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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

ArcBest Corp. ($779 million), Fort Smith, Ark., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, custom brokerage, freight brokerage, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

Truckers Receive Thanks

Americans thanked truck drivers in ways big and small as part of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
September 21, 2015
Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Bid for Con-way Could Shake Up LTL Sector

XPO Logistics’ dramatic bid to snatch up trucking capacity by acquiring Con-way Inc. for $3 billion could spawn similar acquisitions by non-asset-based companies, forcing rival less-than-truckload carriers to reassess their strategy and step up their game, LTL leaders said.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
September 21, 2015
Logistics

Norfolk Southern to Cut Back Triple Crown Unit, Reduce Costs

Norfolk Southern Corp. announced it would restructure its truck/rail business known as Triple Crown Services, or TCS, and cut costs by moving to convert most of that unit’s intermodal freight to container equipment.

September 18, 2015
Business, Logistics

Mark Rourke Named Executive VP, COO at Schneider

Schneider has named Mark Rourke executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Green Bay, Wisconsin-based trucking and logistics service provider.

September 17, 2015
Business, Logistics

Donald Maltby Named Hub Group President

Hub Group named Donald Maltby as president and chief operating officer, replacing Mark Yeager, who resigned on Aug. 8.

September 16, 2015
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Drops 13.3% for Week

Weekly U.S. intermodal rail traffic dropped 13.3% from the same period last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

September 16, 2015
Business, Logistics

The List: Transport Topics' Top 50 Global Freight Carriers

Here is a list of the Top 50 Global Freight Carriers, which ranks trucking, rail, air and ocean carriers by 2014 freight revenue.

September 16, 2015
Business, Logistics

Rail Trade Group Changes Name, Strategy

The Consumers United for Rail Equity trade group, which has been lobbying for changes in rail pricing and service for more than three decades, has been renamed the Freight Rail Customer Alliance in an effort to broaden its membership and focus.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
September 14, 2015
Business, Logistics

Schneider Adds US-Canada Intermodal Service

Schneider added intermodal service between the Southeast and Montreal over a more direct route.

September 14, 2015
Business, Government, Logistics, Autonomous

XPO to Purchase Con-way

XPO Logistics Inc. last week agreed to buy Con-way Inc. for $3 billion — the highest price ever paid for a U.S. trucking company — to broaden its service offerings and leap into the less-than-truckload market.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
September 14, 2015
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