2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
Top Ocean Freight Forwarders
Rank | Company | Headquarters | Ocean Containers |
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1 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 3,820,000 |
2 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 2,945,000 |
3 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 2,790,400 |
4 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,891,000 |
5 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 1,593,900 |
6 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 1,043,880 |
7 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 888,284 |
8 | DSV Air & Sea Ltd. | Denmark | 855,319 |
9 | Nippon Express | Japan | 855,002 |
10 | Bollore Logistics | France | 835,000 |
11 | KLN (Kerry Logistics) | Hong Kong | 785,600 |
12 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 744,000 |
13 | Geodis | France | 677,465 |
14 | Ceva Logistics | France | 642,370 |
15 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 615,000 |
16 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 590,000 |
17 | Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. | Hong Kong | 580,000 |
18 | Dachser SE | Germany | 568,500 |
19 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 547,000 |
20 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 542,000 |
21 | LF Logistics | Hong Kong | 540,000 |
22 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 513,500 |
23 | UTi Worldwide | 512,550 | |
24 | China Resources Logistics (Group) | Hong Kong | 500,000 |
25 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | United States | 500,000 |
26 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 485,000 |
27 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 396,000 |
28 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 330,000 |
29 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | 312,000 |
30 | Chinatrans International Logistics | China | 300,000 |
31 | Worldwide Logistics Group | China | 300,000 |
32 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 251,685 |
33 | Zhejiang Jiulong International Logistics | China | 250,000 |
34 | Sankyu Inc. | Japan | 247,117 |
35 | BDP International | United States | 212,000 |
36 | Hercules Logistics Pvt. Ltd. | India | 210,000 |
37 | Cargo Services Far East | Hong Kong | 200,000 |
38 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 175,000 |
39 | CWT Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | 170,000 |
40 | Topocean Group Inc. | United States | 156,000 |
41 | MIQ Logistics | United States | 150,000 |
42 | De Well Group | China | 150,000 |
43 | Longsail International Logistics | China | 150,000 |
44 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 140,150 |
45 | Integrated Logistics Berhad | Malaysia | 140,000 |
46 | Asia Shipping Transportes Internacionais | Brazil | 138,800 |
47 | XPO Logistics | United States | 132,000 |
48 | APL Logistics | Singapore | 130,000 |
49 | Honour Lane Shipping | Hong Kong | 130,000 |
50 | Jiangsu Uniwill Logistics Co. | China | 120,000 |
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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