Estes Express Lines on Oct. 6 said a large share of its core IT infrastructure systems were “once again operational” following a cyberattack earlier in the week.
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2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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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 Less-Than-Truckload Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FedEx Freight | 6,904,000 |
| 2 | Yellow Corp. | 4,891,000 |
| 3 | XPO | 3,600,000 |
| 4 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 3,358,112 |
| 5 | UPS Inc. | 2,998,000 |
| 6 | Estes Express Lines | 2,740,000 |
| 7 | ABF Freight | 1,993,314 |
| 8 | R+L Carriers | 1,580,000 |
| 9 | Saia Inc. | 1,378,510 |
| 10 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 1,040,423 |
| 11 | Averitt Express | 768,957 |
| 12 | Central Transport | 754,000 |
| 13 | TFI International | 748,175 |
| 14 | Dayton Freight Lines | 558,200 |
| 15 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 555,907 |
| 16 | AAA Cooper Transportation | 548,000 |
| 17 | Roadrunner Freight | 464,000 |
| 18 | New England Motor Freight | 400,500 |
| 19 | A. Duie Pyle Inc. | 309,600 |
| 20 | Day & Ross Freight | 278,374 |
| 21 | Central Freight Lines | 266,000 |
| 22 | Autotransportes de Carga Tresguerras | 231,500 |
| 23 | Daylight Transport | 229,000 est |
| 24 | Transportes Castores de Baja California | 221,100 |
| 25 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines | 204,947 |
| 26 | Transportes Julian de Obregon | 173,700 |
| 27 | Ward Trucking | 166,000 est |
| 28 | Forward Air | 163,932 |
| 29 | Fastfrate Group | 123,764 |
| 30 | Standard Forwarding | 110,000 est |
| 31 | Midwest Motor Express | 105,100 |
| 32 | TransX Group of Companies | 91,419 |
| 33 | Transportadora Hercel / Transportadores Unidos (Grupo Transportes) | 90,600 |
| 34 | Landstar System | 89,041 |
| 35 | Dependable Highway Express | 73,600 |
| 36 | Anderson Trucking Service | 67,189 |
| 37 | Peninsula Truck Lines | 66,476 |
| 38 | Transportes Comandos del Norte | 63,200 |
| 39 | Transportes de Carga FEMA | 55,800 |
| 40 | Autotransportes de Carga El Duero / Fletes El Duero | 44,200 |
| 41 | Servicio de Transportacion Jaguar | 44,000 |
| 42 | Transportes del Valle | 43,200 |
| 43 | Transportes Leon-Mexico | 35,700 |
| 44 | Fletes y Materiales Forsis | 31,400 |
| 45 | Spee-Dee Delivery Service | 14,600 |
| 46 | CalArk | 13,007 |
| 47 | Bison Transport | 12,028 |
Extras
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For-Hire News
Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire
Estes: Many Core IT Systems Operational Again After Attack
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire
Fleets Turn to Military Veterans to Fill Technician Roles
Investing in veterans to fulfill the much-needed job duties of commercial technicians has been a concentrated goal for some fleets.
October 6, 2023Business, Technology, For-Hire
Uber Offers to Return Parcels for $5
Uber said Oct. 4 that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores.
October 4, 2023Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire
Cyberattack Hits Estes Express Lines’ IT Systems
Estes Express Lines on Oct. 3 confirmed that its IT systems were the target of an ongoing cyberattack, but said its trucks were still moving freight.
October 3, 2023Business, Technology, For-Hire
Heartland Express Deploys Isaac In-Cab Technology
Truckload carrier Heartland Express has deployed Isaac Instruments’ in-cab telematics system across its fleet, the companies said in a joint announcement.
September 28, 2023Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Private, Global Freight
UPS to Hire 30,000 Extra Drivers for Peak Season
UPS Inc. is set to hire more than 30,000 additional drivers for peak season, a mix of package car drivers, commercial driver license drivers and seasonal support drivers.
September 27, 2023Business, For-Hire, TCA
UPS Looks to Add 100,000 Workers for the Holidays
UPS Inc. said Sept. 26 it plans to hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers for the peak holiday shipping season this year.
September 26, 2023Business, For-Hire
FedEx Beats Quarterly Wall Street Profit Expectations
FedEx Corp. posted a higher profit than Wall Street expected in its most recent quarter, but trimmed expectations for the full-year period.
September 20, 2023Business, 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.
September 20, 2023Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire
Doug Nickles Crowned TMCSuperTech Grand Champion
CLEVELAND — Doug Nickles from FedEx Freight earned his first TMCSuperTech grand champion honor at ATA's Technology & Maintenance Council’s National Technicians Skills Competition.
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