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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 Intermodal/Drayage Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bison Transport | 16,061 |
| 2 | Celadon Group Inc. | 25,000 |
| 3 | Dart Intermodal | 26,870 |
| 4 | Canada Drayage Inc. | 27,918 |
| 5 | NFI | 32,000 |
| 6 | Eagle Systems | 45,882 |
| 7 | TCW | 60,996 |
| 8 | ASF Intermodal | 65,000 |
| 9 | Cowan Systems | 68,070 |
| 10 | Marten Transport | 71,490 |
| 11 | Tiger Cool Express | 72,000 |
| 12 | Prime Inc. | 84,192 |
| 13 | TransX Group of Companies | 84,736 |
| 14 | Landstar System | 103,721 |
| 15 | Roadrunner Freight | 134,000 |
| 16 | Universal Intermodal Services | 141,381 |
| 17 | Forward Air | 166,000 |
| 18 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics | 175,000 |
| 19 | IMC Cos. | 293,000 |
| 20 | Swift Intermodal | 360,157 |
| 21 | Evans Delivery | 404,000 |
| 22 | California Cartage Co. | 440,000 |
| 23 | Schneider | 757,530 |
| 24 | XPO | 1,500,000 |
| 25 | Hub Group | 2,191,067 |
| 26 | J.B. Hunt Intermodal | 3,796,251 |
Extras
About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
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On the Bubble
Melton Truck Lines Inc.
($222 million), Based in Tulsa, Okla, this company provides freight brokerage and transportation management services and sells equipment through a subsidiary called Liberty Truck and Trailer Leasing.
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For-Hire News
Business, Technology, For-Hire
Heartland Express Deploys Isaac In-Cab Technology
Business, 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.
September 20, 2023Business, 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.
September 20, 2023Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire
Nearshoring Boom Faces Growing Pains
The escalation of nearshoring this year has brought an increased need to bolster infrastructure investments and supply chain operations, according to experts.
September 13, 2023Business, Logistics, For-Hire
UPS CEO Carol Tomé Outlines Challenging Year Ahead
UPS Inc. will pay out the biggest portion of its new labor pact over the next 12 months while trying to win back customers it lost during the contentious contract talks, CEO Carol Tomé said.
September 12, 2023Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire
Estes Among Fleets to Pilot Remora’s Carbon Capture System
Estes was among the first commercial for-hire carriers to sign up to pilot emerging technology developed by Remora.
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