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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.
53

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, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises Again

Consumer confidence rose in January to the highest level in almost a year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

January 27, 2012
Business, Logistics

Weekly Intermodal Traffic Rises 3%

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

January 27, 2012
Business, Logistics

UPS to Lay Off 400 at Logistics Center

UPS has told more than 400 workers at a northern Kentucky logistics facility that they will be laid off in March, the Associated Press reported.

January 26, 2012
Business, Logistics

Radiant Logistics Trading on American Stock Exchange

Radiant Logistics announced that its shares have begun trading on the American Stock Exchange.

January 26, 2012
Business, Logistics

Coyote Logistics Creates 400 New Jobs in Chicago

Coyote Logistics said it plans to add 400 new jobs in the Chicago area.

January 26, 2012
Business, Logistics

Langham Wins Extension of Airport Job

Indianapolis International Airport has awarded another multiyear contract to Langham Airport Logistics for logistics support services.

January 26, 2012
Business, Logistics

Delhaize to Close Warehouse, Food Lion Stores

Delhaize Group SA, parent of Food Lion and Bloom supermarkets, said it would close its distribution center in Clinton, Tenn.

January 26, 2012
Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern Reports Record Earnings

Norfolk Southern Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit rose 19%, on higher traffic and rates.

January 25, 2012
Business, Logistics

Swift Swings to Profit for 4Q, Year

Swift Transportation Co. Wednesday said its fourth-quarter profit was $36.8 million, or 26 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $48.3 million, or 66 cents, a year ago.

January 25, 2012
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Higher 4Q Profit

CSX Corp.’s fourth-quarter profit rose 6% as higher rates offset a decline in volume, the freight railroad said.

January 24, 2012
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