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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 4.6% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 4.6% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

October 28, 2011
Business, Logistics

Pacer Reports Higher 3Q Profit, Boosts Outlook

Pacer International on Thursday reported higher third-quarter profit and raised its full-year earnings outlook.

October 27, 2011
Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern Reports Higher 3Q Profit

Norfolk Southern Corp.’s third-quarter profit rose 24 percent from the same quarter last year, the Eastern freight railroad reported.

October 27, 2011
Business, Safety, Logistics

3PL Transplace Merges With Celtic International

Transplace Inc. has merged with intermodal marketing company Celtic International Inc. to create a $1 billion North American logistics provider.

October 27, 2011
Business, Logistics

C.H. Robinson’s Third-Quarter Income Rises

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide said its third-quarter profit rose to $114 million, or 70 cents a share, from $103 million, or 62 cents, a year earlier.

October 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Hub Group’s Third-Quarter Income Rises

Logistics firm Hub Group’s third-quarter income improved on higher intermodal activity.

October 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Canadian Railroads Report Mixed Earnings

Canada’s two biggest freight railroads reported mixed earnings this week.

October 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Kansas City Southern’s 3Q Profit Doubles

Kansas City Southern reported its third-quarter earnings rose to $100 million, or 91 cents a share, from $50 million, or 48 cents, the previous year.

October 26, 2011
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Sinks to Two-Year Low

Consumer confidence dropped in October to its lowest level since March 2009, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

October 25, 2011
Business, Logistics

Truckers Complain About Slow Progress in Improving Intermodal Chassis Practices

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Intermodal truckers are seeing painfully slow progress on two long-standing and related issues — changes in the providers of chassis for container shipments and effective implementation of federal chassis safety rules, industry officials reported.

October 24, 2011
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