Throughout the pandemic-influenced years of 2020 through 2022, third-party logistics providers and freight brokers assuaged shippers by simply locating a truck for their freight.
September 25, 2023
Logistics 50 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
Top Airfreight Forwarders
Rank | Company | Headquarters | Airfreight (Metric Tons) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding | Germany | 2,085,000 |
2 | Kuehne + Nagel | Switzerland | 1,250,000 |
3 | DB Schenker | Germany | 1,092,000 |
4 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | United States | 935,300 |
5 | Expeditors International of Washington | United States | 872,480 |
6 | Panalpina Inc. | Switzerland | 836,200 |
7 | Nippon Express | Japan | 711,354 |
8 | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics | Germany | 561,240 |
9 | Bollore Logistics | France | 555,000 |
10 | Sinotrans Ltd. | China | 536,200 |
11 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | 478,000 |
12 | Ceva Logistics | France | 451,000 |
13 | Agility Logistics | Kuwait | 372,700 |
14 | UTi Worldwide | 353,300 | |
15 | Yusen Logistics | Japan | 344,000 |
16 | DSV Air & Sea Ltd. | Denmark | 311,193 |
17 | Geodis | France | 299,032 |
18 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | 282,200 |
19 | Dachser SE | Germany | 275,300 |
20 | NNR Global Logistics | Japan | 264,068 |
21 | Pilot Freight Services | United States | 220,000 |
22 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | United States | 213,000 |
23 | Dimerco Express Group | Taiwan | 202,000 |
24 | Hitachi Transport System | Japan | 190,000 |
25 | Apex Logistics International | Hong Kong | 187,000 |
26 | Damco/Maersk Logistics | The Netherlands | 180,000 |
27 | Logwin AG | Luxembourg | 152,000 |
28 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | United States | 115,000 |
29 | Toll Global Forwarding | Australia | 114,000 |
30 | Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent | China | 100,000 |
31 | BDP International | United States | 87,000 |
32 | Mainfreight Ltd. | New Zealand | 86,547 |
33 | XPO Logistics | United States | 72,612 |
34 | Girag Air Cargo | 70,200 | |
35 | BEL International Logistics | Hong Kong | 50,000 |
36 | American Global Logistics | United States | 50,000 |
37 | OIA Global | United States | 43,668 |
38 | Scanwell Logistics | United States | 40,000 |
39 | Shanghai Hengrong International Transportation | China | 40,000 |
40 | CJ Logistics America | South Korea | 39,100 |
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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