Trucking has started making thousands of hires for the holiday season despite facing a variety of economic headwinds.
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2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
The nation’s top for-hire carriers are taking steps to shore up capacity in anticipation of increasing demand for freight hauling and a tighter market for drivers.
Find out what carriers are doing to prepare for what looks like increased demand for freight hauling this year and next.
Rankings
Top 100 For-Hire | Less-Than-Truckload | Truckload/Dedicated | Intermodal/Drayage | Motor Vehicle/Driveaway | Tank/Bulk
Air/Expedited | Refrigerated | Flatbed/Heavy Specialized | Package/Courier | Household Goods/Commercial | Mail
Top Flatbed/Heavy Specialized Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landstar System | 963,649 |
| 2 | Daseke Inc. | 770,000 |
| 3 | Anderson Trucking Service | 520,678 |
| 4 | PS Logistics | 495,300 |
| 5 | TMC Transportation | 394,000 |
| 6 | Mercer Transportation Co. | 366,158 |
| 7 | Maverick USA | 301,458 |
| 8 | United Vision Logistics | 280,000 |
| 9 | Bennett Family of Companies | 271,616 |
| 10 | Transport Investments | 269,667 |
| 11 | Melton Truck Lines | 222,576 |
| 12 | PGT Trucking | 214,000 |
| 13 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 199,000 |
| 14 | Acme Truck Line | 173,600 |
| 15 | Western Express | 160,984 |
| 16 | Prime Inc. | 151,545 |
| 17 | System Transport | 146,000 |
| 18 | Farren International | 110,000 |
| 19 | Roadmaster Group Inc. | 100,000 |
| 20 | CT Transportation | 71,617 |
| 21 | Aveda Transportation | 55,298 |
| 22 | Super Transporte Internacional | 50,000 |
| 23 | Express Anahuac | 48,300 |
| 24 | Hunt Transportation | 40,000 |
| 25 | Decker Truck Line | 37,000 |
| 26 | Koch Cos. | 27,720 |
| 27 | Carrier One Inc. | 23,000 |
| 28 | Celadon Group Inc. | 20,000 |
| 29 | Roehl Transport | 19,177 |
| 30 | Bison Transport | 18,131 |
| 31 | Shevell Group | 18,000 |
| 32 | NFI | 17,000 |
| 33 | DeckX | 16,947 |
Extras
About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
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On the Bubble
Brown Integrated Logistics
($203 million), This company, based in Lithonia, Ga., provides regional truckload and dedicated contract carriage services, contract warehousing, freight brokerage and equipment maintenance and repair services.
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