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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

Intermodal Group Continues Making Plans for Motor Carrier-Based Chassis Pool

Efforts to create a motor carrier-based pool to provide intermodal chassis are continuing, though American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference said it has not yet decided how to accomplish that goal.

September 10, 2012
Business, Logistics

Descartes Systems’ Fiscal 2Q Profit Dips

Trucking and logistics management provider Descartes Systems Group’s second-quarter net income fell from a year ago.

September 7, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rose 6.5% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 6.5% last week over the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

September 7, 2012
Business, Logistics

3PL Wheels Group to Buy Broker, Forwarder MSM

Third-party logistics provider Wheels Group Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire freight broker and forwarder MSM Group of Cos. for $18.8 million in cash and stock.

September 7, 2012
Business, Logistics

Jones Motor Group Forms New Division

Jones Motor Group has formed a new division in its logistics company that will act independently to expand multimodal and brokerage operations.

September 5, 2012
Business, Logistics

July Trailer Orders Rise 0.2% as Fleets Remain Cautious

Orders for new trailers rose a slight 0.2% in July from a year earlier to 13,339, ACT Research reported.

September 3, 2012
Business, Logistics

Stalled Talks at East, Gulf Ports Threaten Fall Freight Season

Shippers and truckers are urging officials of the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance to restart contract discussions so that the just-beginning fall freight shipping season won’t be disrupted.

September 3, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Up 5.2% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic was up 5.2% last week over a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

August 31, 2012
Business, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Declines in August

Consumer confidence fell in August by the most in 10 months, the New York-based Confidence Board said Tuesday.

August 28, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3.6% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3.6% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

August 24, 2012
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