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 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 & 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 USA 33,495
30 CRST The Transportation Solution 31,000
31 Transportes Garza Leal 30,600
32 Celadon Group Inc. 30,000
Extras
About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
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On the Bubble

May Trucking Co. ($199 million), Based in Salem, Ore., this company has been operating since 1945 and provides refrigerated truckload and less-than-truckload freight services throughout the lower 48 states.
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For-Hire News
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Knight-Swift Reports Revenue, Earnings Decline for Q1

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. experienced a year-over-year decline in revenue and earnings during the first quarter of 2023, the company reported April 20.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 21, 2023
Business, Equipment, For-Hire, Private, TCA

Amazon May Charge a Return Fee at UPS Stores

If you opt to return your Amazon purchase at a UPS store, that transaction just might cost you.

Jessica Jones-Gorman | Staten Island Advance
April 19, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

NFI Ramps Up Battery-Electric Truck Deployment in California

NFI Industries will deploy 50 Class 8 battery-electric trucks (BETs) in Southern California, the for-hire truckload carrier said.

April 18, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

UPS, Teamsters Poised for Massive Contract Talks

High-stakes negotiations could start April 17 between the Teamsters and package delivery giant UPS that could have far-reaching reverberations.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 14, 2023
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Breaking News, For-Hire

FedEx to Merge Ground, Express Units

FedEx Corp. will combine nearly all of its ground, air and other operations by June 2024 as part of a $4 billion cost-cutting initiative, the company announced April 5.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
April 5, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Penske Announces Kris-Way Truck Leasing Acquisition

Penske Truck Leasing announced March 30 that it has reached an agreement to acquire Kris-Way Truck Leasing Inc.

April 3, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

RXO Opens New Cross-Border Facility in Texas

RXO celebrated the grand opening of its newest cross-border facility in Laredo, Texas, the company announced March 29.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 29, 2023
Business, Equipment, For-Hire

February Trailer Orders Down 2.6% Year-Over-Year

U.S. trailer orders fell just shy of 26,000 units in February, falling short of the year-ago total, ACT Research reported.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 22, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Breaking News, For-Hire

Knight-Swift Agrees to Acquire U.S. Xpress

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings has reached an agreement to acquire U.S. Xpress for approximately $808 million, the companies announced March 21.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 21, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Global Freight

FedEx Boosts Profit Forecast, Cites Cost Cuts as Effective

FedEx Corp.’s shares jumped the most in nine months after the courier boosted its profit outlook, signaling efforts to cut costs are helping counter a decline in package volume.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
March 17, 2023
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