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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.
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On the Bubble

Arrive Logistics ($815 million), Austin, Texas, provides freight brokerage.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Teamsters, TMI Report Progress at Freight Talks

Teamsters union  leaders and representatives of Trucking Management Inc. said that National Master Freight Agreement talks were going well, two days after both sides exchanged contract proposals in Washington.

November 30, 2007
Business, Logistics, Fuel, Government

Diesel Rises 3.4¢ to $3.444; Sets Another Record

The national average price of diesel rose 3.4 cents to a new all time record of $3.444 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.

November 27, 2007
Business, Safety, Logistics, Government

CTA Asks for Standard Anti-Rollover Technology

The Canadian Trucking Alliance said it is asking all the major North American heavy truck manufacturers to make anti-rollover technology standard equipment in their new vehicle packages.

November 26, 2007
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

TransForce to Acquire Thibodeau Group

Canadian transportation firm TransForce Income Fund said it will acquire Thibodeau Group of Companies, a less-than-truckload and truckload carrier based in Quebec.

November 26, 2007
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

NITL President Ficker Resigns

John Ficker, president of the National Industrial Transportation League, will step down at the end of November, NITL said Monday.

November 19, 2007
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics, Equipment

Fenway Partners Acquires Consolidated Fastfrate

Private Equity firm Fenway Partners, New York, N.Y., said Monday it acquired Canadian transportation firm Consolidated Fastfrate.

November 19, 2007
Business, Logistics

UP to Increase Dividend

Union Pacific, the largest U.S. freight railroad, announced it is increasing the quarterly dividend it pays to investors.

November 15, 2007
Business, Logistics

Hub Group Announces $75 Million Stock Buyback

Logistics firm Hub Group, Downer’s Grove, Ill., said Thursday it has authorized a $75 million stock buyback.

November 15, 2007
Business, Logistics

AirIQ Posts 3Q Loss

Canadian technology firm AirIq Inc., which provides wireless location services to the trucking industry, said it lost C$3.4 million, or 2 Canadian cents per share, in the third quarter, compared with a loss of C$1.2 million, or 1 Canadian cent, a year earlier.

November 13, 2007
Business, Logistics

US 1 Industries’ Income Rises

Logistics firm US 1 Industries’ third-quarter income rose to $789,060 or 6 cents a share, from $706,327 or 6 cents a year ago.

November 13, 2007
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