After years of planning, the next several months are when Tim Sylvester will get the chance to start testing out what he’s been telling people for years: roads can pay for themselves.
August 15, 2017Logistics 50 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
Top Ocean Freight Forwarders
Rank | Company | Headquarters | Ocean Containers |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 3,820,000 |
2 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 2,945,000 |
3 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 2,790,400 |
4 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,891,000 |
5 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 1,593,900 |
6 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 1,043,880 |
7 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 888,284 |
8 | DSV Air & Sea Ltd. | Denmark | 855,319 |
9 | Nippon Express | Japan | 855,002 |
10 | Bollore Logistics | France | 835,000 |
11 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 785,600 |
12 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 744,000 |
13 | Geodis | France | 677,465 |
14 | Ceva Logistics | France | 642,370 |
15 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 615,000 |
16 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 590,000 |
17 | Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. | Hong Kong | 580,000 |
18 | Dachser SE | Germany | 568,500 |
19 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 547,000 |
20 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 542,000 |
21 | LF Logistics | Hong Kong | 540,000 |
22 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 513,500 |
23 | UTi Worldwide | 512,550 | |
24 | China Resources Logistics (Group) | Hong Kong | 500,000 |
25 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 500,000 |
26 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 485,000 |
27 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 396,000 |
28 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 330,000 |
29 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 312,000 |
30 | Chinatrans International Logistics | China | 300,000 |
31 | Worldwide Logistics Group | China | 300,000 |
32 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 251,685 |
33 | Zhejiang Jiulong International Logistics | China | 250,000 |
34 | Sankyu Inc. | Japan | 247,117 |
35 | BDP International | United States | 212,000 |
36 | Hercules Logistics Pvt. Ltd. | India | 210,000 |
37 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 200,000 |
38 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 175,000 |
39 | CWT Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | 170,000 |
40 | Topocean Group Inc. | United States | 156,000 |
41 | MIQ Logistics | United States | 150,000 |
42 | De Well Group | China | 150,000 |
43 | Long Sail International Logistics | China | 150,000 |
44 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 140,150 |
45 | Integrated Logistics Berhad | Malaysia | 140,000 |
46 | Asia Shipping Transportes Internacionais | Brazil | 138,800 |
47 | XPO Logistics | United States | 132,000 |
48 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 130,000 |
49 | Honour Lane Shipping | Hong Kong | 130,000 |
50 | Jiangsu Uniwill Logistics Co. | China | 120,000 |
51 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 77,000 |
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.
Extras
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August 14, 2017Oil Company Beefs Up Infrastructure to Get Trucks Off Crowded Roads
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FedEx Competing in Tight Labor Market to Staff Round-the-Clock Memphis World Hub
FedEx scheduled at least its fourth job fair of the year Aug. 12 to hire for 800 openings at its Memphis hub. The number of permanent, part-time jobs was the same as in June, down from 1,000 in April and up from 600 in January.
TPG Capital to Acquire 3PL Firm Transplace
TPG Capital, a global private equity platform, has agreed to acquire Transplace, a provider of transportation management and other third-party logistics services.
August 14, 2017Mexico Is Ready for NAFTA Balancing Act
There was excitement in the air when Mexican negotiators sat down 25 years ago with their counterparts from Canada and the United States to hammer out what would become the North American Free Trade Agreement.
August 14, 2017