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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

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3% last week from a year ago, led by an increase in container traffic, the Association of American Railroads said.

October 21, 2011
Business, Logistics

Radiant Logistics Reports Lower 4Q Earnings

Radiant Logistics, a third-party provider of airfreight and other services, said its fiscal fourth-quarter net income was $581,697, or 2 cents a share, down from $844,278, or 3 cents a share, a year earlier.

October 21, 2011
Business, Logistics, Equipment

Frozen Food Express Selling Dry Vans, Tractors to Celadon

Frozen Food Express Industries said it will sell more than 400 dry vans and almost 300 tractors to truckload carrier Celadon Trucking Services.

October 20, 2011
Business, Logistics

Swift Posts Third-Quarter Profit

Swift Transportation Co. reported a third-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago, as its trucking, intermodal and brokerage segments all improved.

October 20, 2011
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 3Q Income Rises 16%

Union Pacific Corp.’s third-quarter profit increased 16% from a year ago as higher prices offset slower growth in shipments and fuel costs.

October 20, 2011
Business, Logistics

3PL Survey Projects Continued Growth

Logistics executives believe their businesses will continue to grow, while pressures to find new product sourcing options and talented workers will increase, a new survey has found.

October 20, 2011
Business, Logistics

Kerry Logistics Wins Pact With Hugo Boss

Kerry Logistics Network has disclosed it has won a contract with Hugo Boss AG to manage distribution of the German fashion designer’s goods in China.

October 20, 2011
Business, Logistics

Forward Air’s 3Q Income Improves

Forward Air Corp. said late Wednesday its third-quarter net income rose to $12.9 million, or 44 cents per share, from $8.9 million, or 31 cents, a year ago.

October 19, 2011
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Higher Third-Quarter Profit

CSX Corp. said its third-quarter net income rose to $464 million, or 43 cents per share, from $414 million, or 36 cents, a year ago.

October 19, 2011
Business, Logistics, Equipment

Tank Trailer Demand Booming, Spurred by Oil and Gas Drilling

A surge in tank truck business, spurred by oil and shale gas drilling, is fueling an “incredibly hot” market for tank trailers to haul crude oil, sand and related products, industry officials said.

October 17, 2011
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