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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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51

On the Bubble

Neovia Logistics ($835 million), Irving, Texas, provides order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Rails Coax Brokers, Shippers to Fill Trains Via Intermodal

SAN ANTONIO — Transportation brokers have an underused opportunity to move freight via intermodal shipping, but those rail shipments can require special attention, several industry experts said.

April 5, 2012
Business, Logistics

3PL Leading Edge Acquires C&F Logistics

Third-party logistics company Leading Edge Logistics announced its acquisition of C&F Logistics. Terms were not disclosed.

April 5, 2012
Business, Logistics

XPO Opens Operations Office in North Carolina

XPO Logistics said it has opened its new North American operations center in Charlotte, N.C.

April 5, 2012
Business, Logistics

Tornado Damages Schneider Terminal Near Dallas

A tornado that touched down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Tuesday caused extensive damage to equipment at a Schneider National terminal, the company said.

April 4, 2012
Business, Logistics

Great Dane Opens Trailer Manufacturing Plant in Georgia

STATESBORO, Ga. — Great Dane Trailers officially opened a new plant here this week to produce refrigerated trailers, the ninth production facility for the company.

April 3, 2012
Business, Safety, Government, Fuel, Logistics, Autonomous

Quality Distribution Buys Energy Logistics Firm

Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution said late Monday that it has purchased Trojan Vacuum Services, a transportation provider for the oil and gas industry in the Eagle Ford shale region in Texas.

April 3, 2012
Business, Logistics

Rail Logistics Partners with Interstate Distributor for Drayage Service

Rail Logistics and Interstate Distributor Co. on Tuesday announced a new partnership for drayage service at the Port of Quincy intermodal terminal in Washington state.

April 3, 2012
Business, Logistics

TIA Pushes Broad Offensive to Lower Brokers’ Liability

SAN ANTONIO — The Transportation Intermediaries Association has launched a broad offensive to reduce brokers’ liability in accident cases by using judicial, legislative and regulatory approaches.

April 2, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises to One-Year High

Consumer confidence rose in March, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

March 30, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 4.2% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 4.2% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

March 30, 2012
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