The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued recommendations Jan. 23 to improve the transportation of crude oil by rail on both sides of the border.
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2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
Up Front
The pandemic-driven spike in online shopping has forced firms to adjust operations.
For the 2021 list, we've decided to use a different metric to rank companies.
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 | 1,795,000 |
| 2 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 1,418,000 |
| 3 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 1,272,405 |
| 4 | DB Schenker | Germany | 991,200 |
| 5 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 965,700 |
| 6 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 840,700 |
| 7 | Apex Logistics International | Hong Kong | 750,000 |
| 8 | Nippon Express | Japan | 720,115 |
| 9 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 586,670 |
| 10 | Bollore Logistics | France | 574,000 |
| 11 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 566,814 |
| 12 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 502,000 |
| 13 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 493,903 |
| 14 | Ceva Logistics | France | 440,000 |
| 15 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 415,000 |
| 16 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 337,300 |
| 17 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 337,000 |
| 18 | Dachser SE | Germany | 330,000 |
| 19 | Geodis | France | 308,173 |
| 20 | FedEx Logistics | United States | 262,500 |
| 21 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 244,595 |
| 22 | Pilot Freight Services | United States | 240,000 |
| 23 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 225,000 |
| 24 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 221,000 |
| 25 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 219,768 |
| 26 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 199,630 |
| 27 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 180,000 |
| 28 | Cargo-Partner | Austria | 171,850 |
| 29 | Trinity Logistics USA | United States | 164,000 |
| 30 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 158,405 |
| 31 | EFL | Sri Lanka | 146,098 |
| 32 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 126,071 |
| 33 | Toll Group | Australia | 111,600 |
| 34 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 106,000 |
| 35 | AIT Worldwide Logistics | United States | 105,850 |
| 36 | Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent | China | 100,000 |
| 37 | Seko Logistics | United States | 90,000 |
| 38 | TransGroup Global Logistics | United States | 86,000 |
| 39 | Nissin Corp. | Japan | 85,000 |
| 40 | BDP International | United States | 76,000 |
| 41 | OIA Global | United States | 75,000 |
| 42 | XPO Logistics | United States | 70,200 |
| 43 | Scan Global Logistics A/S | Denmark | 70,000 |
| 44 | Worldwide Logistics Group | China | 64,768 |
| 45 | Nexus Logistics | Chile | 58,678 |
| 46 | Noatum Logistics | Spain | 56,000 |
| 47 | Imperial Logistics | South Africa | 53,660 |
| 48 | Gebruder Weiss | Austria | 53,000 |
| 49 | BEL International Logistics | Hong Kong | 50,000 |
| 49 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 50,000 |
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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Redwood Logistics
($804 million), Chicago, provides 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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