Vice President Joe Biden called for greater public investment in transportation infrastructure during a Feb. 17 visit to a logistics yard east of Memphis, Tennessee.
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2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
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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 | 2,051,000 |
| 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 |
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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Averitt Express
($260 million), Cookeville, Tenn., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, custom brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, 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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Government, Business, Safety, Logistics
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CP’s Quest for Norfolk Southern Intensifies
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Biden to Highlight Freight-Rail Project During Memphis Visit
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CP Rail Said to Back Away From Norfolk Southern Proxy Fight
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XPO Logistics Suit Claims YRC Poached Execs, Stole Trade Secrets
XPO Logistics Inc. filed suit against YRC’s Freight unit, claiming that the company poached seven management employees, including two vice presidents, and stole trade secrets around the time that XPO was completing the acquisition of Con-way Inc.
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Saia, Echo Report Lower Fourth-Quarter Earnings
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