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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

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, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Falls to Four-Month Low

Consumer confidence fell to a four-month low in May, the New York-based Conference Board said.

May 30, 2012
Business, Logistics

FedEx to Acquire Brazilian Logistics Company

FedEx Corp. said it has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian transportation and logistics company Rapidão Cometa Logística e Transportes S.A. to boost its Latin American business.

May 29, 2012
Business, Logistics

April Trailer Orders Rise 12% After 3 Straight Monthly Drops

Trailer orders staged a comeback last month after three straight monthly declines, climbing 12% above both the year-earlier month and March, as fleets stepped up the pace of replacing older equipment, ACT Research reported.

May 28, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3.1% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3.1% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

May 25, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Reaches Highest Since 2007

Consumer confidence rose in May to the highest level in nearly five years, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

May 25, 2012
Business, Logistics

Strike Halts CP Rail Freight in Canada

Canadian Pacific Railway suspended its freight service across Canada after engineers, conductors and other workers went on strike, the Canadian Press reported Wednesday.

May 23, 2012
Business, Logistics

LTL Carriers Hope Conference Committee Will Revive Pup-Trailer Expansion Plan

A House-Senate conference committee working to draft a compromise long-term highway bill may resurrect a proposal to allow longer tandem pup trailers that had been considered dead after the House bill that included it was dropped.

May 21, 2012
Business, Logistics

Caterpillar Sells Majority Interest in 3PL to Private Equity Firm for $750 Million

Caterpillar Inc. has agreed to sell a majority interest in its third-party logistics business to privately held Platinum Equity for about $750 million, while retaining its in-house international network to support its dealers and customers.

May 21, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3.1% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

May 18, 2012
Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Moves HQ to Connecticut

XPO Logistics Inc. said Tuesday it moved its corporate headquarters to Greenwich, Conn., from Buchanan, Mich.

May 16, 2012
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