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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 | 1,983,000 |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 1,672,000 |
| 3 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,326,000 est |
| 4 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 1,305,827 |
| 5 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 902,000 |
| 6 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 783,000 est |
| 7 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 782,000 est |
| 8 | Nippon Express | Japan | 693,546 |
| 9 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 590,000 |
| 10 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 575,000 est |
| 11 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 556,823 |
| 12 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 504,080 |
| 13 | Ceva Logistics | France | 450,000 |
| 14 | Dachser | Germany | 365,000 |
| 15 | CTS International Logistics | China | 319,921 |
| 16 | Geodis | France | 308,489 |
| 17 | Bollore Logistics | France | 300,000 |
| 17 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 300,000 |
| 19 | Maersk Logistics | Denmark | 295,000 est |
| 20 | Morrison Express Corp. | Taiwan | 268,469 |
| 21 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 267,400 est |
| 22 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 266,475 est |
| 23 | Best Services International Freight | China | 243,523 |
| 24 | FedEx Logistics | United States | 210,500 est |
| 25 | Cargo-Partner | Austria | 192,400 est |
| 26 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 189,190 |
| 27 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 180,223 |
| 28 | Scan Global Logistics A/S | Denmark | 150,000 |
| 29 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 148,000 |
| 30 | Logisteed | Japan | 142,000 |
| 31 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 130,370 |
| 32 | Flexport | United States | 129,000 |
| 33 | LX Pantos | South Korea | 110,000 |
| 34 | EFL Global | Sri Lanka | 106,905 |
| 35 | Seko Logistics | United States | 103,000 est |
| 36 | Toll Group | Australia | 96,900 est |
| 37 | CIMC Wetrans Logistics Technology | China | 94,000 |
| 38 | EV Cargo | Hong Kong | 90,000 |
| 39 | AIT Worldwide Logistics | United States | 85,880 |
| 40 | Forward Air/Omni Logistics | United States | 84,915 est |
| 41 | Savino Del Bene | Italy | 77,000 est |
| 42 | Clasquin | France | 70,452 |
| 43 | Gebruder Weiss | Austria | 66,000 |
| 44 | Nissin Corp. | Japan | 64,500 est |
| 45 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 59,400 est |
| 46 | PSA BDP | United States | 42,700 |
| 47 | De Well Group | China | 41,000 |
| 48 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 32,959 |
| 49 | OIA Global | United States | 31,443 |
| 50 | Noatum Logistics | Spain | 31,276 |
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.
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