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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

Same-Day Couriers See Higher Revenue as Demand From Retail Sector Grows

Companies that provide same-day delivery service are seeing higher revenue, in part because of surging demand from retailers, a survey by the Messenger Courier Association of America found.

November 16, 2012
Business, Logistics

Descartes Systems Acquires Exentra Transport

Logistics software provider Descartes Systems Group said it has acquired U.K. transportation software company Exentra Transport Solutions Ltd. No terms were disclosed.

November 15, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Drops 6.2% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic dropped 6.2% last week over the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

November 9, 2012
Business, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises in November

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

November 9, 2012
Business, Logistics

Quality’s 3Q Income Rises

Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution said its third-quarter profit rose from a year ago on higher revenue.

November 7, 2012
Business, Logistics

Expeditors’ Third-Quarter Profit Declines

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said Tuesday its third-quarter profit declined from a year ago on a “convergence of industry challenges.”

November 6, 2012
Business, Logistics

3Q Intermodal Volume Rises 3.2%

Third-quarter intermodal traffic volume was 3.2% higher than a year ago, led by an 11.3% jump in domestic containers, the Intermodal Association of North America said.

November 6, 2012
Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Reports 3Q Loss

XPO Logistics reported a third-quarter loss of $3.1 million or 22 cents per share, compared with net income of $190,000 and a loss of $5.38, a year ago.

November 6, 2012
Business, Logistics

2012 TT Top 50 Logistics Companies: E-Commerce’s Steep Growth Drives Logistics Strategies

The rapid growth of e-commerce is forcing all kinds of businesses — from retailers and wholesale distributors to manufacturers and import-export companies — to change the way they distribute goods.

November 5, 2012
Business, Logistics

Study Predicts Far More New Logistics Jobs Than Qualified Workers Over Next 4 Years

U.S. companies are expected to create more than 1 million logistics-related jobs in the next four years, but educational institutions are currently turning out a small fraction of the trained workers that will be needed, a new study shows.

November 5, 2012
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