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2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Find out where the carriers are by regions and by state in North America with our interactive map.
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 | 4,053,000 |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 3,059,000 |
| 3 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 2,801,300 |
| 4 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,952,600 |
| 5 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 1,488,500 |
| 6 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 1,305,594 |
| 7 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 1,044,116 |
| 8 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 902,260 |
| 9 | Bollore Logistics | France | 844,000 |
| 10 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 785,600 |
| 11 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 744,000 |
| 12 | Geodis | France | 690,000 |
| 13 | Ceva Logistics | France | 681,600 |
| 14 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 633,056 |
| 15 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 600,000 |
| 16 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 600,000 |
| 17 | Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. | Hong Kong | 600,000 |
| 18 | LF Logistics | Hong Kong | 550,000 |
| 19 | Nippon Express | Japan | 550,000 |
| 20 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 542,000 |
| 21 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 513,500 |
| 22 | China Resources Logistics (Group) | Hong Kong | 500,000 |
| 23 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 500,000 |
| 24 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 485,000 |
| 25 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 463,000 |
| 26 | Dachser SE | Germany | 462,700 |
| 27 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 430,000 |
| 28 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 415,019 |
| 29 | Worldwide Logistics Group | China | 412,300 |
| 30 | Sankyu Inc. | Japan | 402,531 |
| 31 | Chinatrans International Logistics | China | 300,000 |
| 32 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 267,144 |
| 33 | Zhejiang Jiulong International Logistics | China | 250,000 |
| 34 | BDP International | United States | 242,000 |
| 35 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 220,200 |
| 36 | Hercules Logistics Pvt. Ltd. | India | 210,000 |
| 37 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 200,000 |
| 38 | CWT Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | 170,000 |
| 39 | Topocean Group Inc. | United States | 156,000 |
| 40 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 151,271 |
| 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 | 146,278 |
| 45 | Integrated Logistics Berhad | Malaysia | 140,000 |
| 46 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 136,000 |
| 47 | XPO Logistics | United States | 131,500 |
| 48 | Honour Lane Shipping | Hong Kong | 130,000 |
| 49 | Jiangsu Uniwill Logistics Co. | China | 120,000 |
| 50 | Everlink International Logistics | China | 110,000 |
| 51 | TransGroup Global Logistics | United States | 105,000 |
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.
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