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2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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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 Refrigerated (Truckload & LTL) Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prime Inc. | 1,627,899 |
| 2 | C.R. England | 1,397,626 |
| 3 | KLLM Transport Services | 910,000 |
| 4 | Stevens Transport | 671,110 |
| 5 | Marten Transport | 398,361 |
| 6 | Swift Refrigerated | 380,251 |
| 7 | John Christner Trucking | 244,718 |
| 8 | Shaffer Trucking | 207,000 est |
| 9 | May Trucking | 200,619 |
| 10 | Covenant Logistics Group | 195,545 |
| 11 | Navajo Express Inc. | 175,000 |
| 12 | CanXpress | 150,343 |
| 13 | Black Horse Carriers | 135,000 |
| 14 | J&R Schugel Trucking | 122,000 est |
| 15 | MCT Transportation | 111,506 |
| 16 | WEL Cos. | 109,000 |
| 17 | National Carriers | 105,000 |
| 18 | Freymiller Inc. | 93,000 est |
| 19 | Day & Ross | 72,513 |
| 20 | Bay & Bay Transportation | 70,269 |
| 21 | Continental Express | 69,000 est |
| 22 | Celadon Group Inc. | 56,518 |
| 23 | Forward Air | 42,373 |
| 24 | Interstate Distributor Co. | 39,000 |
| 25 | Roehl Refrigerated Transport | 35,928 |
| 26 | TWT Refrigerated | 33,075 |
| 27 | Koch Cos. | 30,000 |
| 28 | Maverick USA | 29,277 |
| 29 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 28,873 |
Extras
North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
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