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Battling supply chain, freight capacity issues, logistics providers demonstrate the value they bring to their business partners
As the 3PL industry continues to grow, so does our ranking of North America’s largest logistics companies, now at 100
Find out where the Top 100 Logistics companies are located by region; click links to view details about the company
Rankings
Logistics 100 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
Top Airfreight Forwarders
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | Airfreight (Metric Tons) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 2,220,000 |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 2,096,000 |
| 3 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 1,600,000 |
| 4 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,400,000 |
| 5 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 1,047,200 |
| 6 | Nippon Express | Japan | 971,763 |
| 7 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 965,700 |
| 8 | Bollore Logistics | France | 656,000 |
| 9 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 556,875 |
| 10 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 552,640 |
| 11 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 532,300 |
| 12 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 520,415 |
| 13 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 486,216 |
| 14 | Ceva Logistics | France | 474,000 |
| 15 | CTS International Logistics | China | 398,175 |
| 16 | Dachser SE | Germany | 365,000 |
| 17 | Geodis | France | 346,667 |
| 18 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 337,300 |
| 19 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 326,000 |
| 20 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 300,000 |
| 21 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 288,837 |
| 22 | Pilot Freight Services | United States | 280,000 |
| 23 | FedEx Logistics | United States | 265,600 |
| 24 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 251,967 |
| 25 | EFL | Sri Lanka | 205,203 |
| 26 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 182,000 |
| 27 | Cargo-Partner | Austria | 181,050 |
| 28 | Maersk Logistics | Denmark | 173,648 |
| 29 | Trinity Logistics USA | United States | 164,000 |
| 30 | Omni Logistics | United States | 149,978 |
| 31 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 148,000 |
| 32 | LX Pantos | South Korea | 142,000 |
| 33 | Seko Logistics | United States | 130,000 |
| 34 | Worldwide Logistics Group | China | 129,732 |
| 35 | Toll Group | Australia | 117,400 |
| 36 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 114,736 |
| 37 | Scan Global Logistics A/S | Denmark | 101,000 |
| 38 | Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent | China | 100,000 |
| 39 | AIT Worldwide Logistics | United States | 97,628 |
| 40 | BDP International | United States | 76,000 |
| 41 | Clasquin | France | 71,257 |
| 42 | XPO Logistics | United States | 70,200 |
| 43 | Savino Del Bene | Italy | 64,800 |
| 44 | OIA Global | United States | 59,000 |
| 45 | Nissin Corp. | Japan | 55,000 |
| 46 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 54,000 |
| 47 | Imperial Logistics | South Africa | 53,660 |
| 48 | Gebruder Weiss | Austria | 53,000 |
| 49 | TVS Supply Chain Solutions | India | 50,000 |
| 50 | BEL International Logistics | Hong Kong | 50,000 |
About the Rankings...
Top 100 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 100 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 100 list.
Extras
Air, ground and ocean transportation rates soared to historic levels in 2021 as shippers leaned on 3PLs for goods
Shippers must be ready to adapt to a surge in small carriers by providing systems that allow them to succeed
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