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2016 Top Mail Carriers

2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada

Up Front

Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers listing.
Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
TT’s Dan Bearth hosted a livestream panel discussion on the disruptive influences affecting trucking.

Rankings

Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 FedEx Corp. 1,371,942
2 Salmon Cos. 229,166
3 United Airlines 196,698
4 UPS Inc. 153,873
5 Kalitta Air 96,666
6 Delta Air Lines 93,439
7 10 Roads Express 92,036
8 American Airlines 81,944
9 Matheson Trucking 80,188
10 Beam Brothers Trucking 76,180
11 Midwest Transport 74,578
12 Bancroft and Sons Transportation 57,185
13 Postal Fleet Services 53,247
14 Beco Inc. 40,556
15 Southern Mail Service 38,159
16 Tracie McCormick Inc. 34,883
17 Sodrel Truck Lines 32,952
18 Northern Air Cargo Inc. 31,895
19 B&B Trucking 31,630
20 Alan Ritchey Inc. 31,610
21 Alaska Air Group 30,786

Extras

North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
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On the Bubble

Western Dairy Transport is a bulk carrier based in Cabool, Missouri.
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For-Hire News

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