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2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
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
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On the Bubble

Crane Worldwide Logistics ($214 million), Houston, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, intermodal and drayage, supply chain consulting.
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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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