U.S. trailer orders in July fell to less than half of what they were a year earlier as seasonal weakness and cautious fleets still eyeing a lackluster economy cut demand more than expected, ACT Research Co. reported.
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Rankings
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 | 2,248,000 |
| 2 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 1,570,000 |
| 3 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,226,200 |
| 4 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 995,900 |
| 5 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 985,549 |
| 6 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 935,300 |
| 7 | Nippon Express | Japan | 705,478 |
| 8 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 654,104 |
| 9 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 635,655 |
| 10 | Bollore Logistics | France | 569,000 |
| 11 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 532,400 |
| 12 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 495,947 |
| 13 | Ceva Logistics | France | 480,000 |
| 14 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 415,000 |
| 15 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 368,198 |
| 16 | Geodis | France | 330,000 |
| 17 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 321,704 |
| 18 | Apex Logistics International | Hong Kong | 320,000 |
| 19 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 313,800 |
| 20 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 281,083 |
| 21 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 280,000 |
| 22 | FedEx Logistics | United States | 276,400 |
| 23 | Dachser SE | Germany | 272,100 |
| 24 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 233,700 |
| 25 | Pilot Freight Services | United States | 220,000 |
| 26 | EFL | Sri Lanka | 196,875 |
| 27 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 190,000 |
| 28 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 175,000 |
| 29 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 140,000 |
| 30 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 121,553 |
| 31 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 91,000 |
| 32 | TransGroup Global Logistics | United States | 76,000 |
| 33 | BDP International | United States | 76,000 |
| 34 | XPO Logistics | United States | 72,600 |
| 35 | Seko Logistics | United States | 70,000 |
| 36 | OIA Global | United States | 65,000 |
| 37 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 60,000 |
| 38 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 57,014 |
| 39 | American Global Logistics | United States | 50,000 |
| 40 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 47,135 |
| 41 | Scanwell Logistics | United States | 40,000 |
| 42 | Sankyu Inc. | Japan | 38,756 |
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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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