The truck driving profession is on the top 10 list for CareerCast’s 2018 Toughest Jobs to Fill report, which CareerCast Online Content Editor Kyle Kensing believes is the result of the recession and skills gap.
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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 | 2,081,000 |
2 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 1,304,000 |
3 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,101,200 |
4 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 935,300 |
5 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 921,400 |
6 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 875,914 |
7 | Nippon Express | Japan | 705,478 |
8 | Bollore Logistics | France | 580,000 |
9 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 576,225 |
10 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 574,644 |
11 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 548,600 |
12 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 457,000 |
13 | Ceva Logistics | France | 421,800 |
14 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 372,700 |
15 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 332,389 |
16 | Geodis | France | 330,000 |
17 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 286,897 |
18 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 282,200 |
19 | FedEx Logistics | United States | 268,340 |
20 | Apex Logistics International | Hong Kong | 260,000 |
21 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 230,000 |
22 | Dachser SE | Germany | 224,000 |
23 | Pilot Freight Services | United States | 220,000 |
24 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 219,000 |
25 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 195,082 |
26 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 180,000 |
27 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 140,000 |
28 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 115,000 |
29 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 114,000 |
30 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 113,119 |
31 | Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent | China | 100,000 |
32 | XPO Logistics | United States | 72,600 |
33 | Seko Logistics | United States | 70,000 |
34 | TransGroup Global Logistics | United States | 66,000 |
35 | OIA Global | United States | 65,000 |
36 | BDP International | United States | 60,000 |
37 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 60,000 |
38 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 57,517 |
39 | American Global Logistics | United States | 50,000 |
40 | BEL International Logistics | Hong Kong | 50,000 |
41 | Scanwell Logistics | United States | 40,000 |
42 | Shanghai Hengrong International Transportation | China | 40,000 |
43 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 31,000 |
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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Extras
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