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Rankings
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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Radiant Logistics ($190 million), Bellevue, Wash., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, freight brokerage, 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

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
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises 8.2% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 8.2% in the week ended Jan. 18 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

January 24, 2014
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