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 where the carriers are by regions in North America.
Find out what carriers are doing to prepare for what looks like increased demand for freight hauling this year and next.
Rankings
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

Transportes Castores de Baja California ($207 million), Headquartered in the historic town of Leon in the central state of Guanajuata, this Mexican fleet provides less-than-truckload and parcel delivery services throughout the country with a fleet of 450 tractors, 180 straight trucks and 650 trailers.
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For-Hire News
Business, For-Hire

FedEx Plans $5 Billion Buyback of Shares

FedEx Corp. plans to buy back $5 billion of its shares as cost-cutting efforts have helped boost the courier’s profits as fiscal third-quarter earnings beat expectations.

March 21, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Aerolane Seeks to Use Freighter Planes to Pull Cargo Gliders

Aerolane is testing a business plan to pull cargo gliders with small freighter planes.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
March 19, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

PS Logistics Buys Yordy Transport, Boosts Flatbed Ops Again

Diamond State Trucking & Logistics is to buy Morton, Ill.-based flatbed carrier Yordy Transport for an undisclosed sum, parent company PS Logistics said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
March 14, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

TFI Buys Hercules Forwarding to Boost US LTL Operations

TFI International is to buy less-than-truckload carrier Hercules Forwarding Inc. for an undisclosed sum, it said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
March 12, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire, Private

PepsiCo, Estes Express Earn Sustainability Pathfinder Awards

NEW ORLEANS — Transport Topics has presented its inaugural Sustainability Pathfinder awards to PepsiCo and Estes Express in recognition of efforts to curb emissions and eliminate waste.

March 6, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Nearshoring Trend Drives More Border Growth

The nearshoring trend has been driving further transportation and logistics investments near the Mexican border as companies work to capture current and expected future growth.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 4, 2024
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, For-Hire, Private

Navistar Launches Integrated Powertrain

Truck maker Navistar announced Feb. 26 it has made the first deliveries of its International LT Series equipped with the International S13 Integrated Powertrain.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
February 29, 2024
Business, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt to Promote Shelley Simpson to CEO Post

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced that company president Shelley Simpson is also taking on the post of CEO, effective July 1.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
February 29, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Reports 138% Earnings Drop for Q4

Forward Air Corp. experienced a 138% earnings drop year-over-year during the fourth quarter of 2023, the company reported Feb. 28.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 29, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, For-Hire

Groups Support Werner in Legal Filing Over ‘Nuclear’ Verdict

The Texas Trucking Association and another advocacy group have filed a “friend of the court” brief with the Texas Supreme Court asking that it reject a $100 million lower-court accident verdict against Werner Enterprises.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 28, 2024
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