2018 Top 50 Global Freight Carriers
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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year |
Company |
Headquarters | Freight Revenue (Millions) | Total Revenue (Millions) | Freight Revenue Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | UPS Inc. | United States | $57,100 | $65,872 | 86.7% |
| 29 | 29 | Yellow Corp. | United States | $4,891 | $4,891 | 100% |
| 36 | 40 | TFI International | Canada | $3,460 | $3,655 | 94.7% |
| 38 | 38 | Old Dominion Freight Line | United States | $3,358 | $3,358 | 100% |
| 23 | 23 | XPO Logistics | United States | $7,516 | $15,381 | 48.9% |
| 46 | 48 | Estes Express Lines | United States | $2,476 | $2,746 | 90.2% |
| 3 | 3 | China Railway Corp. | China | $39,395 | $150,274 | 26.2% |
| 4 | 4 | The Maersk Group | Denmark | $29,096 | $30,945 | 94% |
| 8 | 7 | Union Pacific Corp. | United States | $21,240 | $21,240 | 100% |
| 10 | 8 | BNSF Railway | United States | $20,406 | $21,387 | 95.4% |
| 7 | 9 | Mediterranean Shipping Co. | Switzerland | $21,428 | $21,428 | 100% |
| 6 | 6 | Deutsche Post DHL Group | Germany | $21,915 | $68,271 | 32.1% |
| 11 | 11 | Indian Railways | India | $17,948 | $25,311 | 64.8% |
| 13 | 12 | NYK Group | Japan | $13,869 | $19,903 | 69.7% |
| 15 | 14 | Deutsche Bahn AG | Germany | $12,578 | $48,234 | 26.1% |
| 16 | 17 | CSX Corp. | United States | $11,408 | $11,408 | 100% |
| 21 | 20 | Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K Line) | Japan | $10,166 | $10,166 | 100% |
| 19 | 19 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | United States | $10,551 | $10,551 | 100% |
| 22 | 21 | Canadian National Railway | Canada | $9,766 | $10,054 | 97% |
| 17 | 15 | Hapag-Lloyd AG | Germany | $11,264 | $11,264 | 100% |
| 27 | 28 | Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. | Hong Kong | $6,108 | $6,108 | 100% |
| 20 | 22 | SF Express | China | $10,522 | $10,522 | 100% |
| 24 | 25 | GeoPost Group | France | $7,350 | $7,699 | 95.5% |
| 28 | 30 | Canadian Pacific Railway | Canada | $4,915 | $5,053 | 97.3% |
| 32 | 31 | Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. | South Korea | $4,438 | $4,438 | 100% |
| 33 | 33 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. | Taiwan | $4,303 | $4,303 | 100% |
| 34 | 34 | Transnet Group | South Africa | $3,775 | $4,918 | 76.8% |
| 31 | 35 | Evergreen Marine Corp. | Taiwan | $4,444 | $4,947 | 88.9% |
| 50 | - | Kazakhstan Temir Zholy | Kazakhstan | $2,349 | $2,785 | 84.3% |
| 41 | 41 | Toll Group | Australia | $3,023 | $6,282 | 48.1% |
| 48 | 42 | Aurizon | Australia | $2,409 | $2,409 | 100% |
| 42 | 44 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | $2,978 | $2,978 | 100% |
| 37 | 39 | Emirates Group | United Arab Emirates | $3,386 | $24,831 | 13.6% |
| 40 | 43 | Cathay Pacific Airways | Hong Kong | $3,067 | $12,483 | 24.6% |
| 43 | 46 | Lufthansa Group | Germany | $2,851 | $40,186 | 7.1% |
| 39 | 37 | Nippon Express | Japan | $3,117 | $17,798 | 17.5% |
| 26 | 27 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | United States | $6,181 | $7,190 | 86% |
| 5 | 5 | Russian Railways | Russia | $26,285 | $38,594 | 68.1% |
| 9 | 10 | CMA CGM Group | France | $21,116 | $21,116 | 100% |
| 44 | 38 | Pacific International Lines | Singapore | $2,616 | $3,798 | 68.9% |
| 47 | 50 | Korean Air | South Korea | $2,473 | $10,387 | 23.8% |
| 1 | 1 | FedEx Logistics | United States | $57,198 | $62,335 | 91.8% |
| 35 | 36 | Schneider | United States | $3,647 | $4,384 | 83.2% |
| 45 | 45 | Kansas City Southern | United States | $2,583 | $2,583 | 100% |
| 30 | 32 | Knight-Swift Transportation | United States | $4,634 | $5,186 | 89.4% |
| 12 | 13 | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines | Japan | $13,958 | $14,830 | 94.1% |
| 14 | 18 | COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. | China | $13,378 | $13,378 | 100% |
| 18 | 16 | Yamato Holdings | Japan | $11,190 | $15,459 | 72% |
| 25 | 24 | SG Holdings | Japan | $7,302 | $9,003 | 81.1% |
| 49 | - | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group | Norway | $2,404 | $3,024 | 79.5% |
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Top 50 News
XPO Opening Automated Logistics Facility in Indiana
XPO Logistics will open an automated logistics facility in Clayton, Ind., at one of the state’s major logistics hubs in Hendricks County. The new facility is expected to employ 800 people and become fully operational sometime this summer, according to XPO.
March 24, 2021FedEx Rides E-Commerce to $21.5 Billion Third Quarter
The continued yearlong surge in e-commerce brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic sent FedEx’s year-over-year fiscal third-quarter net revenue up 23% to $21.5 billion, compared with $17.4 billion in the same period in 2020.
March 18, 2021XPO Sets GXO Logistics as Name of New Spinoff Company
XPO Logistics has selected GXO Logistics as the name of the stand-alone logistics company that it will spin off from its larger operation later this year.
March 18, 2021Trucking Industry Making Strides Toward Electrification
Original equipment manufacturers, shippers and environmental activist groups are aligning behind the promised benefits of zero-emission trucks, and are encouraging the trucking industry to accelerate adoption of vehicles powered by alternatives to diesel.
March 11, 2021COVID-19 Exposes Cold Chain Problems, Solutions
The coronavirus pandemic has presented new challenges and opportunities for innovation in cold chain shipments.
March 2, 2021UPS Expects 40% Jump in Vaccine Doses Next Week, Peak in May
UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. are ramping up vaccine distribution, with plans for additional gains if Johnson & Johnson’s inoculation is cleared by U.S. regulators.
February 25, 2021Kuehne + Nagel Buys Apex Logistics in $1.5 Billion Deal
Kuehne + Nagel International AG has agreed to acquire Apex International Corp. in a deal that values the freight forwarder at about $1.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
February 22, 2021US Steps Up Heat on Container Carriers to Ease Port Congestion
U.S. regulators stepped up the heat on ocean shipping companies and the seaport terminals some of them operate, seeking to smooth the disrupted flow of containers that are swamping America’s biggest ports and wreaking havoc on the nation’s strained supply chains.
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February 10, 2021Chinese Package-Delivery Firm SF Holding Eyes Stake in Kerry Logistics
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