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2016 Top Tank Truck/Bulk 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 Kenan Advantage Group 1,378,770
2 Quality Carriers 798,000
3 Trimac Transportation Services 756,000
4 Foodliner/Quest Liner 245,152
5 Superior Bulk Logistics 244,800
6 Groendyke Transport 221,329
7 Schneider 215,900
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8 Quantix SCS 211,000
9 Ruan Transportation Management Systems 202,551
10 Dupré Logistics 201,803
11 Transwood Carriers Inc. 189,300
12 Western Dairy Transport 160,377
13 Martin Transport Inc. 151,448
14 Eagle Transport Corp. 131,117
15 Tankstar USA Inc. 125,613
16 Florida Rock & Tank Lines 122,882
17 Dillon Transport Inc. 114,000
18 Mission Petroleum Carriers 113,150
19 United Petroleum Transports 108,907
20 Slay Transportation Co. 104,521
21 Miller Transporters 104,129
22 CCC Transportation/ CTL Transportation 97,190
23 Linden Bulk Transportation 83,868
24 J&M Tank Lines Inc. 71,983
25 Genox Transportation Inc. 69,701
26 Schilli Corp. 66,000
27 CLI Transport 63,743
28 Service Transport Co. 63,331
29 Apex Logistics 61,641
30 Tidewater Transit Co. 58,000
31 Bay and Bay Transportation 21,232
32 Bulk Service Transport 16,768

Extras

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

SLH Transport is a dry van truckload carrier based in Kingston, Ontario.
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