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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

Battle Over Rail System Expected to Be Fierce, When Current Authorization Expires in 2013

In March, when the Senate passed its transportation reauthorization bill by a wide margin, the measure addressed the nation’s total surface transportation system.

July 23, 2012
Business, Logistics

Swift’s 2Q Profit Improves

Swift Transportation’s second-quarter profit rose on improved trucking pricing and expanded intermodal operations.

July 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Forward Air’s Second-Quarter Income Rises

Forward Air Corp.’s second-quarter net income rose to $14.2 million, or 48 cents a share, from $12 million, or 40 cents, a year ago.

July 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Hub Group’s Profit Rises on Stronger Logistics, Intermodal Operations

Hub Group Inc.’s second-quarter profit rose 18% as its intermodal and logistics operations improved.

July 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Existing Home Sales Drop in June

Existing home sales declined 5.4% in June, an eight month low, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.

July 19, 2012
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 2Q Earnings Rise 28%

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose 28% to $1 billion, or $2.10 a share, from $785 million, or $1.59, a year ago.

July 19, 2012
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Higher 2Q Income

CSX Corp.’s second-quarter earnings rose as growth in container-car shipments eased the effects of sliding coal volumes, Bloomberg reported.

July 18, 2012
Government, Business, Logistics

Kansas City Southern’s 2Q Profit Improves

Kansas City Southern’s second-quarter earnings rose to $120 million, or $1.09 a share, from $71 million, or 64 cents, a year ago.

July 17, 2012
Business, Logistics

Ingram Micro Agrees to Purchase BrightPoint

Technology distributor Ingram Micro Inc. said it has agreed to purchase BrightPoint Inc., a provider of logistics services to the wireless industry, for about $840 million, the companies announced in a joint statement July 2.

July 16, 2012
Business, Logistics

GE Capital Sells Last 27,000 U.S. Trailers from TIP Fleet to Trio of Companies

Investor Wood Creek Capital Management, along with Bowman Sales and Equipment Inc. and Milestone Trailer Leasing, last week bought 27,000 U.S.-based trailers from GE Capital, continuing the transformation of the highway leasing market.

July 16, 2012
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