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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

ArcBest Corp. ($779 million), Fort Smith, Ark., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, custom brokerage, freight brokerage, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Trailer Orders Jump in June But Lag Last Year by 7.1%

Fleets ordered 15,386 new trailers in June from U.S. manufacturers, an 8.6% increase from a year ago and the second monthly gain in the past three, ACT Research reported.

July 29, 2013
Business, Logistics

Universal Truckload’s Profit Improves

Universal Truckload Services’ second-quarter operating income rose from a year ago.

July 26, 2013
Business, Logistics

Echo Global Logistics’ Profit Rises

Echo Global Logistics said its second-quarter profit rose from a year ago, and its revenue improved.

July 26, 2013
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises in July

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

July 26, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Volume Rises 2.8% for Week

Intermodal volume rose 2.8% for the week ended Saturday from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

July 26, 2013
Business, Logistics

Swift Reports Higher 2Q Net Income

Swift Transportation Co.’s second-quarter profit rose from a year ago on higher revenue at its truckload and intermodal operations.

July 25, 2013
Business, Safety, Logistics

Transport Canada Enacts Emergency Rail Safety Rules in Wake of Quebec Crash

Transport Canada announced emergency railway safety rules in the wake of a deadly freight train crash in Quebec earlier this month.

July 24, 2013
Business, Logistics

Canadian Railroads’ Earnings Improve

Canada’s two major freight railroads reported higher second-quarter earnings from a year ago on stronger rates and volume.

July 24, 2013
Business, Logistics

XPO Agrees to Buy 3PD for $365 Million, Its Eighth Acquisition in 18 Months

Rapidly growing XPO Logistics Inc. agreed to buy 3PD Inc., a third-party logistics company, for about $365 million in the most expensive publicly disclosed transport-sector transaction this year.

July 22, 2013
Business, Logistics

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

Hub Group Inc. reported higher second-quarter earnings on improved revenue at its intermodal and logistics units.

July 19, 2013
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