CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The distance a battery-powered tractor-trailer can travel before recharging is “the big holdup” for the adoption of electric trucks, a top official for Chattanooga-based Covenant Logistics said Aug. 23.
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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 Truckload/Dedicated Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swift Truckload | 3,131,771 |
| 2 | Schneider | 2,380,000 est |
| 3 | Landstar System | 1,894,221 |
| 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 1,836,766 |
| 5 | Werner Enterprises | 1,644,874 |
| 6 | Penske Logistics | 1,400,000 |
| 7 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,346,000 |
| 8 | TFI International | 1,263,357 |
| 9 | Knight-Swift Transportation | 952,098 |
| 10 | Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 895,538 |
| 11 | Crete Carrier Corp. | 775,000 est |
| 12 | XPO | 770,000 |
| 13 | Celadon Trucking Services | 748,337 |
| 14 | Heartland Express | 736,345 |
| 15 | Universal Truckload | 696,134 |
| 16 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 585,587 |
| 17 | Mullen Group | 559,477 |
| 18 | Ruan | 521,063 |
| 19 | Western Express | 520,079 |
| 20 | Canada Cartage System | 466,463 |
| 21 | Covenant Logistics Group | 449,029 |
| 22 | Cowan Systems | 432,000 |
| 23 | P.A.M. Transport | 417,050 |
| 24 | Mesilla Valley Transportation | 397,716 |
| 25 | Interstate Distributor Co. | 392,109 |
| 26 | USA Truck (DB Schenker) | 356,528 |
| 27 | Dart Transit Co. | 349,456 |
| 28 | NFI | 332,700 |
| 29 | Bison Transport | 303,191 |
| 30 | Stan Koch & Sons Trucking | 290,000 |
| 31 | Paschall Truck Lines | 259,301 |
| 32 | Challenger Motor Freight | 258,496 |
| 33 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 227,329 |
| 34 | Martin Transportation Systems | 220,000 |
| 35 | Epes Carriers Inc. | 215,979 |
| 36 | Roehl Transport | 211,154 |
| 37 | Brown Trucking Co. | 176,521 |
| 38 | Anderson Trucking Service | 155,898 |
| 39 | Black Horse Carriers | 143,000 |
| 40 | CalArk | 124,218 |
| 41 | SLH Transport | 114,581 |
| 42 | Day & Ross Freight | 112,324 |
| 43 | Forward Air | 110,950 |
| 44 | Abilene Motor Express | 95,000 est |
| 45 | Titan Transfer | 84,002 |
| 46 | TransX Group of Companies | 79,593 |
| 47 | System Freight | 72,562 |
| 48 | Atlas World Group | 28,501 |
Extras
North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
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