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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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53

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
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

Swift Opposes Advocating Heavier Trucks on U.S. Interstates, CEO Moyes Says

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Swift Transportation Inc. opposes the trucking industry’s lobbying efforts toward allowing heavier trucks on interstate highways in the United States, the company’s CEO told a gathering of Canadian trucking executives.

April 30, 2012
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

TransForce Earnings, Revenue Improve

Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its first-quarter profit improved, boosted by acquisitions.

April 27, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Reaches Highest in a Year

Consumer confidence rose in April to the highest level in a year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

April 27, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 6% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic climbed 6% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

April 27, 2012
Business, Logistics

Universal Truckload’s Profit Improves

Universal Truckload Services’ first-quarter net income rose to $3.6 million, or 23 cents a share, from $2.9 million, or 19 cents, a year ago.

April 27, 2012
Business, Logistics

Echo Global Logistics’ 1Q Income Rises

Echo Global Logistics said its first-quarter profit rose as revenue climbed to a record high.

April 27, 2012
Business, Logistics

Pacer Reports First-Quarter Loss

Pacer International said Thursday it posted a first-quarter loss after turning a profit in the same quarter a year ago.

April 26, 2012
Business, Logistics

Warehousing Operations Combined Under Lineage Logistics

Bay Grove Capital said it is combining the operations of five refrigerated warehousing companies acquired over the past three years under the name Lineage Logistics.

April 26, 2012
Business, Logistics

C.H. Robinson Reports Higher 1Q Profit

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported a first-quarter profit of $106.5 million, or 65 cents a share, up from $97 million, or 59 cents, a year earlier.

April 25, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Declines

Consumer confidence decreased this month, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

April 24, 2012
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