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2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
Up Front
The pandemic-driven spike in online shopping has forced firms to adjust operations.
For the 2021 list, we've decided to use a different metric to rank companies.
Find out where the Top 50 are located by U.S. region.
Rankings
Rank Company Headquarters Ocean Containers
1 Kuehne + Nagel Switzerland 4,550,000
2 Sinotrans Ltd. China 3,770,000
3 DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding Germany 2,832,000
4 DSV A/S Denmark 2,204,902
5 DB Schenker Germany 2,042,000
6 C.H. Robinson Worldwide United States 1,200,000
7 Ceva Logistics France 1,050,000
8 Kerry Logistics Hong Kong 1,019,924
9 Expeditors International of Washington United States 1,012,600
10 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Germany 955,800
11 Geodis France 866,631
12 Fr. Meyer's Sohn Germany 850,000
13 Yusen Logistics Japan 764,000
14 Bollore Logistics France 761,000
15 Agility Logistics Kuwait 740,000
16 Worldwide Logistics Group China 707,803
17 Logwin AG Luxembourg 690,000
18 AllCargo Logistics India 684,000
19 Nippon Express Japan 660,152
20 OOCL Logistics Hong Kong 660,000
21 Kintetsu World Express Japan 644,464
22 Leschaco Germany 636,000
23 UPS Supply Chain Solutions United States 620,000
24 Damco/Maersk Logistics The Netherlands 577,084
25 Cargo Services Far East Hong Kong 566,000
26 Toll Group Australia 527,200
27 Dachser SE Germany 520,000
28 LF Logistics Hong Kong 500,000
28 China Resources Logistics (Group) Hong Kong 500,000
30 Hitachi Transport System Japan 462,000
31 Honour Lane Shipping Hong Kong 418,630
32 Mallory Alexander International Logistics United States 400,000
32 Kingway Transportation Company China 400,000
34 Asia Shipping Transportes Internacionais Brazil 391,820
35 Mainfreight Ltd. New Zealand 337,504
36 Long Sail International Logistics China 314,173
37 Cargo-Partner Austria 314,067
38 Noatum Logistics Spain 307,000
39 BDP International United States 302,000
40 Chinatrans International Logistics China 300,000
41 Zhejiang Jiulong International Logistics China 250,000
42 Nissin Corp. Japan 230,000
43 Dimerco Express Group Taiwan 228,934
44 De Well Group China 195,000
45 Sino-Ocean Group China 192,000
46 Zhejiang Chasen Freight Forwarding China 180,000
47 CWT Pte. Ltd. Singapore 170,000
47 Scan Global Logistics A/S Denmark 170,000
49 EFL Sri Lanka 167,312
50 CJ Logistics South Korea 136,644
51 XPO Logistics United States 127,200
52 Crane Worldwide Logistics United States 125,000
Extras
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Hub Group’s 3Q Profit Increases Slightly

Hub Group Inc. said its third-quarter profit grew 0.6% to $18.6 million, or 50 cents a share, from $18.5 million, or 50 cents a share, a year earlier.

October 18, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Volume Rises 4% for Week

Intermodal rail volume for the week ended Oct. 12 rose 4%, from the same period last year, the 15th consecutive rise, the Association of American Railroads reported.

October 18, 2013
Business, Logistics

Kansas City Southern’s 3Q Income Rises

Kansas City Southern’s third-quarter net income rose to $119 million, or $1.07 a share, from $91 million, or 82 cents, a year ago.

October 18, 2013
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s Third-Quarter Profit Rises 10%

Union Pacific Corp. said Oct. 17 its third-quarter profit rose 10% despite lower coal and grain carloads in the quarter.

October 17, 2013
Business, Logistics

CSX Reports Higher Third-Quarter Profit

CSX Corp.’s third-quarter earnings rose to $463 million, or 46 cents a share, from $455 million, or 44 cents, a year ago.

October 15, 2013
Business, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Falls to Nine-Month Low

Consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index.

October 11, 2013
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises for 14th Consecutive Week

Intermodal rail volume for the week ended Oct. 5 rose 6.2%, from the same period last year, the 14th consecutive rise, the Association of American Railroads reported.

October 11, 2013
Business, Logistics

Expeditors CEO Peter Rose to Retire in March

Peter Rose, CEO of Expeditors International of Washington Inc., will retire in March after 35 years with the company, he announced in an Oct. 8 statement.

October 8, 2013
Business, Logistics

Echo Global Promotes Executives

Echo Global Logistics Inc. has reshuffled its management team with three internal executive promotions, the Chicago-based company announced.

October 8, 2013
Business, Logistics, Government

Gasoline Price Falls 13.8 Cents, Lundberg Survey Says

Gasoline’s national average price decreased 13.8 cents in the past two weeks to $3.383 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations.

October 7, 2013
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