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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

Seko Logistics ($800 million), Itasca, Ill., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, custom brokerage, freight brokerage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Government, Business, Logistics

Maersk Is Said to Weigh Sale of $1 Billion Cold Container Unit

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is considering a sale of its refrigerated container business as demand for the cold storage units surges during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter.

March 10, 2021
Business, Logistics

IHS Expects Trucking Recovery Despite Concerns in 2021

Trucking is likely to see strong gains this year, but risks remain as the economy tries to leave the coronavirus behind, according to IHS Markit.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 9, 2021
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Port Officials, Retailers See Congestion Lasting for Months

Long delays at the nation’s ports are causing companies to rethink their long-term strategies about where their products are manufactured and how to get them to customers.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 9, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics

Uber Freight Expands Procurement Options With Market Access

Uber Freight has launched a new procurement channel that enables shippers to source capacity directly over its freight marketplace.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 9, 2021
Business, Logistics

Traffic Volumes Continue to Climb Amid Pandemic

Traffic levels related to freight movement generally have fared better than levels associated with other modes of transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic, but future travel trends remain hard to predict.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
March 8, 2021
Business, Logistics

Amazon Spends $131 Million for Stake in Cargo Airline ATSG

Amazon .com Inc. has scooped up a minority stake in a cargo airline that operates a portion of its fast-growing air-cargo division, the latest sign of the retailer’s long-term ambitions to expand its airfreight operations.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
March 8, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Export Boom Drives Canada’s Largest Trade Surplus Since 2014

Canada’s trade sector unexpectedly recorded its largest surplus in more than six years on across-the-board increases in exports.

Shelly Hagan | Bloomberg News
March 5, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics, Top 100, TCA

UPS Ships Out First Batch of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

UPS Inc. began shipping out its first batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines March 2, now that the single-dose vaccine for the coronavirus has emergency use authorization.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 2, 2021
Business, Logistics

As Amazon Air Expands, Report Sees Potential Challenge to UPS, FedEx and USPS

Amazon Air is poised for a summertime growth spurt that could send its daily schedule to more than 160 flights per day.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 2, 2021
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Top 50

COVID-19 Exposes Cold Chain Problems, Solutions

The coronavirus pandemic has presented new challenges and opportunities for innovation in cold chain shipments.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 2, 2021
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