U.S. intermodal traffic rose 5.6% last week, the Association of American Railroads reported.
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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 | Shanghai Hengrong International Transportation | China | 40,000 |
| 49 | Scanwell Logistics | United States | 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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Radiant Logistics
($230 million), Bellevue, Wash., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, custom brokerage, freight brokerage, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics
Second-Quarter Surge Has Intermodal on Pace for New Record
This story appears in the July 16 print edition of Transport Topics. Intermodal shipments that surged late in the second quarter have pushed 2012 truck/rail freight volume ahead of the record pace set in 2006, the Association of American Railroads reported.
July 16, 2012Business, Logistics
Intermodal Traffic Rises 5.6% for Week
Business, Logistics
Lineage Logistics Buys Castle & Cooke
Lineage Logistics said it has acquired Castle & Cooke Cold Storage, Colton, Calif., for an undisclosed sum.
July 13, 2012Business, Logistics
Produce Shipping Affected by Weather, Local Trends
The produce shipping season is in full swing this year and affected by unpredictable weather patterns that have created shipping peaks in parts of the South and Pacific Northwest and weaker-than-usual demand in California, experts said.
July 9, 2012Business, Logistics
Intermodal Traffic Sets June Record
U.S. intermodal traffic rose 5.2% in June from a year ago and was the highest weekly average for the month of June on record, the Association of American Railroads said.
July 6, 2012Business, Logistics
BTS Logistics Buys Trade Show Unit
Wheaton Van Lines, which acquired Bekins Van Lines earlier this year, has spun off Bekins’ former trade show business to newly formed BTS Logistics, the company announced.
July 5, 2012Business, Logistics
Saia Buys Ga. Brokerage, Logistics Firm
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia Inc. said Tuesday it acquired Robart Transportation Inc. and subsidiary RL Services Group LLC, for about $7.8 million.
July 3, 2012Business, Logistics
May Trailer Orders Drop 19.7%; OEMs Say Backlogs Still Strong
New trailer orders fell 19.7% to 14,199 in May from a year earlier, ACT Research reported, but trailer manufacturers said backlogs remain strong and suggested that fleets soon will need to upgrade equipment.
July 2, 2012Business, Logistics
Intermodal Traffic Rises 4.2% for Week
U.S. intermodal traffic rose 4.2% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.
June 29, 2012Business, Government, Logistics
Consumer Confidence Drops to Lowest Level This Year
Consumer confidence dropped in June to the lowest level this year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.
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