Hundreds of people showed up Aug. 2 for a chance to pack and ship products to Amazon customers, as the e-commerce company held a giant job fair at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses.
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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 | 4,690,000 |
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 |
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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