2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
American Air Liquide
1,754
2
Praxair Inc.
1,115
3
Linde North America
699
4
Air Products Inc.
550
5
AmeriGas Partners
375
6
Ferrellgas Partners
231
7
Matheson Tri-Gas
207
Extras
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104

On the Bubble

Nexeo Solutions (369 tractors), is a chemical and plastics distributor with a network of over 1,300 suppliers.
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Private Carrier News
Business, Technology, Equipment, Private, Top 100

Walmart Canada Adds 60-Foot Multizone Refrigerated Trailer

Walmart Canada has expanded its fleet to include for the first time in North America a 60-foot multitemperature-zone refrigerated trailer, built by Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
July 25, 2022
Business, Private

PepsiCo Boosts Outlook After Increasing Prices

PepsiCo Inc. is winning the inflation battle so far, successfully passing on surging commodity costs by persuading consumers to pay more for their soda and chips.

Brett Pulley | Bloomberg News
July 12, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon Prime Day Comes Amid Slowdown in Online Sales Growth

Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event today much differently from how it entered the pandemic.

Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press
July 12, 2022
Business, Logistics, Private, TCA

Walmart Expands Program That Delivers Right to Your Fridge

Walmart can now drop off groceries right into customers’ refrigerators via its InHome delivery service in several large metropolitan areas, the retailer announced July 6.

Bernadette Berdychowski | Tampa Bay Times
July 7, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon Will Take Stake in Grubhub, Offer Prime Users Membership

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV’s shares jumped the most in almost four years after Amazon.com Inc. agreed to take a stake in its Grubhub business.

Amy Thomson | Bloomberg News
July 6, 2022
Business, Logistics, Private

Walmart Announces New Charges for Suppliers

Walmart Inc. is hitting some suppliers with two new charges as it struggles to soften the blow of surging transportation costs.

Brendan Case | Bloomberg News
July 6, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Amazon Names New Head for Troubled Retail Business

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on June 21 named a new head for the company’s troubled retail business, which is dealing with a glut of warehouse space after a massive expansion during the pandemic.

June 21, 2022
Business, Equipment, Private

Walmart to Add Four E-Commerce Warehouses to Speed Deliveries

Walmart Inc. announced plans to build what it said would be a “high-tech” fulfillment center in Joliet, Ill., which is 45 miles southwest of Chicago.

June 3, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private

Walmart, Others Amass $45 Billion in Extra Stuff to Sell

Big retailers rushed to build up inventories last year amid soaring consumer demand and transportation bottlenecks — going so far in some cases as to rent their own cargo ships. Now, they’re trying to figure out how to sell all their stuff.

May 31, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous, Private, TCA

Walmart Expands Drone Delivery in Six States

Walmart soon will expand its drone delivery program across six states: Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Drone hubs will be set up at 34 sites by the end of the year.

Bernadette Berdychowski | Tampa Bay Times
May 25, 2022