The container shipping industry, after two years of record-high freight rates and slow deliveries, is seeing its boom become a bust due to oversupply following the COVID-19 demand highs.
November 14, 2023Logistics 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 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 500,000 |
25 | China Resources Logistics (Group) | Hong Kong | 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 |
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