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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

Neovia Logistics ($835 million), Irving, Texas, provides order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics, Government

Diesel Tops $3 After Fourth Straight Increase

The national average price of retail diesel cracked $3 for the first time in nearly 13 months with a 6.8-cent-a-gallon price hike last week, the fourth straight weekly increase.

October 1, 2007
Business, Logistics, Government

Chicago Manufacturing Index Gains

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region rose in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Friday.

September 28, 2007
Business, Logistics

CN Buys Midwest Rail Line

Canadian National Railway Co. has agreed to buy most of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. from U.S. Steel Corp. for $300 million to add capacity and bypass Chicago-area congestion, Bloomberg reported.

September 27, 2007
Business, Logistics

GM, UAW Reach Accord to End Strike

The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. reached a tentative contract early Wednesday to end the union’s two-day national strike, the Associated Press reported.

September 26, 2007
Business, Logistics

Existing Home Sales Drop to 5-Year Low

Existing homes sales fell in August to a five-year low, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

September 25, 2007
Business, Logistics

GM Talks Resume; Two Canadian Plants Close

A United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Corp. lasting longer than a week or two could cost GM billions, and two Canadian plants have been idled as a result of the strike, news services reported Tuesday.

September 25, 2007
Business, Government, Logistics

SoCal Ports to Mandate TruckTag Use

PierPass Inc., which operates the off-peak program at Southern California ports, said the container terminals at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will require trucks to be equipped with TruckTags in order to gain access to the terminals, starting Dec. 1.

September 24, 2007
Business, Logistics

Dynamex Reports Higher 4Q Earnings

Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. said late Wednesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose to $4.1 million or 38 cents a share, from $3.3 million or 31 cents a year earlier.

September 20, 2007
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

Sleep Apnea Program Cuts Costs for Health Care, Schneider Says

Truckload carrier Schneider National said a sleep apnea screening and treatment program managed by an outside vendor has improved safety and driver productivity while lowering health-care costs.

September 19, 2007
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Report Cites Congestion Problems Nationwide

Drivers waste nearly an entire work week each year sitting in traffic on the way to and from their jobs, according to a national study released Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.

September 18, 2007
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