2016 Top 50 Global Freight

2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest Global Freight Carriers

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Rankings

Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Headquarters Freight Revenue (Millions) Total Revenue (Millions) Freight Revenue Share
1 2
FedEx Corp.
United States $52,014 $56,241 92%
2 1
UPS Inc.
United States $51,777 $58,363 89%
3 3
China Railway Corp.
China $37,208 $147,452 25%
4 4
Maersk
Denmark $29,696 $41,205 72%
5 6
Union Pacific Corp.
United States $21,813 $21,813 100%
6 5
Russian Railways
Russia $21,408 $32,652 66%
7 12
CMA CGM Group
France $21,084 $21,727 97%
8 7
BNSF Railway
United States $21,002 $21,967 96%
9 9
Deutsche Post DHL Group
Germany $19,880 $65,784 30%
10 8
Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Switzerland $19,751 $19,751 100%
11 10
Indian Railways
India $17,868 $25,653 70%
12 16
Cosco Shipping Group
China $15,450 $15,964 97%
13 11
NYK Group
Japan $14,751 $20,428 72%
14 13
Mitsui O.S.K Lines
Japan $13,919 $15,112 92%
15 21
Hapag-Lloyd AG
Germany $13,441 $13,441 100%
16 14
Deutsche Bahn AG
Germany $12,311 $44,946 27%
17 15
CSX Corp.
United States $11,811 $11,811 100%
18 17
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K Line)
Japan $10,867 $10,867 100%
19 18
Norfolk Southern Corp.
United States $10,511 $10,511 100%
20 19
Yamato Group
Japan $9,674 $11,436 85%
21 20
Canadian National Railway
Canada $9,606 $9,882 97%
22 28
SF Express
China $7,612 $7,612 100%
23 23
Hanjin Shipping Co.
South Korea $6,800 $6,800 100%
24 26
Hamburg Süd Group
Germany $6,726 $6,726 100%
25 24
SG Holdings Group
Japan $6,318 $8,215 77%
26 29
GeoPost Group
France $6,131 $6,303 97%
27 27
Orient Overseas (International) Ltd.
Hong Kong $5,953 $5,953 100%
28 32
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
United States $5,501 $6,188 89%
29 30
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada $5,134 $5,260 98%
30 -
XPO
United States $5,111 $12,411 41%
31 31
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co.
South Korea $4,878 $4,878 100%
32 34
Yellow Corp.
United States $4,832 $4,832 100%
33 35
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.
Taiwan $4,022 $4,022 100%
34 40
Swift Transportation
United States $3,903 $4,229 92%
35 37
Evergreen Marine Corp.
Taiwan $3,857 $4,220 91%
36 36
Transnet Group
South Africa $3,707 $4,887 76%
37 43
Schneider
United States $3,423 $3,800 90%
38 -
Pacific International Lines
Singapore $3,169 $4,600 69%
39 41
Toll Group
Australia $3,078 $6,397 48%
40 47
Emirates Group
United Arab Emirates $3,034 $22,738 13%
41 -
TFI International
Canada $3,013 $3,158 95%
42 45
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Israel $2,999 $2,999 100%
43 48
Cathay Pacific Airways
Hong Kong $2,983 $13,202 23%
44 -
Old Dominion Freight Line
United States $2,972 $2,972 100%
45 39
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
Kazakhstan $2,874 $3,474 83%
46 50
Nippon Express
Japan $2,810 $16,046 18%
47 44
Aurizon
Australia $2,687 $2,687 100%
48 49
Lufthansa Group
Germany $2,616 $35,603 7%
49 -
Korean Air
South Korea $2,318 $10,011 23%
50 -
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
Norway $2,308 $3,321 70%

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