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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

Verst Group ($172 million), Walton, Ky., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, 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

Roadrunner Agrees to Purchase Logistics Firm for $97.5 Million

Bidding to broaden its market reach, less-than-truckload hauler Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire Prime Logistics Corp., a food logistics firm that operates as Prime Distribution Services Inc., for about $97.5 million.

August 29, 2011
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Falls in August

Consumer confidence dropped in August to its lowest level since November 2008, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

August 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

TMSi Logistics Buys Griffin Global

TMSi Logistics, Portsmouth, N.H., said it has acquired Reno, Nev.-based Griffin Global Logistics Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

August 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Pitney Bowes Beefs Up SendSuite

Pitney Bowes said it has made some enhancements to its SendSuite Live logistics software.

August 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Weekly Intermodal Traffic Rises 1%

Intermodal traffic climbed 1% last week on higher container traffic, the Association of American Railroads reported.

August 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Roadrunner Transportation to Purchase Prime Logistics Corp.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it will purchase Prime Logistics Corp., a third-party logistics firm, for $97.5 million.

August 24, 2011
Business, Logistics

TransCore Launches Insurance Monitoring Center

TransCore has announced the opening of its CarrierWatch Insurance Monitoring Center, designed to help freight brokers, third-party logistics companies and shippers add new carriers and monitor the ones they already use.

August 23, 2011
Business, Logistics

Old Dominion Starts Indiana Expansion Project

Old Dominion Freight Line said it has broken ground on an expansion of its regional hub in Indianapolis that will cost nearly $22 million.

August 19, 2011
Business, Logistics

Ceva's 2Q Earnings Jump

Ceva Logistics, the Netherlands-based logistics operator, said its second-quarter results improved over 2010.

August 19, 2011
Business, Logistics

Bourque Releases YardMaster 2.0 Software

Bourque Logistics, a supplier of logistics software to industrial shippers, has introduced the latest version of its YardMaster Truck software.

August 19, 2011
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