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2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
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 Nippon Express Japan 550,000
19 LF Logistics Hong Kong 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
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51

On the Bubble

Crane Worldwide Logistics ($214 million), Houston, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, intermodal and drayage, supply chain consulting.
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Logistics News
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

How Elon Musk and Cheap Oil Doomed the Push for Natural Gas Vehicles

The idea was nothing short of revolutionary: Convert the nation’s millions of trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles to run on natural gas instead of gasoline and diesel.

Patrick Martin | Bloomberg News
August 15, 2017
Business, Technology, Logistics

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Elected to Logistics Hall of Fame

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, has been elected to the Logistics Hall of Fame.

August 14, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

Oil Company Beefs Up Infrastructure to Get Trucks Off Crowded Roads

For many drillers in the remote Delaware Basin, a section of the broader Permian Basin that stretches across West Texas and New Mexico, the only way to get crude from the fringes of oil boom towns to global markets is to dispatch fleets of trucks to scattered wells, from where they haul oil and water to terminals and various other collection points.

Collin Eaton | Houston Chronicle
August 14, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

FedEx Competing in Tight Labor Market to Staff Round-the-Clock Memphis World Hub

FedEx scheduled at least its fourth job fair of the year Aug. 12 to hire for 800 openings at its Memphis hub. The number of permanent, part-time jobs was the same as in June, down from 1,000 in April and up from 600 in January.

Wayne Risher | The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
August 14, 2017
Business, Logistics

TPG Capital to Acquire 3PL Firm Transplace

TPG Capital, a global private equity platform, has agreed to acquire Transplace, a provider of transportation management and other third-party logistics services.

August 14, 2017
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Mexico Is Ready for NAFTA Balancing Act

There was excitement in the air when Mexican negotiators sat down 25 years ago with their counterparts from Canada and the United States to hammer out what would become the North American Free Trade Agreement.

August 14, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

Enterprise Adding 40 Locations Nationwide as Truck Rental Business Grows

Enterprise Holdings, best known for renting cars to vacationers and business travelers, is growing its truck rental business for corporate customers and people moving household goods and boats.

August 14, 2017
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Unchecked Driver Shortage in Ohio Could Harm Economy, Warns State Trucking Industry, Officials

Ohio state Rep. John Boccieri met with local and regional leaders from the trucking industry to discuss a growing problem for freight haulers: a lack of qualified workers.

Graig Graziosi | Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator
August 11, 2017
Government, Fuel, Logistics, TCA

Pennsylvania, Delaware Join Study of East Coast Road Usage Tax

Pennsylvania motorists will have an opportunity to participate in a study exploring the potential impact of a road usage tax on the East Coast.

Aaron Aupperlee | The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
August 11, 2017
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