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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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Logistics News
Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government

Diesel Drops 2.2¢ to $2.246

Diesel fuel’s national average price fell 2.2 cents to $2.246 a gallon, the lowest in more than three and a half years, the Department of Energy said Monday.

February 3, 2009
Business, Logistics

Carrier Logistics Offers Fleets Web-Based Software Product

Carrier Logistics Inc., a software provider focused on less-than-truckload carriers and logistics companies, said that it rolled out a Web-based, pay-as-you-go version of its FACTS freight management software.

February 3, 2009
Business, Logistics

Vitran Opens Southern Calif. 3PL Facility

Vitran Logistics has opened a distribution center in Ontario, Calif., in order to serve Sam’s Club, the company said.

February 2, 2009
Government, Business, Logistics

Chicago Manufacturing Index Declines

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region contracted in January for a fourth straight month, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Wednesday.

January 30, 2009
Government, Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern’s 4Q Profit Improves

Norfolk Southern Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit rose 13% on higher shipping costs, though its intermodal business declined.

January 28, 2009
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

C.H. Robinson’s 4Q Income Rises

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide said its fourth-quarter profit rose to $88.9 million, or 52 cents a share, from $85.3 million, or 49 cents, a year ago.

January 27, 2009
Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government

Diesel Drops 2.8¢ to $2.268

Diesel fuel’s national average price fell 2.8 cents to $2.268 a gallon, the Energy Department said Monday.

January 27, 2009
Business, Government, Logistics

Canadian Railroads’ 4Q Earnings Decline

Canada’s two major freight railroads reported lower fourth-quarter earnings on lower freight demand.

January 27, 2009
Business, Logistics, Government

Existing Home Sales Rise in November

Existing homes sales increased 6.5% in November, while the median price of a home fell 15% from the same month last year, the biggest drop on record, the National Association of Realtors said Monday.

January 26, 2009
Business, Logistics, Government

Gas Gains 8¢ in Two Weeks to $1.86, Lundberg Says

Gasoline’s national average price rose 8 cents over the two weeks ended Friday to $1.86 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

January 26, 2009
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