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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.
55

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, Logistics

Canadian National Opens Wisconsin Intermodal Terminal

Canadian National Railway said it has opened a new intermodal facility in Chippewa Falls, Wis., to serve the upper Midwest, including the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. area.

February 16, 2012
Business, Logistics

TransCore’s Canadian Link Logistics Upgrades Database

TransCore Link Logistics on Wednesday announced it has expanded its database of loads and equipment posted throughout North America by integrating live data from multiple load board sources.

February 15, 2012
Business, Logistics

Weekly Intermodal Traffic Soars 16.8%

U.S. intermodal traffic jumped 16.8% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

February 10, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Drops

Consumer confidence declined this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

February 10, 2012
Business, Logistics

Pacer Swings to Fourth-Quarter Profit

Pacer International on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter profit, turning around a loss in the same quarter a year ago.

February 9, 2012
Business, Logistics

RedStone Logistics Acquires Headhaul.com

Third-party logistics firm RedStone Logistics said it has acquired Headhaul.com, a logistics services company. Terms were not disclosed.

February 9, 2012
Business, Logistics

Collaboration, Leaner Supply Chains, Data Visibility Among Logistics Trends

WASHINGTON — Leaner supply chains, more data visibility and collaborations between direct competitors are among the trends taking hold in the transportation industry, logistics executives and researchers said.

February 8, 2012
Business, Logistics

XTRA Lease to Add 9,400 Trailers, Rebuild 1,000 More

XTRA Lease said it plans to buy about 9,400 new dry van and refrigerated trailers this year and refurbish another 1,000 flatbed trailers to extend their service life.

February 7, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Volume Rises for Quarter, Year

Intermodal traffic volume rose 4.1% in the fourth quarter, the eighth straight quarter of year-over-year gains, the Intermodal Association of North America said.

February 6, 2012
Business, Logistics, Equipment

Trailer Makers Expect Another Banner Year, Cast a Wary Eye on Component Inventories

Trailer manufacturers may be facing an embarrassment of riches: too much business.

February 6, 2012
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