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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

Damco International ($158 million), Jamaica, New York, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

XPO Completes Con-way Purchase; Picks LTL Chief, Begins Cost Cuts

XPO Logistics Inc. last week began consolidating its latest acquisition, Con-way Inc., and also announced higher profit targets as well as revenue that tripled in the third quarter.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
November 9, 2015
Business, Logistics

XPO Raises Profit Targets, Reports Loss, Revenue Growth

XPO Logistics Inc. set new, higher profit targets and reported a wider net loss in the third quarter as the buyer of Con-way Inc. continued to show revenue growth from multiple acquisitions.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
November 5, 2015
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Growth Slows in Third Quarter

Truck/rail freight growth slowed to 3.4% in the third quarter, the Intermodal Association of North America reported, as domestic growth was stunted by truckers taking advantage of favorable fuel prices and capacity.

November 5, 2015
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Declines in October

U.S. rail intermodal traffic declined 1.4% in October compared with the same month the prior year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

November 4, 2015
Business, Logistics

Radiant Logistics Acquires Copper Logistics

Radiant Logistics has acquired Copper Logistics of Minneapolis and will use the company’s location near the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport to expand its transportation and logistics operations in the upper Midwest.

November 4, 2015
Business, Logistics

Maersk Line to Cut Capacity and Jobs as Global Demand Sags

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S is scaling back capacity and cutting jobs in the world’s largest shipping line to adapt to a drop in demand.

Peter Levring | Bloomberg News
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November 4, 2015
Business, Logistics

Shipping Braces for Pollution Tax After Climate Talks

The shipping industry expects to be stung by a carbon levy as momentum building from climate talks in Paris starting this month makes a cut to its greenhouse-gas emissions likely.

Jonathan Saul | Reuters
November 2, 2015
Business, Logistics

XPO Completes Con-way Acquisition

XPO Logistics Inc. announced that it has completed the $3 billion acquisition of trucking and logistics operator Con-way Inc.

October 30, 2015
Business, Logistics

TransForce Agrees to Sell Waste Unit to GFL Environmental

TransForce Inc. agreed to sell its waste management division to Canada’s GFL Environmental Inc. for C$800 million ($606.1 million) as the seller moves to focus on its other trucking business.

October 29, 2015
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Volume Declines for First Time Since September

Weekly U.S. intermodal rail traffic declined for the first time since September, the Association of American Railroads reported.

October 28, 2015
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