In a telephone interview with the Miami Herald, Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano reviewed the first year of the canal expansion, a massive project that included state-of-the art locks on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the canal, a new 3.8 mile access channel, and widening and deepening at various locations along the 50-mile long canal.
July 5, 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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Amazon to Become Major Produce Shipper With Purchase of Whole Foods
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Some Shippers Implement Longer Payment Policies
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XPO Plans 'Testing Ground' for the Future of Logistics
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Gas Prices See Record Lows Just in Time for Holiday Weekend
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FedEx Corp. reported a sharp increase in annual profits, rocketing 65% year-over-year and easily beating forecasts by a consensus of industry analysts.
May Tonnage Gains 4.8%, Reversing Downward Trend
Truck tonnage rose 4.8% in May compared with one year ago, the largest year-over-year gain since November 2016, according to the monthly American Trucking Associations index, suggesting that the freight market has tightened in recent weeks.