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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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On the Bubble

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Logistics News
Business, Government, Logistics

Port’s Clean Trucks Program Cuts Emissions

Officials at the Port of Los Angeles are crediting their clean trucks program for significantly lowering diesel emissions in 2009.

June 14, 2010
Government, Business, Logistics

Port of L.A. Cites Clean Truck Program for Reduced Emissions

Officials at the Port of Los Angeles are crediting their clean trucks program, which resulted in significant turn-over of older trucks to newer and cleaner trucks, for significantly lowering port-wide diesel emissions in 2009.

June 8, 2010
Business, Logistics

April Trailer Orders Rise 3%; Backlog Hits 20-Month High

April trailer orders rose 3% from 2009 levels, and the backlog at trailer factories working to fill those orders rose to its highest level in 20 months as demand for equipment continued to exceed build rates, ACT Research Co. reported.

June 7, 2010
Business, Logistics

Pacer Appoints New Intermodal Exec.

Logistics firm Pacer International has appointed Val Noel to oversee its intermodal operations temporarily after one of the company’s executives leaves in July.

June 4, 2010
Business, Logistics

Trailer Manufacturers Group Names New President

The Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association named Jeff Sims to succeed Richard Bowling as the group’s president, effective July 1.

June 4, 2010
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises for Week

Intermodal rail traffic rose last week to its highest level since November 2008, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.

June 4, 2010
Business, Logistics

Opinion: Canadian Governments Embrace P3s

Infrastructure projects boost productivity and economic activity when countries need it most. Canadian governments have been increasingly comfortable executing new investments that merge private enterprise with the public sector.

June 2, 2010
Business, Logistics

James Hertwig Named CEO of Florida East Coast Railway

Florida East Coast Railway said that longtime trucking and transportation executive James Hertwig will become its chief executive officer, effective July 1.

June 1, 2010
Business, Fuel, Government, Logistics

Expeditors Sees Air, Ocean Tonnage Increase

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said airfreight tonnage has risen 40% in the first three months of 2010 compared to last year, the Associated Press reported.

May 28, 2010
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Rises in May

U.S. consumer confidence increased this month, according to the latest Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

May 28, 2010
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