Volkswagen AG is considering adding a second factory to its U.S. manufacturing footprint and could tap Ford Motor Co. plants to build cars, Herbert Diess, CEO of VW, said after a meeting at the White House.
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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 | 4,355,000 |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 3,259,000 |
| 3 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 2,950,800 |
| 4 | DB Schenker | Germany | 2,126,800 |
| 5 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 1,520,500 |
| 6 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 1,389,611 |
| 7 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 1,070,424 |
| 8 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 1,053,485 |
| 9 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 897,379 |
| 10 | Bollore Logistics | France | 856,000 |
| 11 | LF Logistics | Hong Kong | 778,796 |
| 12 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 774,822 |
| 13 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 740,000 |
| 14 | Ceva Logistics | France | 729,000 |
| 15 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 698,000 |
| 16 | Geodis | France | 690,000 |
| 17 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 659,000 |
| 18 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 600,000 |
| 19 | Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. | Hong Kong | 600,000 |
| 20 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 600,000 |
| 21 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 556,640 |
| 22 | Nippon Express | Japan | 550,000 |
| 23 | Worldwide Logistics Ltd. | China | 508,732 |
| 24 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 500,000 |
| 25 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 500,000 |
| 26 | Dachser SE | Germany | 481,400 |
| 27 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 434,000 |
| 28 | Honour Lane Shipping | Hong Kong | 326,490 |
| 29 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 310,850 |
| 30 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 280,539 |
| 31 | BDP International | United States | 275,782 |
| 32 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 227,600 |
| 33 | CWT Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | 170,000 |
| 34 | EFL | Sri Lanka | 164,495 |
| 35 | Topocean Group Inc. | United States | 156,000 |
| 36 | De Well Group | China | 150,000 |
| 37 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 144,483 |
| 38 | XPO Logistics | United States | 131,500 |
| 39 | TransGroup Global Logistics | United States | 130,200 |
| 40 | MIQ Logistics | United States | 125,000 |
| 41 | Asia Shipping Transportes Internacionais | Brazil | 114,376 |
| 42 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 112,848 |
| 43 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 100,634 |
| 44 | Scanwell Logistics | United States | 100,000 |
| 45 | American Global Logistics | United States | 94,000 |
| 46 | Qingdao Jet Marine Logistics | China | 80,000 |
| 47 | City Ocean Logistics | China | 80,000 |
| 48 | Odyssey Logistics & Technology | United States | 73,000 |
| 49 | Sankyu Inc. | Japan | 71,894 |
| 50 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 70,000 |
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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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Approved Wholesale Expands With Baltimore Hub
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Logistics Startup Shipsi Raises $1.9 Million in Seed Funding
Logistics startup Shipsi has raised $1.9 million in its most recent round of funding, the company announced in a Nov. 28 press release. The seed funding follows an initial self-injection of $350,000 and a friends-and-family raise of $380,000.
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Crowley Merges Liner Services Unit Into Crowley Logistics
Crowley Maritime Corp., a provider of marine solutions, energy and logistics services, announced it would complete the merger of its liner services group into Crowley Logistics come Jan. 1.
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DHL Turns to Robots to Equip US Warehouses for E-Commerce
Worldwide delivery service DHL is deploying artificial intelligence, self-driving vehicles and product-picking robots at its warehouses in North America to help handle the surge in e-commerce demand.
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Trucking Braces for Fallout From GM Plant Closings
The decision by General Motors to cease production at five of its factories in the United States and Canada will have consequences for trucking companies that serve those plants.
November 29, 2018Business, Logistics
DSV Canada Breaks Ground on Ontario Facility
DSV Canada, a supply chain service provider and manager, has broken ground on a 1.1-million-square-foot facility in Milton, Ontario, according to a Nov. 28 press release.
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