There were big gains all around for the nation’s largest for-hire carriers, some driven by acquisitions and some by expansion in response to vigorous growth in demand for freight hauling.
UPS Inc. maintained its hold on the top position of the 2018 Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carriers list, holding off, at least for another year, a challenge from its primary rival FedEx Corp., based on a comparison of revenue for the 2017 calendar year for UPS and for the 12 months ended Feb. 28, 2018, for FedEx, which operates on a fiscal year ending on May 30.
