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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
Perspective, Business, Logistics

Opinion: Standard Forms Are Risky Business

As transportation and logistics businesses expand their services and customer bases in the rapidly evolving third-party logistics environment, many firms unknowingly expose themselves to legal risks by using a single, standard form of terms and conditions for all customer arrangements.

February 11, 2013
Business, Logistics

El Paso, Juarez Plan Elevated Rail Shuttle to Move Trailers, Containers Cross-Border

Officials in El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, said they are proceeding with an elevated, electric rail shuttle to move truck trailers and intermodal freight containers across the border that separates the two cities.

February 11, 2013
Business, Logistics

Echo Global Logistics’ 4Q Operating Income Rises

Echo Global Logistics said its fourth-quarter operating income rose, and its revenue increased by almost 30% from the same quarter a year earlier.

February 8, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 7.2% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 7.2% last week over the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

February 8, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Container Volume Rose to Record Last Year, IANA Says

Intermodal container volume for 2012 rose 5.9% to an all-time high of 13.1 million units, the Intermodal Association of North America said Thursday.

February 7, 2013
Business, Logistics

Wabash National’s 4Q Income Improves

Trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp’s fourth-quarter income improved from a year ago, and its operating profit tripled.

February 6, 2013
Business, Logistics

2012 Is U.S. Trailer Makers’ Best Year Since ’06

U.S. trailer makers took in more orders for new equipment in 2012 than in any other year since 2006, and said they have a strong enough backlog to keep busy through the middle of this year, even as the economy has cooled.

February 4, 2013
Business, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises in January

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

February 1, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 1.6% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 1.6% last week over the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

February 1, 2013
Business, Logistics

Hub Group’s 4Q Profit Rises

Hub Group Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit rose 11% as its intermodal and truck brokerage operations improved.

January 30, 2013
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