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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

SCI Group ($196 million), Toronto, provides dedicated contract carriage, order fulfillment, returned goods management, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Chrysler Reports 2Q Profit Excluding Loan Paybacks

Chrysler Group LLC reported second-quarter net profit of $181 million, after excluding losses from paying off U.S. and Canadian government loans early, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

July 26, 2011
Business, Government, Logistics

Judge Orders Review of Deal Between Long Beach Port, ATA

A U.S. District Court in California reopened the nearly two-year-old arrangement that regulates truck environmental standards at the Port of Long Beach, part of the nation’s busiest container complex.

July 25, 2011
Business, Logistics

Pilot Freight Debuts First Office in Europe

Pilot Freight Services, a transportation and logistics services provider, said that it has opened its first European location in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

July 22, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 1.2% for Week

Intermodal traffic increased 1.2% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

July 22, 2011
Business, Logistics

Swift Swings to Second-Quarter Profit

Swift Transportation Co. posted a second-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago, the company said Thursday.

July 21, 2011
Business, Logistics

Existing Home Sales Fall to Seven-Month Low

Existing home sales fell 0.8% in June to a seven-month low, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.

July 20, 2011
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Record Second-Quarter Profit

CSX Corp. late Tuesday reported record second-quarter earnings, as its profit rose to $506 million, or 46 cents per share, from $414 million, or 36 cents, a year ago.

July 19, 2011
Business, Logistics

NIT League Files Petition for STB Adoption of New Freight Railroad Switching Rules

The National Industrial Transportation League has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board asking the agency to adopt new reciprocal switching rules to allow captive rail shippers to use a second railroad.

July 19, 2011
Business, Logistics

APL to Open New Illinois Terminal

Container shipping line APL, which is part of Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., said it will build a new intermodal terminal in Joliet, Ill.

July 18, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Dips 0.2% for Week

Intermodal traffic dipped 0.2% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

July 15, 2011
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