Ken Shigley is an Atlanta-based trial attorney, former president of the 45,000 member State Bar of Georgia Bar, representing clients in cases of serious personal injury and wrongful death statewide in Georgia. He is former chair American Association for Justice (AAJ) Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section(2015-16), which includes over 2,500 trial lawyers in all 50 states and specialized litigation groups on Trucking Litigation, Bus Litigation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Motorcycle Litigation, Bicycle Litigation, Resort Torts Litigation and Inadequate Security Litigation. He is a member of the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that in crashes involving large trucks and other vehicles, 98% of the fatalities occur to the people in passenger vehicles. Every 16 minutes, a person is killed or sustains injuries in accidents involving 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers or semi-trucks. Following is a list of the largest trucking companies, based on total revenue, with links to pages with their Safersys data, insurance information, and company web sites.
| Rank | Revenue (millions) | Company Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24,800.00 | United Parcel Service |
| 2 | $2,900.00 | Yellow Freight System |
| 3 | $2,700.00 | Schneider |
| 4 | $2,654.10 | Roadway Express |
| 5 | $2,200.00 | Consolidated Freightways |
| 6 | $2,200.00 | Ryder Integrated Logistics |
| 7 | $1,900.00 | RPS |
| 8 | $1,842.00 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services |
| 9 | $1,684.00 | Con-Way Transportation |
| 10 | $1,157.00 | ABF Freight System |
| 11 | $1,129.00 | United Van Lines |
| 12 | $1,033.90 | Overnite Transportation |
| 13 | $986.30 | American Freightways |
| 14 | $966.50 | North American Van Lines |
| 15 | $873.00 | Swift Transportation |
| 16 | $863.40 | Werner Enterprises |
| 17 | $806.70 | Penske Logistics |
| 18 | $794.00 | USF Holland |
| 19 | $750.00 | Watkins Motor Lines |
| 20 | $688.80 | Allied Van Lines |
| 21 | $581.40 | U.S. Xpress |
| 22 | $519.40 | Estes Express Lines |
| 23 | $512.00 | Atlas Van Lines |
| 24 | $490.00 | Landstar Ranger |
| 25 | $481.70 | M.S. Carriers |
| 26 | $428.80 | Averitt Express |
| 27 | $424.30 | Vitran Express |
| 28 | $403.80 | Prime |
| 29 | $391.00 | Mayflower Transit |
| 30 | $389.00 | CTI |
| 31 | $388.50 | Landstar Inway |
| 32 | $387.90 | Quality Carriers |
| 33 | $383.10 | Old Dominion |
| 34 | $382.00 | Viking Freight System |
| 35 | $377.60 | C.R. England |
| 36 | $377.00 | Southeastern Freight Lines |
| 37 | $370.50 | Covenant Transport |
| 38 | $366.80 | AAA Cooper |
| 39 | $355.00 | CRST |
| 40 | $350.00 | FFE Transportation Services |
| 41 | $316.40 | Crete Carrier |
| 42 | $300.00 | Saia Motor Freight |
| 43 | $300.00 | Trimac Transportation System |
| 44 | $285.00 | Trism |
| 45 | $281.00 | Celadon |
| 46 | $277.40 | Dart Transit/Fleetline |
| 47 | $272.30 | Contract Freighters Inc |
| 48 | $259.90 | Central Freight Lines |
| 49 | $258.50 | Landstar Ligon |
| 50 | $246.00 | Heartland Express |
| 51 | $245.90 | Transport Corp of America |
| 52 | $238.90 | Matlack |
| 53 | $232.00 | Burlington Motor Carriers |
| 54 | $229.00 | KLLM Transport Services |
| 55 | $226.10 | Jevic Transportation |
| 56 | $220.00 | NEMF |
| 57 | $215.50 | USF Reddaway |
| 58 | $212.40 | USF Red Star Inc |
| 59 | $202.90 | New Penn Motor Express |
| 60 | $200.10 | Roberts Express |
| 61 | $196.00 | Suddath Companies |
| 62 | $193.70 | Marten Transport |
| 63 | $193.50 | Dick Simon Trucking |
| 64 | $182.00 | USF Dugan |
| 65 | $172.50 | Mercer Transportation |
| 66 | $171.40 | Arnold Transportation Services |
| 67 | $171.00 | Stevens Transport |
| 68 | $170.00 | APA Transport |
| 69 | $161.40 | Smithway Motor Xpress |
| 70 | $159.30 | Initial DSI Transports |
| 71 | $155.00 | Cardinal Freight Carriers/td> |
| 72 | $147.80 | Pitt-Ohio |
| 73 | $140.00 | Crouse Cartage |
| 74 | $136.30 | USF Bestway |
| 75 | $128.20 | Midwest Coast Transport |
| 76 | $125.00 | Groendyke Transport |
| 77 | $125.00 | Rollins Logistics |
| 78 | $124.60 | G.I. Trucking |
| 79 | $123.10 | Bulkmatic Transport |
| 80 | $123.00 | Roehl Transport |
| 81 | $112.00 | Ace Transportation |
| 82 | $108.40 | Miller Transporters |
| 83 | $103.50 | Wilson Trucking |
| 84 | $102.60 | Paschall Truck Lines |
| 85 | $101.10 | Transcontinental Refrigerated/td> |
| 86 | $100.00 | Cannon Express |
| 87 | $92.00 | Daylight Transport |
| 88 | $86.30 | Boyd Bros Transportation |
| 89 | $85.10 | Road Runner Trucking |
| 90 | $82.70 | ACME Truck Line |
| 91 | $75.60 | Ward Trucking |
| 92 | $75.00 | A. Duie Pyle |
| 93 | $62.00 | Barr Nunn Transportation |
| 94 | $55.60 | Dupre Transport |
| 95 | $55.00 | Daily Express |
| 96 | $53.60 | Armellini Express Lines |
| 97 | $50.00 | Bullet Freight Systems |
| 98 | $42.30 | Concord Transportation |
| 99 | $38.00 | Givens Trucking Co |
| 100 | $37.00 | Hermann Services |