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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

Universal Earnings to Trail Expectations, Guidance

Universal Truckload Services Inc. said it expects third-quarter earnings will lag year-earlier results and come in below analysts expectations due to weakening customer demand for truckload services in certain industrial sectors.

September 30, 2015
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Rises in September

Consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in September as a resilient labor market helped Americans shake off the effects of tumbling stock prices.

Ali Donaldson | Bloomberg News
September 29, 2015
Business, Logistics

Hapag-Lloyd Seeks $500 Million From IPO Targeted for 2015

Hapag-Lloyd, Germany’s biggest shipping line, is seeking to raise $500 million from the sale of new shares this year as it presses ahead with an initial public offering even as the Chinese economic slowdown and a rout in Volkswagen shares sparked turmoil on stock markets.

Nicholas Brautlecht | Bloomberg News
September 29, 2015
Business, Logistics

Radiant Logistics 2Q Net Income Rises 3%

Radiant Logistics Inc. reported net income rose 3% to $2.19 million, or 4 cents per share, in the second quarter as the company absorbed multiple acquisitions.

September 28, 2015
Business, Logistics

Swift Earnings to Trail Forecast, Guidance

Swift Transportation Co. said its third-quarter and full-year results will lag analyst forecasts and its own profit guidance because of costs from past accidents and weaker freight volumes in the fourth quarter.

September 25, 2015
Business, Logistics

US Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises Following 13.3% Drop

Weekly U.S. intermodal rail traffic rose 0.6% from the same period last year after declining 13.3% the prior week, the Association of American Railroads reported.

September 25, 2015
Business, Logistics

International Intermodal Re-Emerges as Volume Growth Leader

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — International intermodal freight once again has become the driving force for intermodal growth because factors such as lower diesel prices and suboptimal rail service have slowed the increases in domestic truck/rail freight, experts said.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
September 22, 2015
Business, Logistics

More Business Awaits if Intermodal Service Improves Further

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Railroads have made progress in improving service quality this year, compared with last year’s delay-plagued operations, but they will have to keep improving to win more business from customers, shippers said.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
September 21, 2015
Business, Logistics

N.Y., N.J. Ask US to Pay Half of $20 Billion Rail Tunnel

Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of New York want the federal government to pay half of a $20 billion commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

September 21, 2015
Business, Logistics

GAO Urges Congress to Allow Rail-Safety Deadline Extension

A U.S. watchdog office urged Congress to empower regulators to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for freight and passenger railroads to adopt new safety technology that could prevent major derailments and other deadly crashes.

David Morgan | Reuters
September 21, 2015
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