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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

Police Weigh Criminal Charges in Quebec Rail Crash

Canadian authorities are investigating potential criminal acts or negligence following Saturday’s crash of runaway railcars loaded with crude oil that exploded in a Quebec town, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.

July 10, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Reaches All-Time Monthly Record in June

U.S. intermodal traffic set a new record for average weekly volume in June, the Association of American Railroads said Tuesday.

July 10, 2013
Business, Logistics

APL Logistics Launches Warehouse Management System for Wal-Mart in Mexico

APL Logistics said it has launched a warehouse management system for Wal-Mart in Mexico to enable same-day order fulfillment and next-day delivery for online sales.

July 10, 2013
Business, Logistics

Derailment of Freight Train Carrying Crude Oil Causes Huge Explosion in Quebec

Rescuers continued searching Monday for about 40 people missing after a huge weekend freight train crash in Quebec in which at least five railcars loaded with crude oil exploded after becoming untethered, the Associated Press reported.

July 8, 2013
Business, Logistics

May Trailer Orders Decline 1%

U.S. orders for new trailers dipped by 1% in May to 14,428 units, the fifth decline in seven months, according to ACT Research Co.

July 8, 2013
Business, Logistics

Weekly Intermodal Traffic Slips 1.5%

Weekly intermodal volume declined by 1.5% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago but rose 3.6% for the first half of the year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

July 3, 2013
Business, Logistics

Kool Pak Creates Logistics Subsidiary

Temperature-controlled, less-than-truckload carrier Kool Pak said it has created a logistics subsidiary.

July 3, 2013
Business, Logistics

Weekly Intermodal Traffic Rises 2.7%

Weekly intermodal volume increased by 2.7% to 252,807 units for the week ended Saturday from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.

June 28, 2013
Business, Logistics

May Trailer Orders Slip 1%

New trailer orders for May slipped 1% from a year ago to 15,660 units, according to ACT Research.

June 26, 2013
Business, Logistics

Cheetah Partners with Samsung for Increased Device Integration

Logistics software company, Cheetah Software Systems Inc. said it has partnered with Samsung so its logistics software can be more integrated with the cell phone manufacturers devices.

June 26, 2013
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