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2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 50 Logistics Companies listing.
As online sales continue to soar, so have the expectations of consumers for goods to be delivered quickly and cheaply.
Our April 20 LiveOnWeb webcast looked at how online shopping is creating enormous disruption to freight networks and modes of delivery. Plus we looked back at the new TT Top 50 Logistics Companies rankings. Watch the replay.
Rankings
Logistics 50 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
Top Airfreight Forwarders
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | Airfreight (Metric Tons) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 2,085,000 |
| 2 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 1,250,000 |
| 3 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,092,000 |
| 4 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 935,300 |
| 5 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 872,480 |
| 6 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 836,200 |
| 7 | Nippon Express | Japan | 711,354 |
| 8 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 561,240 |
| 9 | Bollore Logistics | France | 555,000 |
| 10 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 536,200 |
| 11 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 478,000 |
| 12 | Ceva Logistics | France | 451,000 |
| 13 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 372,700 |
| 14 | UTi Worldwide | 353,300 | |
| 15 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 344,000 |
| 16 | DSV Air & Sea Ltd. | Denmark | 311,193 |
| 17 | Geodis | France | 299,032 |
| 18 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 282,200 |
| 19 | Dachser SE | Germany | 275,300 |
| 20 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 264,068 |
| 21 | Pilot Freight Services | United States | 220,000 |
| 22 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 213,000 |
| 23 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 202,000 |
| 24 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 190,000 |
| 25 | Apex Logistics International | Hong Kong | 187,000 |
| 26 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 180,000 |
| 27 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 152,000 |
| 28 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 115,000 |
| 29 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 114,000 |
| 30 | Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent | China | 100,000 |
| 31 | BDP International | United States | 87,000 |
| 32 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 86,547 |
| 33 | XPO Logistics | United States | 72,612 |
| 34 | Girag Air Cargo | 70,200 | |
| 35 | American Global Logistics | United States | 50,000 |
| 36 | BEL International Logistics | Hong Kong | 50,000 |
| 37 | OIA Global | United States | 43,668 |
| 38 | Scanwell Logistics | United States | 40,000 |
| 39 | Shanghai Hengrong International Transportation | China | 40,000 |
| 40 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 39,100 |
| 41 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 31,000 |
About the Rankings...
Top 50 Logistics Companies provide logistics services, including freight brokerage, freight forwarding, warehousing and dedicated contract carriage in North America and are ranked on the basis of annual gross revenue. Some sector rankings may have been updated since their print publication. To be included in the Top 50 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 50 list.
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On the Bubble
Dupre Logistics
($168 million), Lafayette, La., provides customs brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, supply chain consulting and transportation management.
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UPS and Waymo announced Jan. 29 a pilot program for autonomous vehicle package pickup in Phoenix.
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