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2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
Here’s what North America’s top fleets are doing to get employees of all levels involved in the process of innovation.
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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 | Bison Transport | 12,028 |
| 2 | CalArk | 13,007 |
| 3 | Spee-Dee Delivery Service | 14,600 |
| 4 | Fletes y Materiales Forsis | 31,400 |
| 5 | Transportes Leon-Mexico | 35,700 |
| 6 | Transportes del Valle | 43,200 |
| 7 | Servicio de Transportacion Jaguar | 44,000 |
| 8 | Autotransportes de Carga El Duero / Fletes El Duero | 44,200 |
| 9 | Transportes de Carga FEMA | 55,800 |
| 10 | Transportes Comandos del Norte | 63,200 |
| 11 | Peninsula Truck Lines | 66,476 |
| 12 | Anderson Trucking Service | 67,189 |
| 13 | Dependable Highway Express | 73,600 |
| 14 | Landstar System | 89,041 |
| 15 | Transportadora Hercel / Transportadores Unidos (Grupo Transportes) | 90,600 |
| 16 | TransX Group of Companies | 91,419 |
| 17 | Midwest Motor Express | 105,100 |
| 18 | Standard Forwarding | 110,000 est |
| 19 | Fastfrate Group | 123,764 |
| 20 | Forward Air | 163,932 |
| 21 | Ward Trucking | 166,000 est |
| 22 | Transportes Julian de Obregon | 173,700 |
| 23 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines | 204,947 |
| 24 | Transportes Castores de Baja California | 221,100 |
| 25 | Daylight Transport | 229,000 est |
| 26 | Autotransportes de Carga Tresguerras | 231,500 |
| 27 | Central Freight Lines | 266,000 |
| 28 | Day & Ross Freight | 278,374 |
| 29 | A. Duie Pyle Inc. | 309,600 |
| 30 | New England Motor Freight | 400,500 |
| 31 | Roadrunner Freight | 464,000 |
| 32 | AAA Cooper Transportation | 548,000 |
| 33 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 555,907 |
| 34 | Dayton Freight Lines | 558,200 |
| 35 | TFI International | 748,175 |
| 36 | Central Transport | 754,000 |
| 37 | Averitt Express | 768,957 |
| 38 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 1,040,423 |
| 39 | Saia Inc. | 1,378,510 |
| 40 | R+L Carriers | 1,580,000 |
| 41 | ABF Freight | 1,993,314 |
| 42 | Estes Express Lines | 2,740,000 |
| 43 | UPS Inc. | 2,998,000 |
| 44 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 3,358,112 |
| 45 | XPO | 3,600,000 |
| 46 | Yellow Corp. | 4,891,000 |
| 47 | FedEx Freight | 6,904,000 |
Extras
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For-Hire News
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire
Fleets Turn to Military Veterans to Fill Technician Roles
Business, 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.
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.
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