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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

Canadian Railroads Report Mixed 1Q Earnings

Canada National Railway Co. reported lower first-quarter earnings and Canadian Pacific Railway Co. reported a rise.

April 24, 2012
Business, Logistics

Kansas City Southern Posts Higher 1Q Profit

Kansas City Southern on Tuesday reported its first-quarter earnings rose to $75 million, or 68 cents a share, from $64 million, or 58 cents, the previous year.

April 24, 2012
Business, Logistics

Canadian Railroads Report Higher Earnings

Canada’s two biggest freight railroads reported higher earnings for the first quarter.

April 24, 2012
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 1.6% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 1.6% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

April 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Forward Air’s 1Q Income Rises

Forward Air Corp.’s first-quarter net income rose to $10.3 million, or 35 cents a share, from $7.9 million, or 27 cents, a year ago.

April 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Hub Group Reports Record 1Q Profit

Hub Group said its first-quarter income jumped 30% on higher intermodal and logistics revenue.

April 20, 2012
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 1Q Earnings Jump 35%

Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 35%, boosted by higher intermodal revenue.

April 19, 2012
Business, Logistics

More Carriers Using Brokers Than in 2011, TCP Study Says

About 33% of motor carriers used freight brokers in February to obtain higher-priced freight, a study from Transport Capital Partners said. During the same month in 2011, about 11% trucking companies turned to brokers.

April 19, 2012
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Gains in 1Q Income, Revenue

CSX Corp. on Tuesday said its first-quarter earnings rose on higher volume, pricing gains and fuel recovery.

April 17, 2012
Business, Government, Logistics, Autonomous

Navajo Express Expands Dry Van Operations

Navajo Express said it has expanded the operations of its dry van division, Digby Truck Lines, between the California coast and the Pacific Northwest.

April 17, 2012
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