Diesel fuel’s national average price fell by a dime to $2.515 a gallon, while gasoline fell 11.2 cents to near a five-year low, the Department of Energy said Monday.
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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 | 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 |
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
A former Transport Topics editor who worked at Amazon examines the hustle and bustle of the online retailer.
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On the Bubble
Transplace Inc.
($170 million), Frisco, Texas, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, freight brokerage freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, supply chain consulting and transportation management.
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Logistics News
Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government
Diesel Drops a Dime to $2.515; Gas Near 5-Year Low at $1.699
Business, Logistics, Government
Gasoline Drops 22¢ Over Two Weeks to $1.75 a Gallon, Lundberg Says
The national average price of regular gasoline plunged another 22 cents in the two weeks ended Friday, to $1.75 a gallon, the lowest price in almost five years, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
December 8, 2008Government, Business, Safety, Logistics
FedEx Sets 5.7% LTL Rate Increase
FedEx Corp.’s less-than-truckload units FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL have each set a 5.7% general rate increase, effective Jan. 5.
December 8, 2008Government, Business, Safety, Logistics
FMCSA Issues Medical Rule Requiring Proof of Certification
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week issued a final rule requiring all interstate truck drivers to prove they have passed medical examinations and proposed a separate rule setting up a national registry of qualified examiners.
December 8, 2008Business, Logistics
Dynamex’s Fiscal 1Q Earnings Decline
Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell to $3 million, or 30 cents a share, from $4 million, or 39 cents, a year ago.
December 4, 2008Business, Fuel, Logistics
BNSF Postpones Fuel Surcharge Increases
Freight railroad BNSF Railway Co. said Tuesday it is postponing fuel surcharge increases that were scheduled to take place in January and February “due to current volatility in the fuel markets.”
December 2, 2008Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government
Diesel’s Decline Slows; Fuel Falls 4.9¢ to $2.615
Diesel fuel’s national average price continued its downward trend but slowed its rate of decline, falling 4.9 cents to $2.615 a gallon, the Department of Energy said.
December 2, 2008Business, Safety, Government, Logistics
U.S. Economy Has Been in Recession a Year, Business Group Says
The U.S. economy has been in a recession for the past year, the Associated Press reported Monday, citing a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
December 1, 2008Business, Logistics, Government
CTA Asks For Environmental Technology Exceptions
The Canadian Trucking Alliance called on provincial governments to act swiftly to make regulations to allow weight and length considerations for technologies associated with CTA's enviroTruck program.
December 1, 2008Business, Logistics, Government
Chicago Manufacturing Index Slows
Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region contracted in November at the fastest pace since April 1982, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Wednesday.
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