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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

Canadian Pacific Reports Lower 1Q Income

Canadian freight railroad Canadian Pacific’s first-quarter net income fell 31.1% to C$62.5 million, or 39 cents a share, from C$90.7 million, or 59 cents a share a year earlier.

April 23, 2009
Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern’s 1Q Profit Drops 39%

Norfolk Southern Corp. said its first-quarter profit fell 39% from a year ago on lower shipping demand.

April 22, 2009
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

C.H. Robinson Reports Flat 1Q Income

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s first-quarter profit dipped slightly to $85.4 million, or 50 cents a share, from $86.3 million, or 50 cents, a year ago.

April 21, 2009
Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government

Diesel Dips 0.8¢ to $2.221; Oil Hits Seven-Week Low

The national average price of diesel fuel fell by less than a penny, dipping 0.8 cent to $2.221 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.

April 21, 2009
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

Load Volumes Decline for Logistics Firms but Gross Margins Rise, Voltmann Says

Freight brokers and logistics providers, who met earlier this month in San Antonio, provided more evidence of the bleak condition of the freight transportation business and also moved to gather data on the size of their segment of the industry.

April 21, 2009
Business, Logistics

Canadian National’s 1Q Income Improves

Canadian National Railway said late Monday its first-quarter net income rose to C$424 million, or 90 cents a share, from C$311 million, or 64 cents, a year ago.

April 20, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Norfolk Southern Wins Ethanol Depot Ruling

A federal judge ruled that Norfolk Southern Corp. can continue operating an ethanol-transfer station in Alexandria, Va., overruling a local ordinance, Bloomberg reported.

April 17, 2009
Business, Logistics

US 1 Reports Flat Fourth-Quarter Income

Logistics firm US 1 Industries said its fourth-quarter net income was flat at $582,000, or 4 cents a share, compared with $579,000, or 4 cents, a year earlier.

April 15, 2009
Business, Logistics

CSX 1Q Profit Falls 27%

Eastern freight railroad CSX Corp. said its per-share profit fell 27% in the first quarter.

April 15, 2009
Business, Government, Logistics

SoCal Ports Facing West Coast Competition

The Southern California Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are losing business to other West Coast ports, even as the Port of Long Beach approved a $750 million expansion, news services reported.

April 14, 2009
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