A Word From the Publisher t’s been 32 years since the trucking industry supports “anything that makes it hard to get into was officially “deregulated,” which meant and hard to stay in this industry.” the federal government would no longer Carriers that are able to meet new regulations will regulate freight rates and services. Passage be the ones that prosper in the future, according to of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 unleashed Williams’ point of view. Ipowerful market forces that continue to reshape the Not surprisingly, there are others who believe that industry today. federal oversight of trucking is going too far. But trucking today is far from being unregulated. “We’re the most over-reregulated industry out In fact, you could argue that it is more regulated there,” said Michael Card, president of Combined than ever before. Transport Inc. and current chairman of American How can that be? Consider that Trucking Associations. over the past three decades, in the Card said the cost of meeting new name of highway safety, the federal regulations, such as driver hours-of- government has mandated drug and service, drug testing and onboard alcohol testing and set minimum li - recorders, will force many carriers censing requirements for drivers, out of business and will discourage funded state-run roadside inspection others from starting up. programs, increased by one hour the “They’re all great regulations, but maximum time a driver can be be - almost all of them have raised the hind the wheel and cut by one hour cost of owning a trucking company,” the maximum time a driver can be he said. on duty. The Environmental Protec - Regardless of your point of view, it tion Agency set new emissions stan - should be noted that the trucking in - dards for heavy-duty diesel trucks, dustry’s safety record has improved forcing the industry to adopt new considerably during this period. The and more expensive equipment. number deaths in truck-involved And there’s more on the way. Elec - crashes has fallen from a high point tronic logging devices, new training Howard Abramson of 5.21 per hundred million miles standards for drivers and medical ex - traveled in 1979 to a low point of aminers, new safety fitness ratings 1.03 per hundred million miles trav - for carriers and drivers, higher insurance and bond - eled in 2009. ing requirements, new qualification standards for Can this safety record continue? The number of new carrier entrants, and much more. fatalities per hundred million miles traveled has What does this mean? Part of the answer can be gone back up slightly in the past two years, and the seen in a report by Senior Features Writer Daniel industry appears to be at a crossroads. Will aggres - P. Bearth for the 2013 TRANSPORT TOPICS Top 100 sive new federal safety interventions help or hurt the For-Hire Carriers feature. cause? Will new technologies, such as anti-collision Compliance with safety and environmental regu - warning systems and in-cab driver monitoring, play lations are raising the cost of hauling freight, the a bigger role in preventing crashes? consequences of which we may be just beginning The answer to those questions remains to be seen. to see and understand. But clearly, the time has come for everyone to ac - For some trucking executives, new regulations, knowledge the price of progress. such as a mandate for using electronic onboard recording devices to monitor driver hours of serv - ice, are necessary to ensure a level playing field for all carriers. Steve Williams, chief executive officer of flatbed carrier Maverick USA in Little Rock, Ark., said he ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SOURCES The 2013 Transport Topics Top 100 is a project of TRANSPORT TOPICS Publishing Group and features data compiled from public and private for-hire trucking companies. In some cases, revenue estimates were used to determine sector rankings. Senior Features Writer Daniel P. Bearth coordinated the project with assistance from Brandon Green. Cover design is by TRANSPORT TOPICS Publishing Group . RANK RANK REVENUE % NET INCOME % OPERATING UNITS 2012 2011 COMPANY (000) CHANGE (000) CHANGE EMPLOYEES EQUIPMENT (DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES) 1 UPS Inc. 54,127,000 1.9 807,000 -78.8 399,000 102,851 company-owned tractors UPS Package Operations (air and ground package delivery) 1 Atlanta 53,105,000 3,804,000 398,000 straight trucks, package cars, vans UPS Supply Chain Solutions (transportation management, air, ocean, rail and ground NYSE: UPS and motorcycles freight forwarding, customs brokerage, supply chain consulting and network design, Scott Davis, Chairman and CEO 83,730 trailers dedicated contract carriage, service parts distribution and repair, returns management, David Abney, COO 230 aircraft order fulfillment, assembly and