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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

Redwood Logistics ($804 million), Chicago, provides custom brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Frozen Food Express Swings to 2Q Profit

Frozen Food Express Industries reported a second-quarter profit, turning around a loss from a year ago, as its brokerage and logistics results improved.

July 25, 2012
Business, Logistics

C.H. Robinson Reports Higher 2Q Profit

C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported higher a second-quarter profit, led by improved performance in its logistics operations.

July 25, 2012
Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern’s 2Q Profit Drops

Norfolk Southern Corp. said its second-quarter profit dropped 6%, but income from railway operations rose 7% to $934 million.

July 25, 2012
Business, Logistics

Battle Over Rail System Expected to Be Fierce, When Current Authorization Expires in 2013

In March, when the Senate passed its transportation reauthorization bill by a wide margin, the measure addressed the nation’s total surface transportation system.

July 23, 2012
Business, Logistics

Swift’s 2Q Profit Improves

Swift Transportation’s second-quarter profit rose on improved trucking pricing and expanded intermodal operations.

July 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Forward Air’s Second-Quarter Income Rises

Forward Air Corp.’s second-quarter net income rose to $14.2 million, or 48 cents a share, from $12 million, or 40 cents, a year ago.

July 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Hub Group’s Profit Rises on Stronger Logistics, Intermodal Operations

Hub Group Inc.’s second-quarter profit rose 18% as its intermodal and logistics operations improved.

July 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Existing Home Sales Drop in June

Existing home sales declined 5.4% in June, an eight month low, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.

July 19, 2012
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 2Q Earnings Rise 28%

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose 28% to $1 billion, or $2.10 a share, from $785 million, or $1.59, a year ago.

July 19, 2012
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Higher 2Q Income

CSX Corp.’s second-quarter earnings rose as growth in container-car shipments eased the effects of sliding coal volumes, Bloomberg reported.

July 18, 2012
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