2018 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
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Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
Halliburton Energy Services
5,382
2
Schlumberger Limited
3,652
3
C & J Energy Services
2,306
4
Basic Energy Service
1,686
5
Gibson Energy
1,200
6
FTS International
1,116
7
Calfrac Well Services
1,102
8
Pilot Flying J Inc.
1,084
9
Helena Chemicals
1,004
10
Key Energy Services
790
11
Gemini Motor Transport
765
12
Univar Inc.
740
13
Plains All American Pipeline
730
14
Select Energy Services
653
15
Cudd Energy Services
638
16
ProPetro Services
630
17
Energy Transfer Partners
605
18
Brenntag North America
587
19
Baker Hughes Inc.
571
20
MDU Resources Group
563
21
Gravity Oilfield Services
529
22
Nuverra Environmental Solutions
433
23
Nexeo Solutions
386
24
Eastex Crude
337
25
Sentinel Transportation
323
26
Sun Coast Resources
267
27
NGL Energy Partners
244
28
Stallion Oilfied Services
238
29
Pilot Thomas Logistics
226
30
Marathon Petroleum
213
31
Carpenter Co.
200
32
Nine Energy Services
190
33
Convenience Transportation
177
34
Weatherford International
139
35
KLX Energy Services
108
36
Growmark
102
37
Targa Resouces Partners
98
38
Patterson UTI
96
39
HydroChem
88
40
RelaDyne
75
41
Trican
49
42
Southwestern Energy Co.
48
43
Oil States Energy Services
45
44
Mapco Express
42
45
Delek U.S.
27
46
Pioneer Hi-Bred
24
46
Unimin Corp.
24
48
Exxon Mobil Corp.
14
49
Tetra Tech
11
Extras
Learn more about Transport Topics' Top 100 Private Carriers
106

On the Bubble

BMC Stock Holdings (402 tractors), provides building products and services to builders, contractors and remodelers in 43 metropolitan areas across 18 states, principally in the South and West regions of the United States.
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Private Carrier News
Business, Technology, Private

Amazon Scraps Planned Merchant Fee

Amazon.com Inc. is scrapping a planned fee on merchants that don’t use its shipping services, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
September 20, 2023
Business, Equipment, For-Hire, Private

Experts: Freight Environment Unlikely to Improve Much Soon

Executives across multiple segments of the trucking industry expect the freight environment to take considerable time to improve substantially.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 20, 2023
Business, Fuel, For-Hire, Private

Love’s Travel Stops No. 1 on Happiest Employees List

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, a family-run chain of truck stops founded nearly 60 years ago, topped storied firms like IBM, Nike and Apple in a new ranking of employee well-being.

Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg News
September 20, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon to Hire 250,000 for Holidays, Boost Wages

Amazon.com Inc. will hire 250,000 employees this holiday shopping season and boost average pay for logistics personnel as it seeks to recruit and retain workers amid a labor shortage.

September 19, 2023
Business, Technology, Private, TCA

Walmart Now Offers Late-Evening Delivery, Pickup

Walmart is now offering express home delivery until 10 p.m. on orders placed by 9:30 p.m. so that “last-minute needs are delivered to your doorstep just in time,” the company said.

Leada Gore | al.com
September 12, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon Service Lets Merchants Deliver to Physical Stores

Amazon.com Inc. is offering a new service that will let its 2 million merchant partners deliver inventory directly to physical retail stores and warehouses.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
September 12, 2023
Government, Business, Private

Kroger and Albertsons to Sell 413 Stores to C&S

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. agreed to sell 413 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers in a divestiture designed to help win antitrust approval for their $24.6 billion merger.

September 8, 2023
Government, Business, Private

Kroger, Albertsons In Talks to Sell Stores to C&S, SoftBank

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. are selling some of their stores in an effort to win regulatory approval for their $25 billion merger, according to people familiar with the matter.

September 7, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon, Shopify Open Amazon Logistics Resources to Sellers

Amazon .com Inc. and Shopify Inc. have struck a deal to allow merchants who pay for Shopify’s e-commerce tools to use Amazon’s logistics network.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
August 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, Private

Tyson Foods Reorganizes, Appoints New Supply Chain Chief

Tyson Foods will centralize areas such as transportation and warehousing under fresh meats head Brady Stewart in the food giant’s latest effort to restore profits.

Gerson Freitas Jr. | Bloomberg News
August 30, 2023
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