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2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
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Rankings
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 Hitachi Transport System Japan 500,000
25 Mallory Alexander International Logistics United States 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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Radiant Logistics ($190 million), Bellevue, Wash., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, freight brokerage, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Perspective, Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous, Logistics, Technology, Equipment

Opinion: Virginia Increases Availability of TWICs at DMVs

As reported in Transport Topics in early December 2016, (12-12, pp. 4, 43) American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told a roundtable of lawmakers at a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, or TWIC, represents the future of secure transportation.

Richard D. Holcomb | Commissioner, Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
March 6, 2017
Editorial, Business, Safety, Government, Autonomous, Logistics

Editorial: Week Spent Looking to the Future

Conference halls from coast to coast were teeming with talk of transportation last week, with no shortage of prognostications from industry leaders about what the future holds.

March 6, 2017
Business, Logistics

Trailer Product Lines Expand; Orders Soar 92% in January

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Capitalizing on strong replacement demand, trailer makers said they are expanding product lines and features amid industrywide orders that skyrocketed 92% in January to more than 32,000.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
March 6, 2017
Business, Logistics

CSX Is Said Near Deal to Name Harrison CEO

CSX Corp. may install Hunter Harrison as chief executive officer as early as the week of March 6 as the railroad and an activist shareholder move closer to ending an impasse over Harrison’s pay package, people familiar with the matter said.

March 3, 2017
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Sen. Fischer Touts Her Infrastructure Bill at AASHTO

Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer called on state transportation directors to consider the legislation she recently introduced that would transfer funds into the Highway Trust Fund.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 2, 2017
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Comfort Hits 10-Year High on Economic Outlook

Consumer comfort rose to an almost 10-year high in the final week of February on increased optimism about the U.S. economy and more favorable views about personal finances and the buying climate, the weekly Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index showed March 2.

Austin Weinstein | Bloomberg News
March 2, 2017
Letters to the Editor, Business, Safety, Government, Technology, Logistics

Letters: Entry-Level Driver Training; Accident Reporting

This week's letters present thoughts on the entry-level driver-training proposal and on sharing accident data.

February 27, 2017
Business, Logistics

CSX Shakeup: CEO to Retire, 1,000 Managers to Be Laid Off

CSX Corp. CEO Michael Ward and President Clarence Gooden will retire May 31, and the company will lay off 1,000 managers by the end of March as it decides whether to hire former Canadian Pacific Railway CEO E. Hunter Harrison to take the reins at the Class I railroad.

Ari Ashe | Staff Reporter
February 27, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel, Logistics, Autonomous

ATA Voices Support for New NACV Show

American Trucking Associations will be a supporter of the new North American Commercial Vehicle Show that debuts in Atlanta on Sept. 25-29.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
February 27, 2017
Business, Logistics

XPO Posts First Full-Year Profit Since Jacobs Took Helm in 2011

XPO Logistics posted its first full-year profit with Bradley Jacobs at the helm of the organization and also was profitable in the final quarter owing to strength in the less-than- truckload division.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
February 27, 2017
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