As the Christmas song goes, “Gee, the traffic’s sure terrific.” In fact, travel experts say they believe the final holiday travel period of the year — Dec. 23 through midnight New Year’s night — will set a new record.
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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 | 4,861,000 |
2 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 3,740,000 |
3 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 3,207,000 |
4 | DB Schenker | Germany | 2,260,000 |
5 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 1,907,126 |
6 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 1,325,000 |
7 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 1,125,137 |
8 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 1,000,000 |
9 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 955,800 |
10 | Fr. Meyer's Sohn | Germany | 850,000 |
11 | Bollore Logistics | France | 839,000 |
12 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 815,000 |
13 | Geodis | France | 798,137 |
14 | Ceva Logistics | France | 786,600 |
15 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 740,000 |
16 | Nippon Express | Japan | 703,061 |
17 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 700,043 |
18 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 690,000 |
19 | AllCargo Logistics | India | 684,000 |
20 | OOCL Logistics | Hong Kong | 650,000 |
21 | Leschaco | Germany | 636,000 |
22 | Worldwide Logistics Group | China | 630,218 |
23 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 620,000 |
24 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 577,084 |
25 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 556,000 |
26 | Dachser SE | Germany | 536,900 |
27 | Toll Group | Australia | 533,600 |
28 | LF Logistics | Hong Kong | 500,000 |
28 | China Resources Logistics (Group) | Hong Kong | 500,000 |
30 | Honour Lane Shipping | Hong Kong | 418,630 |
31 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 400,000 |
31 | Kingway Transportation Company | China | 400,000 |
33 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 342,741 |
34 | Cargo-Partner | Austria | 314,067 |
35 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 309,851 |
36 | BDP International | United States | 302,000 |
37 | Chinatrans International Logistics | China | 300,000 |
38 | Noatum Logistics | Spain | 289,100 |
39 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 260,000 |
40 | Zhejiang Jiulong International Logistics | China | 250,000 |
41 | Nissin Corp. | Japan | 230,000 |
42 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 225,800 |
43 | De Well Group | China | 210,000 |
44 | EFL | Sri Lanka | 201,958 |
45 | Odyssey Logistics & Technology | United States | 200,000 |
46 | Horizon Air Freight | United States | 200,000 |
47 | Asia Shipping Transportes Internacionais | Brazil | 195,000 |
48 | Sino-Ocean Group | China | 192,000 |
49 | Zhejiang Chasen Freight Forwarding | China | 180,000 |
50 | CWT Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | 170,000 |
51 | Topocean Group Inc. | United States | 156,000 |
52 | Long Sail International Logistics | China | 150,000 |
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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Extras
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Target to Buy Shipt for $550 Million in Challenge to Amazon
Target Corp. agreed to purchase grocery-delivery startup Shipt Inc. for $550 million, stepping up its challenge to Amazon.com Inc. by speeding the rollout of same-day shipping.
CSX CEO Hunter Harrison Takes Medical Leave
Hunter Harrison has taken a medical leave from his position as CEO and president of CSX, the company announced Dec. 14. The railroad gave no details other than saying the leave was due to “unexpected complications from a recent illness.”
2017: A Year Spent Looking Ahead
2017 was a year of anticipation for the freight transportation industry, leading up to the long-awaited Dec. 18 mandate for broad adoption of electronic logging devices to track hours of service.
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Investors remain on alert over the threat of Nafta talks failing even as negotiators meet this week in Washington and seek minor victories on less contentious issues.