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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

Swift Reports Higher 1Q Profit

Swift Transportation Co. said its first-quarter net income rose to $23.4 million, or 17 cents per share, from $6.2 million, or 4 cents, a year ago.

April 23, 2013
Business, Logistics

Forward Air’s First-Quarter Income Rises

Forward Air Corp. said its first-quarter net income rose from a year ago, and that its revenue also improved.

April 19, 2013
Business, Logistics

TransForce Reports Lower 1Q Profit

Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its first-quarter net income dropped, on persistent softness in the economy.

April 19, 2013
Business, Logistics

Kansas City Southern’s 1Q Income Rises

Kansas City Southern’s first-quarter income rose to $104.2 million, or 94 cents a share, from $75.3 million, or 68 cents, a year ago.

April 19, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3.3% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 3.3% to 241,987 units last week, over the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

April 19, 2013
Business, Logistics

Hub Group Reports Record 1Q Earnings

Hub Group Inc. late Thursday reported record first-quarter earnings on higher revenue at its intermodal, logistics and truck brokerage units.

April 18, 2013
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 1Q Profit Rises 11%

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 11%, as higher prices drove freight revenue up.

April 18, 2013
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Higher 1Q Profit

Eastern freight railroad CSX Corp. reported higher first-quarter profit from a year ago.

April 17, 2013
Business, Logistics

Wheels Group’s 4Q Income Rises

Canadian logistics company Wheels Group said its fourth-quarter earnings before interest and taxes rose during a shortened reporting period.

April 15, 2013
Business, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Falls to Nine-Month Low

Consumer confidence fell in April to a nine-month low, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index.

April 12, 2013
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