Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines has agreed to sell its APL Logistics business unit to Japanese shipping firm Kintetsu World Express for $1.2 billion.
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2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
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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 | 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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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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Intermodal rail traffic rose to an average of 251,267 units per week in January, the highest weekly average for the month on record, the Association of American Railroads reported.
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