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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 BEL International Logistics Hong Kong 50,000
40 American Global Logistics United States 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

Pilot Freight Services ($195 million), Lima, Pa., provides cross-border service, customs brokerage, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific Names Lance Fritz President

Union Pacific Corp. announced that it has named Lance Fritz president of Union Pacific Railroad, its chief operating company.

February 6, 2014
Business, Logistics

Wabash 4Q Net Income Drops

Wabash National Corp. reported its fourth-quarter net income dropped, but revenue increased.

February 6, 2014
Business, Fuel, Government, Logistics, Autonomous

Forward Air Closes Central States Purchase

Forward Air Corp. said Feb. 6 it completed its $95.6 million acquisition of Central States Trucking Co. and Central States Logistics.

February 6, 2014
Business, Logistics

Trailer Orders Top 230,000 For Third Consecutive Year

New trailer orders in December totaled 29,164, the highest level of 2013, pushing the annual figure above 230,000 for the third consecutive year, ACT Research Co. reported.

February 3, 2014
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises For Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 3% in the week ended Jan. 25 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

January 31, 2014
Business, Logistics

Canadian Pacific’s 4Q Net Income Rises

Canadian freight railroad Canadian Pacific’s fourth-quarter net income rose to C$82 million, or 47 Canadian cents per share, from C$15 million, or 8 cents, a year earlier.

January 29, 2014
Business, Logistics

Hub Group’s 4Q Earnings Fall

Hub Group Inc. said its net income fell in the fourth quarter of 2013 but increased in the full year.

January 28, 2014
Business, Logistics

Swift’s Net Income Falls in 4Q

Swift Transportation Co. said its fourth-quarter profit fell as expenses such as salaries, supplies and claims increased.

January 27, 2014
Business, Logistics

XPO Says It Will Sell Stock, Issues Preliminary 4Q Report

XPO Logistics Inc. said it plans to offer 15 million shares to finance the cash portion of its previously announced purchase of Pacer International Inc. for $335 million.

January 27, 2014
Business, Logistics

December Trailer Orders Slip 4.5%

U.S. trailer manufacturers received 29,164 new orders in December, down 4.5% from the same month a year earlier but up 13.6% from November’s total, ACT Research Co. reported.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
January 24, 2014
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