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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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On the Bubble

Port Logistics Group ($210 million), City of Industry, Calif., provides dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, intermodal and drayage, order fulfillment, returned goods management, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Hub Group’s 3Q Profit Increases Slightly

Hub Group Inc. said its third-quarter profit grew 0.6% to $18.6 million, or 50 cents a share, from $18.5 million, or 50 cents a share, a year earlier.

October 18, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Volume Rises 4% for Week

Intermodal rail volume for the week ended Oct. 12 rose 4%, from the same period last year, the 15th consecutive rise, the Association of American Railroads reported.

October 18, 2013
Business, Logistics

Kansas City Southern’s 3Q Income Rises

Kansas City Southern’s third-quarter net income rose to $119 million, or $1.07 a share, from $91 million, or 82 cents, a year ago.

October 18, 2013
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s Third-Quarter Profit Rises 10%

Union Pacific Corp. said Oct. 17 its third-quarter profit rose 10% despite lower coal and grain carloads in the quarter.

October 17, 2013
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Higher Third-Quarter Profit

CSX Corp.’s third-quarter earnings rose to $463 million, or 46 cents a share, from $455 million, or 44 cents, a year ago.

October 15, 2013
Business, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Falls to Nine-Month Low

Consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index.

October 11, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises for 14th Consecutive Week

Intermodal rail volume for the week ended Oct. 5 rose 6.2%, from the same period last year, the 14th consecutive rise, the Association of American Railroads reported.

October 11, 2013
Business, Logistics

Expeditors CEO Peter Rose to Retire in March

Peter Rose, CEO of Expeditors International of Washington Inc., will retire in March after 35 years with the company, he announced in an Oct. 8 statement.

October 8, 2013
Business, Logistics

Echo Global Promotes Executives

Echo Global Logistics Inc. has reshuffled its management team with three internal executive promotions, the Chicago-based company announced.

October 8, 2013
Business, Logistics, Government

Gasoline Price Falls 13.8 Cents, Lundberg Survey Says

Gasoline’s national average price decreased 13.8 cents in the past two weeks to $3.383 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations.

October 7, 2013
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