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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

Neovia Logistics ($835 million), Irving, Texas, provides order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Rail Intermodal Shipments Hit Record

U.S. rail intermodal traffic set a record last week of 12.4 million shipments in a year, surpassing the previous mark of 12.28 million set in 2006.

December 19, 2013
Business, Logistics

Schneider National Launches Intermodal Chassis Fleet

Schneider National Inc. said it is launching a new company owned and managed fleet of intermodal freight chassis.

December 17, 2013
Business, Logistics

Radiant Logistics Announces Stock Sale

Radiant Logistics Inc. announced the sale of $20 million worth of preferred stock, with the intent of paying off a balance owed for senior subordinated notes.

December 16, 2013
Business, Logistics

XPO to Buy Web-Based Freight Auction Site From Landstar System for $87 Mln. in Cash

XPO Logistics Inc. said it has agreed to purchase NLM, a Web-based freight auction site, from Landstar System Inc. for $87 million in cash.

December 16, 2013
Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government

Diesel Price Dips 0.4¢ to $3.879, Resumes Slide After Two Gains

U.S. diesel prices dipped 0.4 cent to a national average of $3.879 a gallon, ending two weeks of increases that were the fuel’s only upturns in the past three months, the Department of Energy reported Dec. 9.

December 16, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Volume Rises 9.4% for Week

Intermodal rail volume for the week ended Dec. 7 rose 9.4% from the same period last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

December 13, 2013
Business, Logistics

XPO Agrees to Buy Landstar Unit for $87 Million

XPO Logistics Inc. said Dec. 11 it has agreed to purchase NLM, a web-based expediter, from Landstar System for $87 million in cash.

December 11, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Highest on Record in November

The weekly average intermodal rail volume for November rose to the highest level on record, the Association of American Railroads reported.

December 6, 2013
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises to Five-Month High

Consumer confidence rose to the highest level in five months, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Dec. 6.

December 6, 2013
Business, Logistics

U.S. Trailer Orders Increase 5.7%; October Total Is Year’s Highest

Trailer orders climbed 5.7% in October to 24,910, the highest level so far in 2013, as fleets kept to their pattern of boosting acquisitions in the fall, ACT Research reported.

December 2, 2013
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