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 Refrigerated (Truckload & LTL) Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prime Inc. | 1,627,899 |
| 2 | C.R. England | 1,397,626 |
| 3 | KLLM Transport Services | 910,000 |
| 4 | Stevens Transport | 671,110 |
| 5 | Marten Transport | 398,361 |
| 6 | Swift Refrigerated | 380,251 |
| 7 | John Christner Trucking | 244,718 |
| 8 | Shaffer Trucking | 207,000 est |
| 9 | May Trucking Co. | 200,619 |
| 10 | Covenant Logistics Group | 195,545 |
| 11 | Navajo Express Inc. | 175,000 |
| 12 | CanXpress | 150,343 |
| 13 | Black Horse Carriers | 135,000 |
| 14 | J&R Schugel Trucking | 122,000 est |
| 15 | MCT Transportation | 111,506 |
| 16 | WEL Cos. | 109,000 |
| 17 | National Carriers | 105,000 |
| 18 | Freymiller Inc. | 93,000 est |
| 19 | Day & Ross | 72,513 |
| 20 | Bay and Bay Transportation | 70,269 |
| 21 | Continental Express | 69,000 est |
| 22 | Celadon Group Inc. | 56,518 |
| 23 | Forward Air | 42,373 |
| 24 | Interstate Distributor Co. | 39,000 |
| 25 | Roehl Refrigerated Transport | 35,928 |
| 26 | TWT Refrigerated | 33,075 |
| 27 | Koch Cos. | 30,000 |
| 28 | Maverick Transportation | 29,277 |
| 29 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 28,873 |
Top For-Hire Carriers on this list are common and contract freight carriers operating in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Companies are ranked on the basis of annual revenue. To be included in the Top 100 or any of the sectors, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or email to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
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