America’s manufacturers are scrambling to change the way they do business — from finding new suppliers to shifting more finishing work overseas — as the sting of tariffs begins to take a bigger toll on their bottom lines.
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2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest Global Freight Carriers
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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 | The Maersk Group | 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 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. | 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 Logistics | United States | $5,111 | $12,411 | 41% |
| 31 | 31 | Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. | South Korea | $4,878 | $4,878 | 100% |
| 32 | 34 | YRC Worldwide | 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 Inc. | 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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