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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
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
Extras
A former Transport Topics editor who worked at Amazon examines the hustle and bustle of the online retailer.
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On the Bubble

Transplace Inc. ($170 million), Frisco, Texas, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, freight brokerage freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, supply chain consulting and transportation management.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Third-Party Logistics Market Expected to Pass $1.1 Trillion by 2022

An Allied Market Research report finds that the global third-party logistics market is expected to reach $1.1 trillion over the next six years.

July 8, 2016
Business, Logistics

Universal Logistics Says Second-Quarter Earnings to Trail Forecasts

Universal Logistics Holdings Inc. has become the third truckload operator to announce its second-quarter earnings will fall short of the average analyst estimate due to weak freight markets.

July 8, 2016
Business, Logistics

Schneider Truck Driver Wins National Award for 51 Years of Safety on the Road

Bob Wyatt, Schneider's most-decorated and longest-tenured driver, won the 2016 International Driver Excellence Award from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 8, 2016
Business, Logistics

Iowa Lands $25 Million Grant for Freight Hub

A grant worth more than $25 million has been awarded to construct a Cedar Rapids intermodal transportation facility officials say is to become a one-of-a-kind freight hub for the state.

Mitchell Schmidt | The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
July 8, 2016
Business, Logistics

Shipping Firms Promise the EU Steps to Prevent Price Hike Collusion

BRUSSELS — Several container shipping companies have promised to change practices that potentially allowed them to raise the price of global goods transport, the European Commission announced July 7, following an investigation.

Helen Maguire | Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)
July 7, 2016
Business, Logistics

TransForce Acquires Canadian Operations of K.A.S. Personnel Services

Transforce Inc., a staffing agency for truck drivers, has acquired the assets of K.A.S. Personnel Services, another commercial truck-based staffing agency based in Mississauga, Ontario.

July 5, 2016
Business, Logistics

Global Shipping Slumps on Fears of Trade Crisis

The world’s largest ship broker admitted its business has been battered by weak global trade – underlining the crisis engulfing the shipping industry.

Hugo Duncan | Daily Mail (London)
July 5, 2016
Business, Logistics

North Central Utility Breaks Ground on Minnesota Dealership

North Central Utility has broken ground on a dealership in Mankato, Minnesota.

June 30, 2016
Business, Logistics

Construction Starts on $13.5 Million Indiana Intermodal Facility

State and local officials joined executives from Transpoint Intermodal to break ground June 28 on a new $13.5 million, 64-job cargo transfer facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Kevin Leininger | The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
June 29, 2016
Business, Government, Logistics

After Panama Canal Expansion, Port Manatee Optimistic for More Business

A Port Manatee trade executive has returned from ceremonies marking the expansion of the Panama Canal, saying he is optimistic that the expansion will reap big benefits for the port.

June 29, 2016
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