2024 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
Up Front

The e-commerce, warehousing and supply chain giant debuts at the very top of the 2024 Top 100 Logistics Companies list

3PLs navigate tough business conditions and compressed margins while awaiting a freight market rebound

Find out where the Top 100 Logistics companies are located by region; click links to view details about each company

Rankings
Rank Company Total Refrigerated Storage (Millions of Cu. Ft.) No. of Warehouses
1 Lineage Logistics 2,800.0 450
2 Americold Logistics 1,258.0 245
3 Penske Logistics 46.9 18
4 RLS Logistics 28.0 9
5 ODW Logistics 9.3 2
6 Kenco Group 6.8 52
7 Peoples Services 2.5 3
8 Nu-Way Transportation 1.1 1
9 Best Logistics Group 1.0
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Many logistics firms saw soft demand as market contraction negatively affected businesses in 2023

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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Railroad Profit Rebound Plays Catch-Up to Yearlong Stock Surge

With U.S. railroads forecast to report their first earnings growth since 2015, a stock rally that began in anticipation of the profit rebound is looking overdone.

January 17, 2017
Perspective, Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous, Fuel

Opinion: Appreciate Truck Drivers Every Day of the Year

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week was Sept. 11–17 last year here in America. It is recognized as a time to honor and acknowledge the nation’s truck drivers for their dedication and hard work and for putting up with extraordinarily challenging working conditions throughout the year.

January 16, 2017
Editorial, Business, Safety, Government, Logistics, Autonomous

Editorial: Salute 20 Ambassadors of Trucking

Please take a moment to note and appreciate something that doesn’t happen nearly often enough. Twenty of our fellow citizens are being lauded with national attention for devotion to their industry, working hard and carefully on a consistent basis over time, in a way that helps to make for a smoothly running society.

January 16, 2017
Business, Logistics

XPO Lands Cummins Logistics Contract

XPO Logistics has won a contract to manage the primary parts distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, for diversified manufacturer Cummins Inc., XPO said Jan. 11.

January 12, 2017
Special Coverage, Business, Logistics

Transportation for Urban Eating: High Demand, High Levels of Difficulty

WASHINGTON — Modern urban life presents special challenges for food transportation and distribution, including constant replenishment of stock to recipients who are often in challenging delivery locations.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
January 12, 2017
Business, Logistics

Port of Seattle May Block Sale of Bankrupt Hanjin's Waterfront Operation

The Port of Seattle is objecting to the sale of the operations center at Terminal 46, where bankrupt South Korean shipping company Hanjin is trying to unload its business to one of the world’s largest cargo firms.

Mike Rosenberg | The Seattle Times
January 10, 2017
Business, Logistics

Illinois Town Fights Proposed Intermodal Terminal

In Illinois, Crete Township residents tried to convince Will County officials not to support an overpass, fearing it would pave the way for a proposed intermodal facility that they oppose.

Susan DeMar Lafferty | The Daily Southtown (Tinley Park, Ill.)
January 9, 2017
Editorial, Business, Safety, Government, Fuel, Logistics

Editorial: Welcome to TRB

Twelve thousand people from around the world are so devoted to transportation, in all of its many forms, that they are traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to participate in the 96th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

January 9, 2017
Business, Safety, Government, Autonomous, Logistics, Technology, Equipment

Nonbank Lending Rises in Late 2016; Truckers Struggle for Traditional Loans

Nontraditional bank lending to trucking companies picked up moderately in the second half of 2016 as fleets sought to survive during a sluggish freight market, according to lenders with exposure in transportation financing.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
January 9, 2017
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Shipments Drop 1.6% in 2016; Downturn Ends 4 Years of Record Growth

For the first time since 2009, the number of container and trailer units transported on intermodal rail fell on a year-over-year basis, according to 2016 totals from the Association of American Railroads.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
January 9, 2017
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