The Port of Virginia just finished its best year ever for container volume, having moved 2.84 million TEUs, or boxes as measured in standard 20-foot units.
January 11, 2018Up Front
Battling supply chain, freight capacity issues, logistics providers demonstrate the value they bring to their business partners
As the 3PL industry continues to grow, so does our ranking of North America’s largest logistics companies, now at 100
Find out where the Top 100 Logistics companies are located by region; click links to view details about the company
Rankings
Logistics 100 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
Top Ocean Freight Forwarders
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | Ocean Containers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 4,613,000 |
| 2 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 3,750,000 |
| 3 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 3,142,000 |
| 4 | DSV A/S | Denmark | 2,900,000 |
| 5 | DB Schenker | Germany | 2,215,000 |
| 6 | LX Pantos | South Korea | 1,658,000 |
| 7 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 1,500,000 |
| 8 | Ceva Logistics | France | 1,269,000 |
| 9 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 1,229,298 |
| 10 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 1,047,725 |
| 11 | CTS International Logistics | China | 1,021,007 |
| 12 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 905,100 |
| 13 | Geodis | France | 900,866 |
| 14 | Fr. Meyer's Sohn | Germany | 850,000 |
| 15 | Worldwide Logistics Group | China | 840,060 |
| 16 | Bollore Logistics | France | 826,000 |
| 17 | OOCL Logistics | Hong Kong | 750,000 |
| 18 | Nippon Express | Japan | 747,624 |
| 19 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 723,000 |
| 20 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 715,000 |
| 21 | AllCargo Logistics | India | 684,000 |
| 22 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 640,063 |
| 23 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 620,000 |
| 24 | Savino Del Bene | Italy | 602,500 |
| 25 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 600,000 |
| 26 | Dachser SE | Germany | 530,000 |
| 27 | Toll Group | Australia | 523,300 |
| 28 | Honour Lane Shipping | Hong Kong | 507,886 |
| 29 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 441,000 |
| 30 | Asia Shipping Transportes Internacionais | Brazil | 421,965 |
| 31 | Long Sail International Logistics | China | 360,000 |
| 32 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 347,638 |
| 33 | Seko Logistics | United States | 340,000 |
| 34 | Alonso Forwarding | Spain | 306,090 |
| 35 | Clasquin | France | 272,228 |
| 36 | EFL | Sri Lanka | 270,553 |
| 37 | AWOT Global Logistics Group | China | 250,310 |
| 38 | Scan Global Logistics A/S | Denmark | 245,000 |
| 39 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 239,112 |
| 40 | Nissin Corp. | Japan | 205,000 |
| 41 | A. Hartrodt | Germany | 180,000 |
| 42 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 169,687 |
| 43 | Gebrüder Weiss | Austria | 141,000 |
| 44 | TVS Supply Chain Solutions | India | 140,000 |
| 45 | Maersk Logistics | Denmark | 133,452 |
| 46 | Matson | United States | 102,454 |
| 47 | AIT Worldwide Logistics | United States | 97,869 |
| 48 | Mode Global | United States | 76,000 |
| 49 | ITG Transportation Services | United States | 70,000 |
About the Rankings...
Top 100 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 100 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 100 list.
Extras
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