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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 |
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