Slower economic growth and flagging freight volumes didn’t keep the nation’s largest trucking companies from setting a revenue record in 2012.
Top 50 Trucking Companies
The largest trucking companies in the U.S. set a revenue record in 2012.
The combined revenue of the 50 largest motor carriers rose to $101.2 billion last year, according to The Journal of Commerce Top 50 Trucking Companies list, based on data prepared by SJ Consulting Group in Pittsburgh.
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27 Feb 2014
The $4.87 billion less-than-truckload operator scraped through a tumultuous 2013 and promises to focus on improving fundamental processes at YRC Freight in 2014.
26 Feb 2014
Roadrunner, one of the fastest growing large trucking companies, is expanding its truckload business faster thanks to acquisitions, including its purchase of Rich Logistics.
18 Feb 2014
With a refinancing deal and Teamsters contract that give YRC Worldwide a five-year reprieve, CEO James Welch will focus all efforts at improving “execution” at troubled YRC Freight and on serving shippers better.
14 Feb 2014
YRC Worldwide, the second largest LTL trucker, has five more years to recover from more than $3 billion in losses thanks to a $1.1 billion refinancing package and a decade of Teamsters concessions.
07 Feb 2014
With a 22 percent leap in profit in 2013, Old Dominion Freight Line will continue its long-term expansion, building out its network to handle increased volumes of freight in 2014.
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Senior Editor Bill Cassidy interviews YRC Worldwide CEO James Welch, who is getting closer to his goal of returning the troubled less-than-truckload operator to profitability.
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