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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
Business, Logistics

Meritor Axles Named Standard Equipment on Wabash Trailers

Component maker Meritor Inc. said Wednesday that Wabash National has selected Meritor trailer axles to be standard equipment on all Wabash trailers.

October 17, 2012
Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern Opens Alabama Intermodal Terminal

Norfolk Southern said it has opened a new intermodal facility in McCalla, Ala., to serve as part of an intermodal freight rail route between the Gulf Coast and the Northeast.

October 17, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises in October

Consumer confidence rose in October, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

October 12, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Gains 3.8% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3.8% last week over the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

October 12, 2012
Business, Logistics

So. California Intermodal Yard Advances After Port of L.A. Clears BNSF Project

BNSF Railway’s intermodal container project in Southern California took a step forward late last month, when a revised environmental impact statement was issued that supports construction of the $500 million project.

October 11, 2012
Business, Logistics

Shippers Adjust Capacity as Global Trade Slows

ATLANTA — A slowdown in global trade is forcing shippers and carriers to make adjustments in inventory and freight hauling capacity, transportation and supply chain experts said at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals annual conference here last week.

October 8, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Gains 2.5% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 2.5% last week over the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

October 5, 2012
Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Raises Funds, Says Results to Lag Forecasts

XPO Logistics, which recently completed $125 million in additional financing, said that its third-quarter results will not match analysts’ expectations.

October 4, 2012
Business, Logistics

Universal Buys Logistics Firm for $335 Million

Universal Truckload Services said it has completed the purchase of third-party logistics firm LINC Logistics for $335 million.

October 3, 2012
Business, Logistics

C.H. Robinson Sets New Chemical Logistics Unit

C.H. Robinson Worldwide said Monday it has formed a new ChemSolutions division to provide logistics services to chemical manufacturing and distribution customers.

October 1, 2012
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