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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 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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Verst Group ($172 million), Walton, Ky., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, freight payment and auditing, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Third-Party Logistics Market Expected to Pass $1.1 Trillion by 2022

An Allied Market Research report finds that the global third-party logistics market is expected to reach $1.1 trillion over the next six years.

July 8, 2016
Business, Logistics

Universal Logistics Says Second-Quarter Earnings to Trail Forecasts

Universal Logistics Holdings Inc. has become the third truckload operator to announce its second-quarter earnings will fall short of the average analyst estimate due to weak freight markets.

July 8, 2016
Business, Logistics

Schneider Truck Driver Wins National Award for 51 Years of Safety on the Road

Bob Wyatt, Schneider's most-decorated and longest-tenured driver, won the 2016 International Driver Excellence Award from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

Rick Romell | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 8, 2016
Business, Logistics

Iowa Lands $25 Million Grant for Freight Hub

A grant worth more than $25 million has been awarded to construct a Cedar Rapids intermodal transportation facility officials say is to become a one-of-a-kind freight hub for the state.

Mitchell Schmidt | The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
July 8, 2016
Business, Logistics

Shipping Firms Promise the EU Steps to Prevent Price Hike Collusion

BRUSSELS — Several container shipping companies have promised to change practices that potentially allowed them to raise the price of global goods transport, the European Commission announced July 7, following an investigation.

Helen Maguire | Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)
July 7, 2016
Business, Logistics

TransForce Acquires Canadian Operations of K.A.S. Personnel Services

Transforce Inc., a staffing agency for truck drivers, has acquired the assets of K.A.S. Personnel Services, another commercial truck-based staffing agency based in Mississauga, Ontario.

July 5, 2016
Business, Logistics

Global Shipping Slumps on Fears of Trade Crisis

The world’s largest ship broker admitted its business has been battered by weak global trade – underlining the crisis engulfing the shipping industry.

Hugo Duncan | Daily Mail (London)
July 5, 2016
Business, Logistics

North Central Utility Breaks Ground on Minnesota Dealership

North Central Utility has broken ground on a dealership in Mankato, Minnesota.

June 30, 2016
Business, Logistics

Construction Starts on $13.5 Million Indiana Intermodal Facility

State and local officials joined executives from Transpoint Intermodal to break ground June 28 on a new $13.5 million, 64-job cargo transfer facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Kevin Leininger | The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
June 29, 2016
Business, Government, Logistics

After Panama Canal Expansion, Port Manatee Optimistic for More Business

A Port Manatee trade executive has returned from ceremonies marking the expansion of the Panama Canal, saying he is optimistic that the expansion will reap big benefits for the port.

June 29, 2016
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