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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
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On the Bubble

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Logistics News
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Declining Coal Use Pressures Railroads

Pressures facing American railroad companies have led Norfolk Southern Corp. to engage in an “ongoing drive to enhance operating efficiencies,” raising questions about the future of its Moraine, Ohio, rail yard.

Thomas Gnau | Springfield News-Sun (Ohio)
January 20, 2016
Business, Logistics

DHL Expands Shipping Presence in Memphis

DHL is moving into a new, larger center next to Memphis International Airport to serve Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, the international shipping company announced Jan. 18.

Thomas Bailey Jr. | The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal
January 19, 2016
Business, Logistics

CSX to Close Administrative Division in West Virginia

CSX will close administrative offices in Huntington, the company said Jan. 18.

Mike James | The (Ashland, Ky.) Daily Independent
January 19, 2016
Business, Logistics

Ceva Appoints Lorrain to Head New Ground Transportation Business

Ceva Logistics has appointed Jerome Lorrain chief operating officer of its newly created ground transportation business line, which will operate alongside its air, ocean and contract logistics services.

January 15, 2016
Business, Logistics

CSX to Build East Coast Intermodal Hub in North Carolina

Railroad behemoth CSX on Jan. 14 said it would make Johnston County, North Carolina, an East Coast hub for shipping and receiving cargo containers.

Drew Jackson | The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
January 14, 2016
Business, Logistics

CSX Fourth-Quarter Net Income Falls; Weaker 2016 Results Expected

CSX Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income fell 5% to $466 million, or 48 cents per share, and announced that this year’s earnings are expected to trail 2015.

January 13, 2016
Logistics

Norfolk Southern Consolidates as Coal Volume Drops

Norfolk Southern Corp. said it will consolidate two of its operating divisions and idle portions of a 253-mile line in Ohio and West Virginia to lower costs and boost efficiency in the face of declining traffic on its coal shipping network.

January 13, 2016
Business, Logistics

XPO Units Face New Worker Classification Suit

A California law firm has asked a state court to certify a class action suit against Pacer Cartage and two other XPO Logistics businesses, claiming that the carriers misclassified drivers as independent contractors in the latest such case in the nation’s largest state.

January 12, 2016
Business, Logistics

CSX Names Piacente to Lead Intermodal Unit

CSX Corp. named Dean Piacente as vice president of intermodal to replace William Clement, who has left the railroad, and also announced other management changes.

January 12, 2016
Business, Logistics

Transervice Announces Southern California Freight Management Business

Transervice Logistics Inc. has created Transervice Integrated Solutions, a freight-management business operating in Southern California, to provide brokerage services and to help companies fill backhauls.

January 12, 2016
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