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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
Business, Logistics, Equipment

Bill Would Ban Double-Decker Trailers for Interstate Transportation of Horses

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate last week would make illegal the interstate transportation of horses in double-decker trailers.

August 12, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises for Week, Posts Record Weekly Average in July

U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 4.8% for the week ended Saturday from the same week a year ago and posted the highest weekly average for any July on record, the Association of American Railroads said.

August 9, 2013
Business, Logistics

Swift Buys Central Refrigerated

Swift Transportation Co. said it has acquired privately held carrier Central Refrigerated for $225 million.

August 7, 2013
Business, Logistics

EZE Buys Houston Heavy-Haul Trucking Company

EZE Trucking, Rialto, Calif., said it has acquired Rig Runners Inc., a Houston-based heavy-haul trucking and logistics company.

August 7, 2013
Business, Logistics

C.H. Robinson’s Second-Quarter Profit Slips

C.H. Robinson Worldwide said its second-quarter net income fell slightly from a year ago, but revenue improved.

August 7, 2013
Business, Logistics

2Q Intermodal Volume Rises 2.4%, IANA Reports

Intermodal container volume rose 2.4% to 3.8 million units in the second quarter from a year ago, the Intermodal Association of North America said.

August 7, 2013
Business, Logistics

Expeditors’ 2Q Profit Improves

Expeditors International of Washington said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose 10% from a year ago on increased airfreight services revenue.

August 6, 2013
Government, Business, Logistics

Bill Would Allow Rail-Safety Technology Deadline Extension

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has introduced legislation that would extend until 2020 a federal statutory deadline that freight railroads install collision-avoidance technology.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 6, 2013
Business, Logistics

Penske Wins Contract to Manage Kroger’s Indiana Distribution Center

Penske Logistics said it won a contract to manage Kroger’s 600,000 square foot refrigerated food distribution center in West Shelbyville, Ind.

August 2, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 2.4% for Week

Intermodal volume rose 2.4% for the week ended July 27, from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

August 2, 2013
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