, TCA

UPS Orders Electric Aircraft to Transport Cargo Between Facilities

UPS Inc. is ordering 10 electric aircraft that are designed to take off and land like a helicopter, allowing it to fly cargo directly between its facilities in small markets and bypass airports.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 7, 2021
Business, Logistics

Commodity Shipping Rates Surge; Rally Isn’t Over

For a glimpse of how quickly and unevenly economies are recovering from the pandemic, look no further than the market for shipping raw materials.

April 7, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 50

XPO Logistics Announces Hiring Plans, Taps CFO for Spinoff GXO

XPO Logistics plans to fill more than 1,400 positions to meet growing demand in its less-than-truckload business.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 7, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Canada May Run Out of Warehouse Space This Year

Canada is in danger of running out of warehouse space by the end of the year, thanks to the boom in e-commerce sparked by the pandemic.

Ari Altstedter | Bloomberg News
April 6, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Suez Canal Traffic Briefly Stopped as Oil Tanker Loses Power

Traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal was briefly halted April 6, just two weeks after a giant containership ran aground and blocked the waterway that’s vital for global trade.

April 6, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 100

Does Your Business Belong on Our List of Top 100 For-Hire Companies?

Think your company deserves a spot on our prestigious 2021 For-Hire Carriers rankings? Take our survey to submit your data before time runs out.

April 6, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Amazon Violated Law in Firing Employee Activists, NLRB Says

Amazon .com Inc. violated labor law when it fired two high-profile internal critics last year, the National Labor Relations Board’s prosecutors have found.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
April 5, 2021
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