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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

Kuehne + Nagel to Acquire J. Martens Holding

Swiss logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel said Monday that it will buy J. Martens Holding AS, a Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry, Reuters reported.

March 11, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

Diesel Falls 4.2¢ to $2.045

Diesel fuel fell another 4.2 cents Monday, dropping to a four-year low national average price of $2.045, the Department of Energy said Monday.

March 9, 2009
Business, Logistics, Government

Gas Increase Slows, Rising 1.8¢ in Two Weeks

Gasoline’s national average price rose 1.8 cents over the two weeks ended Friday, to an average $1.96 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

March 9, 2009
Business, Logistics

‘Parade’ Highlights Roads as National Issue

Parade Magazine, which is distributed in Sunday newspapers around the country, highlighted plans to rebuild and repair U.S. roads and bridges in a cover story Sunday, and talked to truckers about some of the dangerous road conditions they face.

March 9, 2009
Business, Logistics

‘Parade’ Highlights Roads as National Issue

Parade Magazine, which is distributed in Sunday newspapers around the country, highlighted plans to rebuild and repair U.S. roads and bridges in a cover story Sunday, and talked to truckers about some of the dangerous road conditions they face.

March 9, 2009
Government, Business, Logistics

Dynamex Reports Lower 2Q Income

Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc.’s fiscal second-quarter profit fell to $2.3 million, or 24 cents a share, from $3.4 million, or 33 cents, a year ago.

March 5, 2009
Fuel, Business, Logistics

Diesel Drops to 4-Year Low; Gas Resumes Rise

Diesel fuel fell to a four-year low, dropping 4.3 cents to a national average of $2.087 a gallon, the Energy Department said.

March 3, 2009
Business, Logistics

Estes Launches Mexican Logistics Subsidiary

Estes Express Lines said Tuesday that it has launched a Mexican third-party logistics subsidiary, Estes Logistica.

March 3, 2009
Business, Safety, Technology, Government, Logistics

Medallion Logistics Is Created to Offer Trucking, Brokerage

Gary Weilheimer and Tom Tranovich, who have more than 40 years combined transportation experience, said they are opening linked non-asset-based businesses to serve the logistics industry.

March 3, 2009
Business, Logistics, Government

FedEx’s Smith Calls for More Development of Electric Vehicles in Regional Shipments

WASHINGTON — Passenger cars and even some trucks moving short distances in the United States need to switch to electric battery power from gasoline or diesel, FedEx Corp. founder Frederick Smith told the National Press Club here Feb. 23.

March 2, 2009
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