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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

Seko Logistics ($800 million), Itasca, Ill., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, custom brokerage, freight brokerage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Schneider, Pacer Sign New Rail Agreements

Schneider National and Pacer International have announced new intermodal agreements with rail carriers.

May 14, 2012
Editorial, Business, Logistics, Autonomous

Editorial: Life Is Good

There was some interesting advice offered by two of our industry’s best-known economists last week to fleet executives who were attending the National Tank Truck Carriers annual conference in San Francisco.

May 14, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Shipments Up 5.8% to 3.48 Million; Highest 1st-Quarter Total on Record, IANA Says

Accelerating domestic demand pushed up first-quarter rail/truck shipments by 5.8% to 3.48 million, setting a record for the first three months of any year, the Intermodal Association of North America reported.

May 14, 2012
Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Reports 1Q Loss, Buys Brokerage Firm

XPO Logistics reported a first-quarter loss and announced its first acquisition, saying it will buy brokerage firm Continental Freight Services for $3.4 million.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
May 11, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3% for Week

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

May 11, 2012
Business, Logistics

Caterpillar Selling Majority Stake in Logistics Unit

Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said it is selling a majority stake in its third-party logistics business to Platinum Equity for $750 million.

May 10, 2012
Business, Logistics

First-Quarter Intermodal Volume Gains 5.8% Year-Over-Year

Intermodal traffic volume rose 5.8% in the first quarter from a year ago, the Intermodal Association of North America said.

May 9, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 5.5% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 5.5% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

May 4, 2012
Business, Logistics

Expeditors’ First-Quarter Profit Declines

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said its first-quarter profit declined from a year ago as air freight volumes fell.

May 4, 2012
Business, Logistics, Equipment

Trailer Orders Surge Cools, but Manufacturers Stay Busy

New orders for trailers continued at a strong pace in March, despite dropping 30% from a year ago, ACT Research Co., Columbus, Ind., reported, adding that total orders for the first quarter were down just 1% from the strong performance in the first three months of 2011.

April 30, 2012
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