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2017 Top Refrigerated (Truckload and LTL) Carriers

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 C.R. England 1,304,898
2 Prime Inc. 1,060,815
3 KLLM Transport Services 937,000
4 Stevens Transport 662,450
5 Marten Transport 375,851
6 Swift Refrigerated 341,280
7 TransAm Trucking 270,000
8 Hirschbach Motor Lines 251,697
9 John Christner Trucking 236,625
10 Shaffer Trucking 210,000
11 May Trucking Co. 199,601
12 Roadrunner Freight 171,000
13 Covenant Logistics Group 167,662
14 Frialsa Logistica 127,100
15 CanXpress 122,867
16 NFI 122,000
17 J&R Schugel Trucking 114,000
18 National Carriers 108,000
19 WEL Cos. 106,250
20 Decker Truck Line 104,000
21 MCT Transportation 84,018
22 Freymiller Inc. 84,000
23 Continental Express 80,000
24 Bay and Bay Transportation 74,808
25 Day & Ross 62,450
26 Cowan Systems 38,881
27 Roehl Refrigerated Transport 36,213
28 TWT Refrigerated 35,300
29 Maverick Transportation 33,495
30 CRST The Transportation Solution 31,000
31 Transportes Garza Leal 30,600
32 Celadon Group Inc. 30,000
33 Transport Investments 4,539

Extras

About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
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On the Bubble

Melton Truck Lines Inc. ($222 million), Based in Tulsa, Okla, this company provides freight brokerage and transportation management services and sells equipment through a subsidiary called Liberty Truck and Trailer Leasing.
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For-Hire News

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Idaho Trucking Leader Heber Andrus Dies at Age 75

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FedEx Cuts Q1 Guidance Despite Q4 Gains

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Target Eyes Shein, Temu Model With Factory-Direct Shipping

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