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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.
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
Business, Logistics

Weekly Intermodal Traffic Slips 2.8%

U.S. intermodal traffic declined 2.8% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

March 2, 2012
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

Trimac Reports Stable Profits for 4Q, Year

Canadian bulk hauler Trimac Transportation reported little change in quarterly and annual profits, even though revenue improved for both the fourth quarter and the year.

March 1, 2012
Business, Logistics

Equity Firm Buys Sprint Logistics Unit

Aperion Management has teamed with the management of Sprint Logistics to acquire that company’s municipal solid waste transfer station management and transportation business.

March 1, 2012
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

TransForce Reports Higher 4Q Earnings

TransForce Inc.’s fourth-quarter net income rose to C$41.7 million, or 41 cents a share, from C$34.8 million, or 36 cents, a year earlier, the Montreal-based trucking and logistics company said Wednesday.

February 29, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Jumps to One-Year High

Consumer confidence climbed this month to the highest level in a year, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

February 28, 2012
Business, Logistics

Roadrunner Acquires Transportation Management Firm

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it has purchased Capital Transportation Logistics, a transportation management provider, for $6.25 million.

February 27, 2012
Business, Logistics

Radiant Buys ALBS Logistics

Third-party services provider Radiant Logistics said it has acquired New York counterpart ALBS Logistics. It’s the third acquisition made by Radiant in the past 10 months.

February 27, 2012
Perspective, Business, Logistics

Opinion: Congressman Lauds Don Schneider

As one of the nation’s most influential trucking executives, Don Schneider transformed the trucking business started by his father in 1935 into one of the largest truckload freight carriers in the United States.

February 27, 2012
Business, Logistics, Autonomous

Industry Leaders, Family, Friends Pay Tribute to Don Schneider During Memorial Service

Trucking industry leaders, company associates and family members paid tribute to Don Schneider, the former president and CEO of Schneider National Inc., in a memorial service attended by an estimated 700 people at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., on Feb. 15. Schneider died in January after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

February 27, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises

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

February 24, 2012
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