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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 what carriers are doing to prepare for what looks like increased demand for freight hauling this year and next.
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 | 3,019,295 |
| 2 | Schneider | 2,090,953 |
| 3 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 1,920,950 |
| 4 | Landstar System | 1,900,406 |
| 5 | Werner Enterprises | 1,533,981 |
| 6 | Penske Logistics | 1,500,000 |
| 7 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,320,000 |
| 8 | TFI International | 1,231,714 |
| 9 | Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 1,020,895 |
| 10 | Cardinal Logistics | 935,000 |
| 11 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 905,000 |
| 12 | Knight-Swift Transportation | 900,368 |
| 13 | Celadon Trucking Services | 850,000 |
| 14 | Crete Carrier Corp. | 780,000 |
| 15 | Universal Truckload | 629,200 |
| 16 | Heartland Express | 612,937 |
| 17 | Ruan | 524,127 |
| 18 | Mullen Group | 520,272 |
| 19 | Canada Cartage System | 452,728 |
| 20 | P.A.M. Transport | 432,852 |
| 21 | Mesilla Valley Transportation | 402,940 |
| 22 | Covenant Logistics Group | 375,564 |
| 23 | Interstate Distributor Co. | 370,168 |
| 24 | Dart Transit Co. | 349,031 |
| 25 | Black Horse Carriers | 337,500 |
| 26 | Western Express | 315,095 |
| 27 | NFI | 315,000 |
| 28 | Bison Transport | 304,782 |
| 29 | USA Truck (DB Schenker) | 295,807 |
| 30 | Cowan Systems | 258,761 |
| 31 | Challenger Motor Freight | 258,006 |
| 32 | Hub Group Dedicated | 250,000 |
| 33 | Martin Transportation Systems | 237,500 |
| 34 | Paschall Truck Lines | 232,896 |
| 35 | Epes Carriers Inc. | 216,652 |
| 36 | Roehl Transport | 207,048 |
| 37 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 206,673 |
| 38 | Auto Lineas America | 169,600 |
| 39 | Brown Trucking Co. | 168,218 |
| 40 | Forward Air | 164,300 |
| 41 | Marten Transport | 157,370 |
| 42 | Anderson Trucking Service | 156,577 |
| 43 | Transportistas Unidos Mexicano | 141,000 |
| 44 | Transportadora Nacional | 136,100 |
| 45 | Stan Koch & Sons Trucking | 132,440 |
| 46 | Transportes Cuauhtemoc | 127,200 |
| 47 | Trans-Mex Inc. | 111,000 |
| 48 | Day & Ross Freight | 100,433 |
| 49 | A.D. Transport Express | 100,000 |
| 50 | CalArk | 99,434 |
| 51 | Auto Lineas Regiomontanas | 97,600 |
| 52 | Titanium Transportation Group | 91,258 |
| 53 | Raven Transport | 89,000 |
| 54 | TransX Group of Companies | 88,972 |
| 55 | Titan Transfer | 87,808 |
| 56 | Grupo TMM / Lacto Comercial Organizada | 85,800 |
| 57 | Abilene Motor Express | 85,350 |
| 58 | Mercer Transportation Co. | 83,178 |
| 59 | J. Rayl Transport | 76,408 |
| 60 | System Freight | 76,407 |
| 61 | SLH Transport | 71,003 |
| 62 | Express Tres Fronteras | 71,000 |
| 63 | Transportes Quintanilla | 65,100 |
| 64 | Central de Fletes Monterrey / Transportes Gonzalez (Grupo MG) | 64,100 |
| 65 | Transportadora Egoba | 62,100 |
| 66 | Transportes Especializados Antonio de la Torre e Hijos | 61,200 |
| 67 | Freight Exchange | 60,000 |
| 68 | Transportes de Nuevo Laredo | 58,200 |
| 69 | Star Transportation | 53,652 |
| 70 | Transportes Lar-Mex | 53,300 |
| 71 | Fletes Internacionales Coss | 51,300 |
| 72 | Evans Delivery | 50,500 |
| 73 | Dupré Logistics | 47,677 |
| 74 | Transportes Lopez e Hijos | 43,400 |
| 75 | TRACOMEX | 42,400 |
| 76 | Transportes Elola | 39,400 |
| 77 | Transportes Internacionales JCV | 38,400 |
| 78 | Ryder Capital | 37,000 |
| 79 | Transportes Canales | 36,500 |
| 80 | Centauros del Sureste | 31,700 |
| 81 | Transportes Unidos Tampiquenos | 31,600 |
| 82 | Autotransportes Rapidos de Aguascalientes | 31,400 |
| 83 | Grupo GOR | 31,200 |
| 84 | Transportes Sultana | 29,500 |
| 85 | Autotransportes Dasa | 28,600 |
| 86 | Shevell Group | 20,000 |
Extras
About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
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On the Bubble
Oak Harbor Freight Lines
($197 million), Ed and David Vander Pol are co-presidents of this regional LTL carrier established in 1916 and based in Auburn, Wash. The company operates a network of 33 terminals in five western states.
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Yellow Extends Bid Deadline for Trucks, Trailers
Yellow Corp. has rescheduled the bid deadline for its fleet of trucks and trailers, according to court documents related to the shuttered carrier’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
October 15, 2023Business, Technology, For-Hire
Estes Rating, Quoting System Returns to Action After Cyberattack
Estes Express Lines late Oct. 12 said its rating and quoting system, as well as telephone lines and email access, were again operational following a cyberattack earlier in the month.
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Estes: Many Core IT Systems Operational Again After Attack
Estes Express Lines on Oct. 6 said a large share of its core IT infrastructure systems were “once again operational” following a cyberattack earlier in the week.
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Fleets Turn to Military Veterans to Fill Technician Roles
Investing in veterans to fulfill the much-needed job duties of commercial technicians has been a concentrated goal for some fleets.
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Uber Offers to Return Parcels for $5
Uber said Oct. 4 that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores.
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Cyberattack Hits Estes Express Lines’ IT Systems
Estes Express Lines on Oct. 3 confirmed that its IT systems were the target of an ongoing cyberattack, but said its trucks were still moving freight.
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