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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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52

On the Bubble

Port Logistics Group ($209 million), City of Industry, Calif., provides dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 4.6% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 4.6% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

October 28, 2011
Business, Logistics

Pacer Reports Higher 3Q Profit, Boosts Outlook

Pacer International on Thursday reported higher third-quarter profit and raised its full-year earnings outlook.

October 27, 2011
Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern Reports Higher 3Q Profit

Norfolk Southern Corp.’s third-quarter profit rose 24 percent from the same quarter last year, the Eastern freight railroad reported.

October 27, 2011
Business, Safety, Logistics

3PL Transplace Merges With Celtic International

Transplace Inc. has merged with intermodal marketing company Celtic International Inc. to create a $1 billion North American logistics provider.

October 27, 2011
Business, Logistics

C.H. Robinson’s Third-Quarter Income Rises

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide said its third-quarter profit rose to $114 million, or 70 cents a share, from $103 million, or 62 cents, a year earlier.

October 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Hub Group’s Third-Quarter Income Rises

Logistics firm Hub Group’s third-quarter income improved on higher intermodal activity.

October 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Canadian Railroads Report Mixed Earnings

Canada’s two biggest freight railroads reported mixed earnings this week.

October 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Kansas City Southern’s 3Q Profit Doubles

Kansas City Southern reported its third-quarter earnings rose to $100 million, or 91 cents a share, from $50 million, or 48 cents, the previous year.

October 26, 2011
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Sinks to Two-Year Low

Consumer confidence dropped in October to its lowest level since March 2009, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

October 25, 2011
Business, Logistics

Truckers Complain About Slow Progress in Improving Intermodal Chassis Practices

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Intermodal truckers are seeing painfully slow progress on two long-standing and related issues — changes in the providers of chassis for container shipments and effective implementation of federal chassis safety rules, industry officials reported.

October 24, 2011
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