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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
Business, Logistics

USA Truck Plans to Install SkyBitz Trailer-Tracking Feature

Truckload carrier USA Truck said it will fit almost all of its trailers with a new tracking system.

January 24, 2011
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 4Q Profit Jumps 41%

Union Pacific Corp.’s fourth-quarter profit 41% on higher volume, the railroad said Thursday.

January 20, 2011
Business, Logistics

2010 Rail Freight Volumes Grow at Fastest Pace in 50 Years

North American rail freight volumes, led by intermodal, climbed out of the recession at a brisk pace in 2010, posting an  11% year-over-year growth rate that was the fastest pace in at least 50 years.

January 17, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 8.6% for Week

Intermodal traffic rose 8.6% in the week ended Saturday compared with the first week of 2010, the Association of American Railroads reported.

January 14, 2011
Business, Logistics

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Acquires Optimodal Inc. to Add Intermodal Option

Third-party logistics provider Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. said Jan. 11 it has acquired Optimodal Inc. to expand intermodal service options in North America for containerized chemicals shipments.

January 13, 2011
Business, Fuel, Government, Logistics

LTL Southeastern Freight Lines Opens Logistics Solutions Division

Less-than-truckload carrier Southeastern Freight Lines, Lexington, S.C., opened a new logistics division Jan. 4 to provide shippers with services in dry van, refrigerated and flatbed truckload, expedited delivery, intermodal drayage, brokerage, air freight and distribution.

January 10, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises for Week, Year

Intermodal traffic rose 11.9% for the last week of 2010 compared with the same week a year earlier, the Association of American Railroads said.

January 7, 2011
Business, Logistics

IANA Elects New Chairman, Board

Steven Rubin, president of TRAC Intermodal, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the Intermodal Association of North America.

January 6, 2011
Business, Logistics

Trailer Orders Soar in November to Two-Year High, ACT Reports

Fueled by growth in dry vans, net trailer orders in the United States reached a two-year high in November of 21,314 units, ACT Research reported.

January 3, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Jumps for Holiday Week

Intermodal traffic jumped 25.1% last week compared with the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.

December 30, 2010
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