2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Transport Investments 20,581
2 A. Duie Pyle Inc. 28,500
3 Autotransportes Dasa 30,500
4 Transportes Sultana 31,500
5 Grupo GOR 33,300
6 Autotransportes Rapidos de Aguascalientes 33,500
7 Transportes Unidos Tampiquenos 33,700
8 Centauros del Sureste 33,800
9 Transportes Canales 38,900
10 Ryder Capital 39,500
11 Transportes Internacionales JCV 41,000
12 Transportes Elola 42,000
13 TRACOMEX 45,200
14 Transportes Lopez e Hijos 46,300
15 Fletes Internacionales Coss 54,700
16 Dupré Logistics 55,542
17 Transportes Lar-Mex 56,900
18 Fleetmaster Express 61,000
19 Transportes de Nuevo Laredo 62,100
20 Transportes Especializados Antonio de la Torre e Hijos 65,300
21 Transportadora Egoba 66,300
22 Central de Fletes Monterrey / Transportes Gonzalez (Grupo MG) 68,400
23 Transportes Quintanilla 69,500
24 TransX Group of Companies 74,797
25 Express Tres Fronteras 75,800
26 Legend Transportation 82,000
27 System Freight 82,227
28 Titan Transfer 82,262
29 Grupo TMM / Lacto Comercial Organizada 91,500
30 CalArk 93,657
31 Mercer Transportation Co. 96,562
32 G&D Integrated 101,300
33 Kriska Transportation 102,625
34 Auto Lineas Regiomontanas 104,100
35 Titanium Transportation Group 106,790
36 Artur Express 110,000
37 Trans-Mex Inc. 118,400
38 A.D. Transport Express 120,000
39 Pitt Ohio Transportation Group 126,788
40 Wilson Logistics 135,447
41 Transportes Cuauhtemoc 135,700
42 Stan Koch & Sons Trucking 137,234
43 Transportadora Nacional 145,200
44 Transportistas Unidos Mexicano 150,400
45 Brown Trucking Co. 160,000
46 Anderson Trucking Service 163,891
47 Marten Transport 166,881
48 Forward Air 171,970
49 Averitt Express 180,248
50 Auto Lineas America 181,000
51 Southeastern Freight Lines 209,096
52 Roehl Transport 214,209
53 Evans Delivery 226,000
54 Black Horse Carriers 227,500
55 Day & Ross Freight 228,264
56 Epes Carriers Inc. 230,767
57 Paschall Truck Lines 238,523
58 Challenger Motor Freight 258,734
59 Martin Transportation Systems 261,403
60 Cowan Systems 266,683
61 USA Truck (DB Schenker) 302,052
62 NFI 311,300
63 Bison Transport 327,847
64 Western Express 330,000
65 Dart Transit Co. 367,214
66 P.A.M. Transport 377,854
67 Universal Truckload 396,419
68 Mesilla Valley Transportation 430,261
69 Covenant Logistics Group 437,100
70 Canada Cartage System 546,309
71 Ruan 590,968
72 Heartland Express 607,336
73 Mullen Group 627,372
74 Cardinal Logistics 720,000
75 Hub Group Dedicated 822,410
76 Crete Carrier Corp. 850,000
77 CRST The Transportation Solution 945,000
78 Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions 1,096,000
79 U.S. Xpress Enterprises 1,400,000
80 Werner Enterprises 1,635,244
81 Penske Logistics 1,700,000
82 TFI International 1,797,453
83 J.B. Hunt Transport Services 2,096,920
84 Landstar System 2,163,832
85 Schneider 2,187,400
86 Knight-Swift Transportation 3,636,472
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For-Hire News
Business, For-Hire

Roadrunner Opens Service Center in Atlanta

Roadrunner opened a new less-than-truckload service center in Atlanta, the longhaul freight carrier announced April 10.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 10, 2024
Business, Technology, Autonomous, For-Hire

Kodiak Forms Autonomous Truck Council With Walmart, UPS

Kodiak Robotics launched an advisory council to bolster its efforts to commercialize autonomous trucks with the help of trucking industry leaders, the company announced March 27.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 8, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

Penske Sues Sacramento Over Environmental Plan

Penske Truck Leasing Co. has sued the city of Sacramento, Calif., alleging the city's environmental plan will harm the company's large North Sacramento facility.

Theresa Cliff | The Sacramento Bee
April 4, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS to Become the Primary Air Cargo Provider for USPS

UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service after FedEx said it wasn’t able to reach an agreement on mutually beneficial terms to extend its contract.

Michelle Chapman | Associated Press
April 1, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, For-Hire

Work Continues on Establishing PC-12 Oil Category

PC-12 will replace the current API CK-4 and FA-4 engine oils, but there are still hurdles ahead of the finish line.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
March 29, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS Sees Sales, Profit Growth Coming Out of ‘Difficult’ 2023

UPS Inc. expects sales and profit to grow over the next three years as the courier overcomes soft demand for package delivery coming out of the pandemic.

Kiel Porter | Bloomberg News
March 26, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Amazon Delivery Rival Pandion Secures Funding for Expansion

E-commerce logistics startup Pandion — which helps retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue compete with Amazon’s delivery — has secured $41.5 million in fresh funds to expand its operation.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
March 22, 2024
Business, For-Hire

FedEx Plans $5 Billion Buyback of Shares

FedEx Corp. plans to buy back $5 billion of its shares as cost-cutting efforts have helped boost the courier’s profits as fiscal third-quarter earnings beat expectations.

March 21, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Aerolane Seeks to Use Freighter Planes to Pull Cargo Gliders

Aerolane is testing a business plan to pull cargo gliders with small freighter planes.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
March 19, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

PS Logistics Buys Yordy Transport, Boosts Flatbed Ops Again

Diamond State Trucking & Logistics is to buy Morton, Ill.-based flatbed carrier Yordy Transport for an undisclosed sum, parent company PS Logistics said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
March 14, 2024
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