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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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ODW Logistics ($195 million), Columbus, Ohio, provides inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3.1% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

May 18, 2012
Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Moves HQ to Connecticut

XPO Logistics Inc. said Tuesday it moved its corporate headquarters to Greenwich, Conn., from Buchanan, Mich.

May 16, 2012
Business, Logistics

Schneider, Pacer Sign New Rail Agreements

Schneider National and Pacer International have announced new intermodal agreements with rail carriers.

May 14, 2012
Editorial, Business, Logistics, Autonomous

Editorial: Life Is Good

There was some interesting advice offered by two of our industry’s best-known economists last week to fleet executives who were attending the National Tank Truck Carriers annual conference in San Francisco.

May 14, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Shipments Up 5.8% to 3.48 Million; Highest 1st-Quarter Total on Record, IANA Says

Accelerating domestic demand pushed up first-quarter rail/truck shipments by 5.8% to 3.48 million, setting a record for the first three months of any year, the Intermodal Association of North America reported.

May 14, 2012
Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Reports 1Q Loss, Buys Brokerage Firm

XPO Logistics reported a first-quarter loss and announced its first acquisition, saying it will buy brokerage firm Continental Freight Services for $3.4 million.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
May 11, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

May 11, 2012
Business, Logistics

Caterpillar Selling Majority Stake in Logistics Unit

Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said it is selling a majority stake in its third-party logistics business to Platinum Equity for $750 million.

May 10, 2012
Business, Logistics

First-Quarter Intermodal Volume Gains 5.8% Year-Over-Year

Intermodal traffic volume rose 5.8% in the first quarter from a year ago, the Intermodal Association of North America said.

May 9, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 5.5% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 5.5% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

May 4, 2012
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