Top 50 Global Freight | Airport Data
Port Data: Pacific Northwest | California & Pacific Islands | North Atlantic | Mid-Atlantic & South Atlantic | Mexico & Central America | Gulf Coast | Caribbean | Great Lakes
Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Headquarters | Freight Revenue (Millions) | Total Revenue (Millions) | Freight Revenue Share |
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44 | 49 | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group | Norway | $3,049 | $4,063 | 75.0% |
48 | 47 | Korean Air | South Korea | $2,737 | $11,496 | 23.8% |
46 | 46 | Estes Express Lines | United States | $2,787 | $3,186 | 87.5% |
49 | 45 | Kansas City Southern | United States | $2,714 | $2,714 | 100.0% |
45 | 44 | Pacific International Lines | Singapore | $2,800 | $4,065 | 68.9% |
42 | 43 | Lufthansa Group | Germany | $3,201 | $42,292 | 7.6% |
41 | 42 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | $3,248 | $3,248 | 100.0% |
43 | 41 | Toll Group | Australia | $3,128 | $6,350 | 49.3% |
38 | 40 | Cathay Pacific Airways | Hong Kong | $3,613 | $14,170 | 25.5% |
40 | 39 | Nippon Express | Japan | $3,396 | $19,245 | 17.6% |
35 | 38 | Old Dominion Freight Line | United States | $4,044 | $4,044 | 100.0% |
39 | 37 | Emirates Group | United Arab Emirates | $3,555 | $26,147 | 13.6% |
37 | 36 | TFI International | Canada | $3,746 | $3,951 | 94.8% |
34 | 35 | Schneider | United States | $4,057 | $4,977 | 81.5% |
33 | 34 | Transnet Group | South Africa | $4,275 | $5,588 | 76.5% |
32 | 33 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. | Taiwan | $4,704 | $4,704 | 100.0% |
31 | 32 | Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. | South Korea | $4,745 | $4,745 | 100.0% |
28 | 31 | Evergreen Marine Corp. | Taiwan | $5,210 | $5,613 | 92.8% |
30 | 30 | Knight-Swift Transportation | United States | $4,760 | $5,344 | 89.1% |
29 | 29 | Yellow Corp. | United States | $5,092 | $5,092 | 100.0% |
27 | 28 | Canadian Pacific Railway | Canada | $5,516 | $5,642 | 97.8% |
26 | 26 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | United States | $7,297 | $8,615 | 84.7% |
22 | 25 | SG Holdings | Japan | $8,568 | $10,353 | 82.8% |
23 | 24 | GeoPost Group | France | $8,306 | $8,699 | 95.5% |
25 | 23 | XPO | United States | $8,241 | $17,279 | 47.7% |
20 | 22 | Canadian National Railway | Canada | $10,747 | $11,045 | 97.3% |
24 | 21 | Kawaski Kisen Kaisha Ltd. ( | Japan | $8,299 | $8,299 | 100.0% |
15 | 20 | SF Express | China | $13,547 | $13,547 | 100.0% |
19 | 19 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | United States | $11,458 | $11,458 | 100.0% |
16 | 18 | Yamato Holdings | Japan | $12,262 | $14,712 | 83.0% |
14 | 17 | Hapag-Lloyd AG | Germany | $13,586 | $13,586 | 100.0% |
17 | 16 | CSX Corp. | United States | $12,250 | $12,250 | 100.0% |
13 | 15 | Deutsche Bahn AG | Germany | $13,630 | $51,943 | 26.2% |
12 | 14 | COSCO Shipping Group | China | $18,179 | $18,179 | 100.0% |
18 | 13 | NYK Group | Japan | $11,693 | $18,281 | 64.0% |
21 | 12 | Mitsui O.S.K Lines | Japan | $10,668 | $11,311 | 94.3% |
11 | 11 | Indian Railways | India | $18,628 | $26,092 | 71.4% |
10 | 10 | BNSF Railway | United States | $22,578 | $23,855 | 94.6% |
7 | 9 | CMA CGM Group | France | $23,480 | $23,480 | 100.0% |
9 | 8 | Union Pacific Corp. | United States | $22,832 | $22,832 | 100.0% |
8 | 7 | Mediterranean Shipping Co. | Switzerland | $22,892 | $22,892 | 100.0% |
6 | 6 | Deutsche Post DHL Group | Germany | $24,307 | $72,622 | 33.5% |
5 | 5 | Russian Railways | Russia | $26,012 | $38,403 | 67.7% |
4 | 4 | Maersk | Denmark | $34,707 | $39,019 | 88.9% |
3 | 3 | China Railway Corp. | China | $45,001 | $165,494 | 27.2% |
2 | 2 | UPS Inc. | United States | $61,253 | $71,861 | 85.2% |
1 | 1 | FedEx Corp. | United States | $63,914 | $68,716 | 93.0% |
47 | - | Qatar Airways | Qatar | $2,753 | $13,126 | 21.0% |
50 | - | Cargolux | Luxembourg | $2,634 | $2,634 | 100.0% |
36 | - | General Logistics Systems | Netherlands | $3,850 | $3,850 | 100.0% |
Top 50 Global Freight Companies
Revenue from acquired companies only included for period after close of acquisition. All revenue figures have been converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate in the appropriate calendar year.
Sources: Company reports and SJ Consulting Group Inc. estimates
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