Industry groups representing major freight customers of Norfolk Southern Corp. have asked the U.S. rail regulator to reject any bid for the railroad by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., according to letters viewed by Reuters.
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2019 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
Up Front
Evan Armstrong breaks down how logistics segments performed in 2018.
Rankings
Logistics 50 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
Top Airfreight Forwarders
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | Airfreight (Metric Tons) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 2,150,000 |
| 2 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 1,743,000 |
| 3 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,377,000 |
| 4 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 1,038,700 |
| 5 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 1,011,563 |
| 6 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 935,300 |
| 7 | Nippon Express | Japan | 899,116 |
| 8 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 689,045 |
| 9 | Bollore Logistics | France | 640,700 |
| 10 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 580,228 |
| 11 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 578,007 |
| 12 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 533,300 |
| 13 | Ceva Logistics | France | 476,600 |
| 14 | Apex Logistics International | Hong Kong | 430,000 |
| 15 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 415,000 |
| 16 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 409,127 |
| 17 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 368,198 |
| 18 | Geodis | France | 357,024 |
| 19 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 337,300 |
| 20 | Dachser SE | Germany | 335,500 |
| 21 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 315,011 |
| 22 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 300,000 |
| 23 | FedEx Logistics | United States | 276,400 |
| 24 | Pilot Freight Services | United States | 230,000 |
| 25 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 225,000 |
| 26 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 224,100 |
| 27 | EFL | Sri Lanka | 196,875 |
| 28 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 180,000 |
| 29 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 176,000 |
| 30 | Cargo-Partner | Austria | 173,247 |
| 31 | Trinity Logistics USA | United States | 156,200 |
| 32 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 141,766 |
| 33 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 127,174 |
| 34 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 106,600 |
| 35 | Nissin Corp. | Japan | 100,000 |
| 36 | Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent | China | 100,000 |
| 37 | TransGroup Global Logistics | United States | 86,000 |
| 38 | BDP International | United States | 76,000 |
| 39 | OIA Global | United States | 75,000 |
| 40 | XPO Logistics | United States | 72,600 |
| 41 | Seko Logistics | United States | 70,000 |
| 42 | Imperial Logistics | South Africa | 53,660 |
| 43 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 53,575 |
| 44 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 50,000 |
| 45 | BEL International Logistics | Hong Kong | 50,000 |
| 46 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 47,135 |
| 47 | Scanwell Logistics | United States | 40,000 |
| 48 | Shanghai Hengrong International Transportation | China | 40,000 |
| 49 | Sankyu Inc. | Japan | 38,756 |
| 50 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 31,000 |
About the Rankings...
Top 50 Logistics Companies provide logistics services, including freight brokerage, freight forwarding, warehousing and dedicated contract carriage in North America and are ranked on the basis of annual gross revenue. Some sector rankings may have been updated since their print publication. To be included in the Top 50 list, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 50 list.
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