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2019 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 4,690,000
2 Sinotrans Ltd. China 3,360,300
3 DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding Germany 3,225,000
4 DB Schenker Germany 2,219,000
5 Panalpina Inc. Switzerland 1,484,100
6 DSV A/S Denmark 1,442,348
7 Kerry Logistics Hong Kong 1,196,607
8 Expeditors International of Washington United States 1,167,820
9 C.H. Robinson Worldwide United States 1,000,000
10 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Germany 901,698
11 Bollore Logistics France 864,000
12 Fr. Meyer's Sohn Germany 850,000
13 Ceva Logistics France 786,600
14 LF Logistics Hong Kong 778,796
15 Geodis France 777,675
16 Yusen Logistics Japan 774,822
17 Agility Logistics Kuwait 710,000
18 Nippon Express Japan 686,206
19 Kintetsu World Express Japan 663,915
20 OOCL Logistics Hong Kong 646,000
21 Damco/Maersk Logistics The Netherlands 639,132
22 UPS Supply Chain Solutions United States 600,000
23 Logwin AG Luxembourg 600,000
24 Worldwide Logistics Ltd. China 580,325
25 Hitachi Transport System Japan 532,000
26 Dachser SE Germany 522,300
27 Toll Global Forwarding Australia 503,400
28 China Resources Logistics (Group) Hong Kong 500,000
29 Honour Lane Shipping Hong Kong 447,846
30 Mallory Alexander International Logistics United States 400,000
31 Kingway Transportation Company China 400,000
32 Cargo-Partner Austria 314,067
33 Mainfreight Ltd. New Zealand 311,586
34 BDP International United States 302,000
35 Chinatrans International Logistics China 300,000
36 CJ Logistics South Korea 279,802
37 Zhejiang Jiulong International Logistics China 250,000
38 Dimerco Express Group Taiwan 241,300
39 Nissin Corp. Japan 215,000
40 De Well Group China 210,000
41 Cargo Services Far East Hong Kong 200,000
42 Sino-Ocean Group China 192,000
43 Zhejiang Chasen Freight Forwarding China 180,000
44 CWT Pte. Ltd. Singapore 170,000
45 NNR Global Logistics Japan 167,100
46 EFL Sri Lanka 164,495
47 Topocean Group Inc. United States 156,000
48 Long Sail International Logistics China 150,000
49 Noatum Logistics Spain 141,000
50 TransGroup Global Logistics United States 140,200
51 OIA Global United States 130,000
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On the Bubble

Averitt Express ($225 million), Cookeville, Tenn., provides air and ocean freight forwarding, custom brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, 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
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump Warns He'll Dump NAFTA if Mexico Doesn't Stop Drug Flows

President Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if Mexico doesn’t stop people and drugs from flowing into the United States from Central America.

Justin Sink | Bloomberg News
April 2, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Trump: The Washington Post Should Register as Lobbyist Over Amazon’s Postal ‘Scam’

President Donald Trump charged March 31 that The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, should register as a lobbyist, insinuating that it abetted his other company, Amazon, in pulling off a U.S. Postal Service “scam” to deliver its packages at a loss.

Doug Stanglin | USA Today
April 2, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics

How Amazon Is Helping the US Postal Service, Despite What Trump Thinks

The Amazon blame game took another turn on March 29, when President Donald Trump spun the wheel back around to the U.S. Postal Service. Amazon.com Inc. is a convenient scapegoat for just about any issue. The mail is no different.

Mark Milian | Bloomberg News
March 30, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics

Federal Appeals Court Dismisses ATA’s New York Thruway Lawsuit

A federal appeals court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed in 2013 by American Trucking Associations alleging that the New York State Thruway Authority did not have the right to use toll revenues collected from commercial truckers to support the state’s canal system.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 29, 2018
Logistics

E-Commerce Growth Boosting Demand for Reverse Logistics

As e-commerce volumes continue to grow, customer returns of products ordered online also are rising at a rapid clip, a trend that is increasing the need for efficient reverse logistics processes to control costs.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
March 29, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA, Top 100, Top 50

UPS Begins Regular Cargo Flights Out of San Bernardino Airport

UPS Inc. has started operating five cargo flights a week out of San Bernardino International Airport, officials announced March 26.

Brian Whitehead | San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun
March 28, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Port of Virginia Truckers Get a Chance to Unload on Board Members

Enough already. That seemed to be the rallying cry for some truckers who got the chance on March 27 to vent about port congestion directly to the Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners.

Robert McCabe | The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot
March 28, 2018
Business, Logistics

WTO Chief Warns About First Signs of US-China Trade War

The head of the WTO warned about the first signs of a trade war involving the U.S. and China that could derail the global economy, as Europe kept alive a threat to join Beijing in pushing back against President Donald Trump.

March 28, 2018
Business, Logistics

Driver Pay, Bonuses Rise as Carriers Seek Scarce Truckers

Truck driver pay and compensation increased through 2017 and into the first quarter as carrier demand for qualified drivers to carry freight nationwide kept rising, according to two new reports.

Burney Simpson | Staff Reporter
March 28, 2018
Business, Logistics

Warehouses Are Now Worth More Than Offices, Thanks to Amazon

While China slams the brakes on buying trophy properties and the retail apocalypse draws nigh, something less sexy but striking is going on in real estate.

David M Levitt | Bloomberg News
March 28, 2018
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