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2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 50 Logistics Companies listing.
As online sales continue to soar, so have the expectations of consumers for goods to be delivered quickly and cheaply.
Our April 20 LiveOnWeb webcast looked at how online shopping is creating enormous disruption to freight networks and modes of delivery. Plus we looked back at the new TT Top 50 Logistics Companies rankings. Watch the replay.
Rankings Warehousing
Rank Company Total Space (Millions of Sq.Ft.) No. of Warehouses
1 DHL Supply Chain 115.0 417
2 XPO Logistics 65.0 298
3 FedEx Logistics 43.0 180
4 Americold Logistics 40.0 180
5 Ryder Supply Chain Solutions 40.0 279
6 OHL 36.0 130
7 Ceva Logistics (North America) 33.0 164
8 UPS Supply Chain Solutions 32.2 535
9 Kenco Group 31.0 90
10 NFI 27.5 90
11 DB Schenker (North America) 27.0 82
12 Lineage Logistics 26.0 113
13 UTi Worldwide 26.0 230
14 Neovia Logistics 24.0 112
15 DSC Logistics 23.0 63
16 Penske Logistics 21.0 81
17 Saddle Creek Logistics Services 17.1 41
18 Kuehne + Nagel Americas 15.1 75
19 Warehouse Services Inc. 14.0 30
20 WSI Inc. 14.0 52
21 Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services 12.4 132
22 APL Logistics (North America) 10.7 35
23 United States Cold Storage 8.9 35
24 Kane Is Able Inc. 8.0 25
25 Technicolor Global Logistics 8.0 21
26 Preferred Freezer Services 7.4 35
27 Performance Team 7.0 25
28 Legacy Supply Chain Services 6.5 42
29 Port Logistics Group 6.0 15
30 Schneider 6.0 12
31 WOW Logistics 6.0 20
32 Syncreon 5.5 47
33 Universal Logistics Holdings 5.1 48
34 Landair Dedicated 5.0 12
35 United Facilities 5.0 9
36 Verst Group Logistics 5.0 19
37 Comprehensive Logistics 4.7 14
38 VersaCold Logistics Services 4.4 33
39 Averitt Express 4.0 107
40 D+S Distribution 4.0 21
41 RGL Logistics 3.5 15
42 SCI Group 3.2 30
43 Barrett Distribution 3.0 14
44 Celadon Group 3.0 13
45 Keller Logistics Group 3.0 8
46 Wagner Logistics 3.0 13
47 Yusen Logistics 3.0 64
48 Pilot Freight Services 2.8 70
49 Burris Logistics 2.6 17
50 Weber Logistics 2.5 10
51 A & R Logistics 2.2 10
52 Matson Logistics 2.1 6
53 Evans Distribution Systems 2.0 11
Extras
A former Transport Topics editor who worked at Amazon examines the hustle and bustle of the online retailer.
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On the Bubble

ArcBest Corp. ($177 million), Fort Smith, Ark., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, intermodal and drayage, freight brokerage, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Universal Earnings to Trail Expectations, Guidance

Universal Truckload Services Inc. said it expects third-quarter earnings will lag year-earlier results and come in below analysts expectations due to weakening customer demand for truckload services in certain industrial sectors.

September 30, 2015
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Rises in September

Consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in September as a resilient labor market helped Americans shake off the effects of tumbling stock prices.

Ali Donaldson | Bloomberg News
September 29, 2015
Business, Logistics

Hapag-Lloyd Seeks $500 Million From IPO Targeted for 2015

Hapag-Lloyd, Germany’s biggest shipping line, is seeking to raise $500 million from the sale of new shares this year as it presses ahead with an initial public offering even as the Chinese economic slowdown and a rout in Volkswagen shares sparked turmoil on stock markets.

Nicholas Brautlecht | Bloomberg News
September 29, 2015
Business, Logistics

Radiant Logistics 2Q Net Income Rises 3%

Radiant Logistics Inc. reported net income rose 3% to $2.19 million, or 4 cents per share, in the second quarter as the company absorbed multiple acquisitions.

September 28, 2015
Business, Logistics

Swift Earnings to Trail Forecast, Guidance

Swift Transportation Co. said its third-quarter and full-year results will lag analyst forecasts and its own profit guidance because of costs from past accidents and weaker freight volumes in the fourth quarter.

September 25, 2015
Business, Logistics

US Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises Following 13.3% Drop

Weekly U.S. intermodal rail traffic rose 0.6% from the same period last year after declining 13.3% the prior week, the Association of American Railroads reported.

September 25, 2015
Business, Logistics

International Intermodal Re-Emerges as Volume Growth Leader

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — International intermodal freight once again has become the driving force for intermodal growth because factors such as lower diesel prices and suboptimal rail service have slowed the increases in domestic truck/rail freight, experts said.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
September 22, 2015
Business, Logistics

More Business Awaits if Intermodal Service Improves Further

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Railroads have made progress in improving service quality this year, compared with last year’s delay-plagued operations, but they will have to keep improving to win more business from customers, shippers said.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
September 21, 2015
Business, Logistics

N.Y., N.J. Ask US to Pay Half of $20 Billion Rail Tunnel

Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of New York want the federal government to pay half of a $20 billion commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

September 21, 2015
Business, Logistics

GAO Urges Congress to Allow Rail-Safety Deadline Extension

A U.S. watchdog office urged Congress to empower regulators to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for freight and passenger railroads to adopt new safety technology that could prevent major derailments and other deadly crashes.

David Morgan | Reuters
September 21, 2015
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