Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. declined to increase its offer for Kansas City Southern and urged the U.S. railroad instead to reject Canadian National Railway Co.’s higher bid because of regulatory risks.
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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 | 2,051,000 |
2 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 1,643,000 |
3 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,162,000 |
4 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 1,071,266 |
5 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 965,700 |
6 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 955,391 |
7 | Nippon Express | Japan | 752,942 |
8 | Bollore Logistics | France | 634,000 |
9 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 600,849 |
10 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 586,670 |
11 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 538,000 |
12 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 530,100 |
13 | Apex Logistics International | Hong Kong | 520,000 |
14 | Ceva Logistics | France | 476,600 |
15 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 453,000 |
16 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 415,000 |
17 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 380,000 |
18 | Geodis | France | 363,451 |
19 | Dachser SE | Germany | 344,900 |
20 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 337,300 |
21 | FedEx Logistics | United States | 276,400 |
22 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 260,029 |
23 | Pilot Freight Services | United States | 230,000 |
24 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 213,200 |
25 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 210,000 |
26 | EFL | Sri Lanka | 188,264 |
27 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 180,000 |
28 | Cargo-Partner | Austria | 173,247 |
29 | Trinity Logistics USA | United States | 164,000 |
30 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 158,405 |
31 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 158,343 |
32 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 127,418 |
33 | Toll Group | Australia | 113,000 |
34 | Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent | China | 100,000 |
35 | Seko Logistics | United States | 90,000 |
36 | Worldwide Logistics Group | China | 87,549 |
37 | TransGroup Global Logistics | United States | 86,000 |
38 | Nissin Corp. | Japan | 85,000 |
39 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 82,554 |
40 | BDP International | United States | 76,000 |
41 | OIA Global | United States | 75,000 |
42 | XPO Logistics | United States | 70,200 |
43 | Gebruder Weiss | Austria | 61,000 |
44 | Noatum Logistics | Spain | 53,800 |
45 | Imperial Logistics | South Africa | 53,660 |
46 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 50,000 |
46 | BEL International Logistics | Hong Kong | 50,000 |
48 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 43,954 |
49 | Scanwell Logistics | United States | 40,000 |
49 | Shanghai Hengrong International Transportation | China | 40,000 |
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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Extras
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EU, US Reach Truce on Metal Tariffs Ahead of Biden Visit
The European Union agreed to avoid escalating its dispute with the U.S. over metal tariffs, sparing iconic products such as bourbon whiskey and Harley-Davidson motorbikes from a doubling of EU duties next month.
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May 14, 2021Mississippi River Reopens, Freeing Over 1,000 Stuck Barges
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May 14, 2021Lawmakers Back $8 Billion for Electric USPS Vehicles
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