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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, Safety, Government, Logistics

Senators Address 3 DOT Nominations

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the nominations of several other key administration officials to the full Senate on July 21, including the nomination of Deborah Hersman to lead the National Transportation Safety Board.

July 27, 2009
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

TransForce Reports Lower 2Q Income

Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its second-quarter net income fell to C$18 million, or 21 cents a share, from C$19.3 million, or 22 cents, a year ago.

July 23, 2009
Business, Logistics

Existing Home Sales Improve in June

Existing homes sales rose for the third straight month in June, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.

July 23, 2009
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 2Q Profit Falls

Union Pacific Corp.’s second-quarter profit fell 12% to $468 million, or 92 cents per share, from $531 million, or $1.02, a year ago.

July 23, 2009
Business, Logistics

C.H. Robinson Acquires European Freight Forwarder

Third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide said that it had acquired London-based Walker Logistics Overseas, an international freight forwarder.

July 22, 2009
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

C.H. Robinson’s 2Q Profit Improves

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported a second-quarter profit of $92 million, or 54 cents a share, up slightly from $90 million, or 52 cents a share, a year ago.

July 21, 2009
Business, Logistics

Canadian National's 2Q Income Falls 16%

Canadian National Railway said late Monday its second-quarter net income fell 16% to C$387 million, or 82 cents a share, from C$459 million, or 95 cents, a year ago.

July 21, 2009
Business, Government, Technology, Logistics

Crane Leverages Loss of EGL into New Logistics Success

HOUSTON — During the second half of 2007, when the U.S. economy and stock market were at their respective peaks, a colleague of James Crane said he was — for a brief while — bitter and unhappy. But as gross domestic product and the value of stocks, housing and other assets fell dramatically, the smile returned to Crane’s face as he realized the comfort of cash — hundreds of millions of dollars of it.

July 20, 2009
Fuel, Business, Logistics

Standards Group Votes Against Pump Gauges for ‘Hot Fuel’

The National Conference on Weights and Measures has voted not to require temperature gauges to measure fuel output on retail pumps.

July 17, 2009
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics

Opinion: The Fatigue Checklist — Scant Science

Get a group of truckers together anywhere in this country, and Minnesota’s “Fatigued Driving Evaluation Checklist” is bound to come up. The 75-item list gained national prominence when the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sued the Minnesota State Patrol in federal court in an attempt to stop its use.

July 17, 2009
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