Executives across multiple segments of the trucking industry expect the freight environment to take considerable time to improve substantially.
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2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
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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 Tank Truck/Bulk Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenan Advantage Group | 1,316,403 |
| 2 | Quality Carriers | 786,000 est |
| 3 | Trimac Transportation Services | 514,997 |
| 4 | Foodliner/Quest Liner | 277,471 |
| 5 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions | 259,370 |
| 6 | Superior Bulk Logistics | 252,300 |
| 7 | Groendyke Transport | 224,000 |
| 8 | Ruan | 178,881 |
| 9 | Miller Transporters | 117,625 |
| 10 | Dupré Logistics | 115,938 |
| 11 | Florida Rock & Tank Lines | 112,165 |
| 12 | Apex Logistics | 84,786 |
| 13 | Mission Petroleum Carriers | 79,951 |
| 14 | CCC Transportation/ CTL Transportation | 72,784 |
| 15 | Prime Inc. | 67,501 |
| 16 | J&M Tank Lines Inc. | 66,261 |
| 17 | CLI Transport | 64,563 |
| 18 | Transportes Auto Tanques Ochoa | 56,800 |
| 19 | Service Transport Co. | 53,358 |
| 20 | Herman R. Ewell Inc. | 52,934 |
| 21 | Schilli Corp. | 51,957 |
| 22 | Liquid Trucking Cos. | 39,757 |
| 23 | NFI | 36,300 |
| 24 | Sprint Transport | 26,630 |
| 25 | K-Limited Carrier | 23,040 |
| 26 | Bulk Service Transport | 20,000 |
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On the Bubble
Transportes Castores de Baja California
($221 million), provides less-than-truckload and parcel delivery services throughout Mexico. It is based in Tijuana.
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UPS Offers Buyouts to 167 Pilots as Air Cargo Slumps
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