distribution) Kurt Kuehn, CFO UPS Freight (regional and interregional LTL, truckload, expedited, dedicated contract carriage, refrigerated intermodal) www.ups.com UPS Capital Corp. (equipment leasing, trade finance, freight payment and insurance) UPS Mail Innovations (mail processing) The UPS Store (franchiser of retail shipping, postal and business service stores) 2 FedEx Corp. 1 43,898,000 4.0 1,808,000 -11.4 300,000 24,261 company-owned tractors FedEx Express, FedEx Trade Networks, FedEx SupplyChain Systems (domestic and 2 Memphis, Tenn. 42,224,000 2,040,000 300,000 57,335 straight trucks international air and ground package and freight delivery, air and ocean freight forwarding, NYSE: FDX 86,707 trailers customs brokerage, transportation management, order fulfillment, warehousing and Frederick Smith, Chairman and CEO 660 aircraft distribution, service parts, returned goods management, supply chain consulting) Alan Graf Jr., CFO FedEx Ground, FedEx SmartPost (commercial and residential ground package delivery and consolidation) www.fedex.com FedEx Freight, FedEx Custom Critical (regional and national LTL, expedited) FedEx Services, FedEx Office, FedEx TechConnect (sales and marketing, information technology support, document and business services, customer service, billings and collections) 3 Con-way Inc. 5,580,247 5.5 104,546 18.2 29,987 11,800 company-owned tractors Con-way Freight (regional and interregional LTL) 3 Ann Arbor, Mich. 5,289,953 88,443 27,800 40,000 trailers Con-way Truckload (dry van TL) NYSE: CNW Con-way Multimodal (freight brokerage, intermodal) Douglas Stotlar, President and CEO Menlo Worldwide Logistics (supply chain consulting, transportation management, Stephen Bruffett, CFO dedicated contract carriage, warehousing and distribution, freight brokerage) Road Systems (trailer manufacturing) www.con-way.com 5 J.B. Hunt Transport Services 5,054,980 11.7 310,354 20.8 16,475 9,017 company-owned tractors J.B. Hunt Intermodal (intermodal and drayage) 4 Lowell, Ark. 4,527,000 257,006 15,631 141 lease-to-own tractors J.B. Hunt Truck (dry van and refrigerated TL and LTL, expedited) Nasdaq: JBHT 528 owner-operator tractors J.B. Hunt Dedicated Contract Services, (dedicated contract carriage, commercial Kirk Thompson, Chairman 501 straight trucks and residential delivery and installation services) John Roberts III, President and CEO 183 pickups and cargo vans J.B. Hunt Integrated Capacity Solutions (freight brokerage) Craig Harper, COO 22,699 trailers David Mee, CFO 58,745 containers 55,409 chassis www.jbhunt.com 4 YRC Worldwide 4,850,500 -0.4 (136,500) -61.5 32,000 14,572 company-owned tractors YRC Freight (national and international LTL and TL, expedited, cross-border services) 5 Overland Park, Kan. 4,868,844 (354,517) 32,000 47,694 trailers YRC Reimer (regional and interregional LTL in Canada, cross-border services) Nasdaq: YRCW New Penn , Holland , Reddaway (regional and interregional LTL and TL, expedited, James Welch, CEO cross-border services) Jamie Pierson, CFO www.yrcw.com 1 FedEx Corp. revenue and net income are for 12 months ended Feb. 28, 2013, and Feb. 29, 2012. All numbers for 2011 are printed in blue . 4 – 2013 Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carriers / This Transport Topics 100 PDF is sponsored by R.L. Polk & Co. and TMW RANK RANK REVENUE % NET INCOME % OPERATING UNITS 2012 2011 COMPANY (000) CHANGE (000) CHANGE EMPLOYEES EQUIPMENT (DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES) 6 Schneider National Inc. 3,500,000 2.9 NA NA 16,700 8,240 company-owned tractors Schneider National Truckload Services (dry van TL, expedited, dedicated contract 6 Green Bay, Wis. 3,400,000 NA 17,400 1,370 lease-to-own tractors carriage) Chris Lofgren, President and CEO 1,930 owner-operator tractors Schneider National Bulk Carriers (liquid bulk, chemical and petroleum tank) Lori Lutey, CFO 23 straight trucks Schneider Intermodal Services (intermodal) 29,800 trailers Schneider Logistics Services (transportation management, freight brokerage, www.schneider.com 14,300 containers transloading and intermodal drayage, warehousing and distribution, supply chain consulting and network design, domestic and international freight service in China) Schneider Finance (equipment leasing) 7 Swift Transportation 3,493,182 4.8 114,589 26.5 16,671 11,275 company-owned tractors Swift Transportation (dry van and refrigerated TL, flatbed and heavy specialized, 7 Phoenix 3,333,908 90,550 17,400 3,956 owner-operator tractors dedicated contract carriage, intermodal, cross-border services, drayage, NYSE: SWFT 52,841 trailers transportation management and freight brokerage, equipment leasing and insurance) Bill Post, Chairman 8,717 containers Trans-Mex (dry van TL in Mexico) Jerry Moyes, CEO Richard Stocking, President and COO Virginia Henkels, CFO www.swifttrans.com 8 TransForce