2019 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
Competition has heated up in food and oil sectors.
Find out where the Top 100 are located by U.S. region.
Private fleets are expanding to meet consumer expectations for e-commerce.
Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
Halliburton Energy Services
5,771
2
Schlumberger Ltd.
3,652
3
C&J Energy Services
2,364
4
Helena Agri-Enterprises
2,054
5
Basic Energy Services
1,686
6
Cudd Energy Services
1,664
7
Keane Group
1,201
8
Pilot Flying J
1,061
9
FTS International
1,055
10
Univar Solutions
1,036
11
Energy Transfer Partners
852
12
Key Energy Services
792
13
Calfrac Well Services
780
14
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
765
15
Plains All American Pipeline
750
15
ProPetro Services
750
17
Select Energy Services
749
18
Brenntag North America
732
19
Nine Energy Service
702
20
Baker Hughes
649
21
MDU Resources Group
616
22
Gravity Oilfield Services
614
23
Pioneer Natural Resources
410
24
Stallion Oilfield Services
379
25
Eastex Crude Co.
299
26
Sun Coast Resources
277
27
Convenience Transportation
263
28
Sentinel Transportation
260
29
Marathon Petroleum
254
30
Pilot Thomas Logistics
234
31
Crestwood Transportation
210
32
NGL Energy Partners
201
33
Weatherford International
197
34
HOP Energy
175
35
Carpenter Co.
150
35
KLX Energy Services
150
37
Targa Resources Partners
132
38
Growmark
125
39
Gulfmark Energy
115
40
PetroChoice
96
41
Allied Universal
93
42
RelaDyne
92
43
Oil States Energy Services
48
43
Southwestern Energy Co.
48
45
Rocky Mountain Crude Oil
39
46
Forbes Energy Services
36
47
Delek U.S.
24
47
Mansfield Energy
24
47
Trican
24
50
Exxon Mobil Corp.
13
50
Johnson Oil Co. of Gaylord
13
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Private Carrier News
Business, Logistics, Private

Walmart’s Grocery Gains Power Sales Beat and Stock Jump

Walmart Inc. jumped Nov. 15 after the retail giant reported strong quarterly results and boosted its annual forecast, putting its shares on pace to erase this year’s losses.

Janet Freund | Bloomberg News
November 15, 2022
Business, Logistics, Private

Amazon to Take Hawaiian Airlines Stake in Cargo-Hauling Deal

Amazon.com Inc. is poised to take a stake in the parent of Hawaiian Airlines as part of a deal to expand the e-commerce giant’s cargo-hauling operations.

Mary Schlangenstein | Bloomberg News
October 21, 2022
Business, Logistics, Private, TCA

Amazon Boosts Fort Worth Alliance to One of Nation’s Busiest Cargo Airports

Fort Worth Alliance airport now ranks among the 20 largest cargo airports in the country by landed weight, according to Federal Aviation Administration data, in large part due to Prime Air's distribution hub.

Kyle Arnold | The Dallas Morning News
October 19, 2022
Technology, Private, TCA

Amazon’s Hurricane Disaster Program Provides Relief in Tampa Bay

Amazon had donated more than 1.5 million items for victims of the Category 4 storm that hit Florida in early October to charities like the Red Cross and South Florida disaster nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission.

Bernadette Berdychowski | Tampa Bay Times
October 14, 2022
Business, Private

Kroger Eyes Merger With Albertsons

Kroger Co. is in talks about a tie-up with rival Albertsons Cos. in a deal that would create a U.S. grocery giant, people familiar with the matter said.

October 13, 2022
Business, Private

PepsiCo Lifts Outlook as Drink, Snack Sales Buck Inflation

PepsiCo Inc. said its playbook for battling inflation is still working, with price hikes fueling double-digit gains in sales despite lower volumes of snack purchases.

Brett Pulley | Bloomberg News
October 12, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Private

Volvo, Mack, Tesla Show Gains With BEVs

Truck makers both large and small recently announced deals and timetables for more of their battery-electric trucks reaching customers.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
October 7, 2022
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, For-Hire, Private

Broad Relief Efforts Converge After Hurricane Ian

Trucking companies, government entities and nonprofit groups responded to the devastation wrought along Florida’s Gulf Coast by Hurricane Ian last month with relief efforts for the many areas affected by the storm, and are working to overcome challenges in getting aid to those in need.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
October 6, 2022
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Private

Amazon Plans to Hire 150,000 Workers for Holiday Season

Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, about the same as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.

October 6, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire, Private

Cash Reinvigorates Critical Chicago-Area Transportation Network

CHICAGO — Since as early as 1848, some 12 years before the Civil War, Chicago has been a major center for transportation given its central location in the country, access to newly built railroad lines and the five Great Lakes. Now, more than 170 years later, millions of products pass through its massive transportation network for trucks, rail and air each day.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
October 4, 2022
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