Infrastructure and trade loom large for trucking in the year ahead as freight carriers adjust to a slower, but still positive, rate of economic growth in 2019, according to industry experts interviewed by Transport Topics.
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2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 50 Logistics Companies listing.
As online sales continue to soar, so have the expectations of consumers for goods to be delivered quickly and cheaply.
Our April 20 LiveOnWeb webcast looked at how online shopping is creating enormous disruption to freight networks and modes of delivery. Plus we looked back at the new TT Top 50 Logistics Companies rankings. Watch the replay.
Rankings
Logistics 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 |
About the Rankings...
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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