Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Headquarters | Freight Revenue (Millions) | Total Revenue (Millions) | Freight Revenue Share |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | FedEx Logistics | United States | $57,198 | $62,335 | 91.8% |
2 | 2 | UPS Inc. | United States | $57,100 | $65,872 | 86.7% |
3 | 3 | China Railway Corp. | China | $39,395 | $150,274 | 26.2% |
4 | 4 | Maersk | Denmark | $29,096 | $30,945 | 94% |
5 | 5 | Russian Railways | Russia | $26,285 | $38,594 | 68.1% |
6 | 6 | Deutsche Post DHL Group | Germany | $21,915 | $68,271 | 32.1% |
7 | 9 | Mediterranean Shipping Co. | Switzerland | $21,428 | $21,428 | 100% |
8 | 7 | Union Pacific Corp. | United States | $21,240 | $21,240 | 100% |
9 | 10 | CMA CGM Group | France | $21,116 | $21,116 | 100% |
10 | 8 | BNSF Railway | United States | $20,406 | $21,387 | 95.4% |
11 | 11 | Indian Railways | India | $17,948 | $25,311 | 64.8% |
12 | 13 | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines | Japan | $13,958 | $14,830 | 94.1% |
13 | 12 | NYK Group | Japan | $13,869 | $19,903 | 69.7% |
14 | 18 | COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. | China | $13,378 | $13,378 | 100% |
15 | 14 | Deutsche Bahn AG | Germany | $12,578 | $48,234 | 26.1% |
16 | 17 | CSX Corp. | United States | $11,408 | $11,408 | 100% |
17 | 15 | Hapag-Lloyd AG | Germany | $11,264 | $11,264 | 100% |
18 | 16 | Yamato Holdings | Japan | $11,190 | $15,459 | 72% |
19 | 19 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | United States | $10,551 | $10,551 | 100% |
20 | 22 | SF Express | China | $10,522 | $10,522 | 100% |
21 | 20 | Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K Line) | Japan | $10,166 | $10,166 | 100% |
22 | 21 | Canadian National Railway | Canada | $9,766 | $10,054 | 97% |
23 | 23 | XPO | United States | $7,516 | $15,381 | 48.9% |
24 | 25 | GeoPost Group | France | $7,350 | $7,699 | 95.5% |
25 | 24 | SG Holdings | Japan | $7,302 | $9,003 | 81.1% |
26 | 27 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | United States | $6,181 | $7,190 | 86% |
27 | 28 | Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. | Hong Kong | $6,108 | $6,108 | 100% |
28 | 30 | Canadian Pacific Railway | Canada | $4,915 | $5,053 | 97.3% |
29 | 29 | Yellow Corp. | United States | $4,891 | $4,891 | 100% |
30 | 32 | Knight-Swift Transportation | United States | $4,634 | $5,186 | 89.4% |
31 | 35 | Evergreen Marine Corp. | Taiwan | $4,444 | $4,947 | 88.9% |
32 | 31 | Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. | South Korea | $4,438 | $4,438 | 100% |
33 | 33 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. | Taiwan | $4,303 | $4,303 | 100% |
34 | 34 | Transnet Group | South Africa | $3,775 | $4,918 | 76.8% |
35 | 36 | Schneider | United States | $3,647 | $4,384 | 83.2% |
36 | 40 | TFI International | Canada | $3,460 | $3,655 | 94.7% |
37 | 39 | Emirates Group | United Arab Emirates | $3,386 | $24,831 | 13.6% |
38 | 38 | Old Dominion Freight Line | United States | $3,358 | $3,358 | 100% |
39 | 37 | Nippon Express | Japan | $3,117 | $17,798 | 17.5% |
40 | 43 | Cathay Pacific Airways | Hong Kong | $3,067 | $12,483 | 24.6% |
41 | 41 | Toll Group | Australia | $3,023 | $6,282 | 48.1% |
42 | 44 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | $2,978 | $2,978 | 100% |
43 | 46 | Lufthansa Group | Germany | $2,851 | $40,186 | 7.1% |
44 | 38 | Pacific International Lines | Singapore | $2,616 | $3,798 | 68.9% |
45 | 45 | Kansas City Southern | United States | $2,583 | $2,583 | 100% |
46 | 48 | Estes Express Lines | United States | $2,476 | $2,746 | 90.2% |
47 | 50 | Korean Air | South Korea | $2,473 | $10,387 | 23.8% |
48 | 42 | Aurizon | Australia | $2,409 | $2,409 | 100% |
49 | - | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group | Norway | $2,404 | $3,024 | 79.5% |
50 | - | Kazakhstan Temir Zholy | Kazakhstan | $2,349 | $2,785 | 84.3% |
Top 50 Global Freight Companies
Revenue from acquired companies only included for period after close of acquisition. All revenue figures have been converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate in the appropriate calendar year.
Sources: Company reports and SJ Consulting Group Inc. estimates
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