2022 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
For-hire motor carriers achieved significant revenue gains and higher profits last year, powered by surging freight demand.
The pandemic accelerated driver wages, shortened routes to match shopping patterns and increased automation across the supply chain.
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Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 J.B. Hunt Intermodal 5,453,500
2 Hub Group 2,391,500
3 Evans Delivery 1,225,000
4 Schneider 1,100,000
5 IMC Cos. 982,600
6 Universal Intermodal Services 473,100
7 NFI 465,500
8 Swift Intermodal 458,900
9 Forward Air 289,200
10 ContainerPort Group 287,000
11 ITS Logistics 203,700
12 Landstar System 160,000
13 C.R. England 137,100
14 Duncan and Son Lines 112,000
15 Marten Transport 102,200
16 Bison Transport 87,300
17 Cowan Systems 84,000
18 Canada Drayage Inc. 80,000
19 TCW 73,400
20 Paper Transport 57,900
21 BPX Logistics 52,000
22 R&R Express 41,100
23 Day & Ross 22,300
24 Barnes Transportation Services 10,000
25 Quantix Supply Chain Solutions 9,500
26 Dupré Logistics 4,200
27 McCollister's Global Services 4,000
Extras
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Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, For-Hire

Fleets Focus on Driver Performance to Raise Fuel Economy

Trucking companies are increasingly investing in training, technology and incentives to optimize driver performance when it comes to fuel consumption.

Stephen Bennett | Special to Transport Topics
June 6, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS-Teamsters Talks to Resume Today

Negotiations were set to resume June 5 between UPS and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents an estimated 360,000 UPS drivers and other workers.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
June 1, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Estes Express Lines Opens Terminal in California

Estes Express Lines took a major step in its expansion and sustainability initiatives with the opening of a new terminal in Banning, Calif., the carrier announced May 26.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 31, 2023
Business, For-Hire

Seattle Amazon Workers Protest Climate Goals, Layoffs

SEATTLE — Hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company’s lack of progress on climate goals and an inequitable return-to-office mandate May 31.

Ed Komenda | Associated Press
May 31, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire

PGT Trucking Delivers Nucor Steel Using Nikola Truck

PGT Trucking announced it had delivered its inaugural shipment of low-greenhouse-gas steel, produced by steel manufacturer Nucor, using a Nikola Class 8 zero-emission vehicle.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
May 30, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Back-Office Job Demand Remains Steady at Fleets

With a lingering labor shortage affecting drivers for several years, fleets are finding that there’s a steady growth of job demand for operational support roles known as back-office jobs.

Hilary Daninhirsch | Special to Transport Topics
May 30, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Trucking Technology Q&A: Melton’s Randy Rhines

Randy Rhines has managed information technology at flatbed carrier Melton Truck Lines since 1989, when the company was founded with 30 trucks.

May 26, 2023
Business, Safety, For-Hire

Werner Appeal of $89.7 Million Verdict Denied

A Texas state court has denied an appeal by Werner Enterprises Inc. of an $89.7 million jury verdict in a case involving a 2014 fatal crash.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 25, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire

Hair Drug-Testing Rule Could Be Finalized by Midsummer

Can the long wait be coming to an end for the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt a drug testing rule allowing the use of hair samples to drug-test drivers?

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 24, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Cummins Invests in Jamestown Plant for Fuel-Agnostic Engine

LAKEWOOD, N.Y. — Cummins Inc. is readying a $452 million investment in its 1 million-square-foot Jamestown Engine Plant to produce a fuel-agnostic internal combustion engine platform.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
May 24, 2023
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