
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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1 | 1 | FedEx Corp. | USA | $64,690 | $69,189 | 93.5% |
2 | 2 | UPS Inc. | USA | $63,978 | $74,094 | 86.3% |
3 | 3 | China Railway Corp. | China | $44,468 | $163,536 | 27.2% |
4 | 4 | Maersk | Denmark | $34,839 | $38,890 | 89.6% |
5 | 7 | CMA CGM Group | France | $30,254 | $30,254 | 100.0% |
6 | 5 | Russian Railways | Russia | $26,267 | $38,618 | 68.0% |
7 | 6 | Deutsche Post DHL Group | Germany | $24,265 | $70,940 | 34.2% |
8 | 8 | Mediterranean Shipping Co. | Switzerland | $24,002 | $24,002 | 100.0% |
9 | 10 | BNSF Railway | USA | $22,328 | $23,515 | 95.0% |
10 | 12 | COSCO Shipping Group | China | $21,787 | $21,787 | 100.0% |
11 | 9 | Union Pacific Corp. | USA | $21,708 | $21,708 | 100.0% |
12 | 11 | Indian Railways | India | $19,036 | $26,991 | 70.5% |
13 | 15 | SF Express | China | $16,050 | $16,050 | 100.0% |
14 | 14 | Hapag-Lloyd AG | Germany | $14,121 | $14,121 | 100.0% |
15 | 13 | Deutsche Bahn AG | Germany | $12,963 | $49,761 | 26.0% |
16 | 16 | Yamato Holdings | Japan | $12,517 | $14,911 | 83.9% |
17 | 17 | CSX Corp. | USA | $11,937 | $11,937 | 100.0% |
18 | 19 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | USA | $11,296 | $11,296 | 100.0% |
19 | 20 | Canadian National Railway | Canada | $10,953 | $11,241 | 97.4% |
20 | 18 | NYK Group | Japan | $10,210 | $16,262 | 62.8% |
21 | 21 | Mitsui O.S.K Lines | Japan | $9,696 | $10,633 | 91.2% |
22 | 22 | SG Holdings | Japan | $9,036 | $10,683 | 84.6% |
23 | 23 | GeoPost Group | France | $8,600 | $8,600 | 100.0% |
24 | 25 | XPO | USA | $7,864 | $16,648 | 47.2% |
25 | 26 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | USA | $7,829 | $9,165 | 85.4% |
26 | 24 | Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K Line) | Japan | $7,022 | $7,022 | 100.0% |
27 | 27 | Canadian Pacific Railway | Canada | $5,737 | $5,872 | 97.7% |
28 | 28 | Evergreen Marine Corp. | Taiwan | $5,682 | $6,168 | 92.1% |
29 | 29 | Yellow Corp. | USA | $4,871 | $4,871 | 100.0% |
30 | 32 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. | Taiwan | $4,828 | $4,828 | 100.0% |
31 | 31 | Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. | South Korea | $4,729 | $4,729 | 100.0% |
32 | 30 | Knight-Swift Transportation | USA | $4,408 | $4,844 | 91.0% |
33 | 35 | Old Dominion Freight Line | USA | $4,109 | $4,109 | 100.0% |
34 | 33 | Transnet Group | South Africa | $4,083 | $5,276 | 77.4% |
35 | 36 | General Logistics Systems | Netherlands | $4,034 | $4,034 | 100.0% |
36 | 34 | Schneider | USA | $3,864 | $4,747 | 81.4% |
37 | 37 | TFI International | Canada | $3,691 | $3,902 | 94.6% |
38 | 40 | Nippon Express | Japan | $3,604 | $19,305 | 18.7% |
39 | 41 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | $3,300 | $3,300 | 100.0% |
40 | 39 | Emirates Group | UAE | $3,051 | $24,774 | 12.3% |
41 | 38 | Cathay Pacific Airways | Hong Kong | $3,039 | $13,653 | 22.3% |
42 | 44 | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group | Norway | $2,998 | $3,909 | 76.7% |
43 | 49 | Kansas City Southern | USA | $2,886 | $2,886 | 100.0% |
44 | 43 | Toll Group | Australia | $2,870 | $5,827 | 49.3% |
45 | 46 | Estes Express Lines | USA | $2,818 | $3,254 | 86.6% |
46 | - | Ukrainian Railways | Ukraine | $2,809 | $3,502 | 80.2% |
47 | 42 | Lufthansa Group | Germany | $2,775 | $41,061 | 6.8% |
48 | 47 | Qatar Airways | Qatar | $2,725 | $14,033 | 19.4% |
49 | 45 | Pacific International Lines | Singapore | $2,639 | $3,831 | 68.9% |
50 | - | Kazakhstan Temir Zholy | Kazakhstan | $2,499 | $2,974 | 84.0% |
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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