2018 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
Rankings
Top 100 Private | Food Service | Grocery | Beverage | Petroleum/Chemical | Industrial Gases | Agriculture/Food Processing | Wholesale/Retail | Manufacturing
Equipment Rental | Building Materials | Waste Management | Paper/Office Products | Construction | Health Care | Uniform Rental | Media & Entertainment
Top Petroleum/Chemical Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | Halliburton Energy Services |
5,382 |
2 | Schlumberger Limited |
3,652 |
3 | C & J Energy Services |
2,306 |
4 | Basic Energy Service |
1,686 |
5 | Gibson Energy |
1,200 |
6 | FTS International |
1,116 |
7 | Calfrac Well Services |
1,102 |
8 | Pilot Flying J Inc. |
1,084 |
9 | Helena Chemicals |
1,004 |
10 | Key Energy Services |
790 |
11 | Gemini Motor Transport |
765 |
12 | Univar Inc. |
740 |
13 | Plains All American Pipeline |
730 |
14 | Select Energy Services |
653 |
15 | Cudd Energy Services |
638 |
16 | ProPetro Services |
630 |
17 | Energy Transfer Partners |
605 |
18 | Brenntag North America |
587 |
19 | Baker Hughes Inc. |
571 |
20 | MDU Resources Group |
563 |
21 | Gravity Oilfield Services |
529 |
22 | Nuverra Environmental Solutions |
433 |
23 | Nexeo Solutions |
386 |
24 | Eastex Crude |
337 |
25 | Sentinel Transportation |
323 |
26 | Sun Coast Resources |
267 |
27 | NGL Energy Partners |
244 |
28 | Stallion Oilfied Services |
238 |
29 | Pilot Thomas Logistics |
226 |
30 | Marathon Petroleum |
213 |
31 | Carpenter Co. |
200 |
32 | Nine Energy Services |
190 |
33 | Convenience Transportation |
177 |
34 | Weatherford International |
139 |
35 | KLX Energy Services |
108 |
36 | Growmark |
102 |
37 | Targa Resouces Partners |
98 |
38 | Patterson UTI |
96 |
39 | HydroChem |
88 |
40 | RelaDyne |
75 |
41 | Trican |
49 |
42 | Southwestern Energy Co. |
48 |
43 | Oil States Energy Services |
45 |
44 | Mapco Express |
42 |
45 | Delek U.S. |
27 |
46 | Pioneer Hi-Bred |
24 |
46 | Unimin Corp. |
24 |
48 | Exxon Mobil Corp. |
14 |
49 | Tetra Tech |
11 |
The Top 100 Private Carriers on this list operate their own trucks to carry freight and are ranked on the basis of the total number of highway tractors in the fleet. To be included in the Top 100 list, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
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