2018 Top 50 Global Freight Carriers

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Company | Headquarters | Freight Revenue (Millions) | Total Revenue (Millions) | Freight Revenue Share |
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49 | - | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group | Norway | $2,404 | $3,024 | 79.5% |
50 | - | Kazakhstan Temir Zholy | Kazakhstan | $2,349 | $2,785 | 84.3% |
1 | 1 | FedEx Logistics | United States | $57,198 | $62,335 | 91.8% |
2 | 2 | UPS Inc. | United States | $57,100 | $65,872 | 86.7% |
3 | 3 | China Railway Corp. | China | $39,395 | $150,274 | 26.2% |
4 | 4 | The Maersk Group | Denmark | $29,096 | $30,945 | 94% |
5 | 5 | Russian Railways | Russia | $26,285 | $38,594 | 68.1% |
6 | 6 | Deutsche Post DHL Group | Germany | $21,915 | $68,271 | 32.1% |
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% |
9 | 10 | CMA CGM Group | France | $21,116 | $21,116 | 100% |
11 | 11 | Indian Railways | India | $17,948 | $25,311 | 64.8% |
13 | 12 | NYK Group | Japan | $13,869 | $19,903 | 69.7% |
12 | 13 | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines | Japan | $13,958 | $14,830 | 94.1% |
15 | 14 | Deutsche Bahn AG | Germany | $12,578 | $48,234 | 26.1% |
17 | 15 | Hapag-Lloyd AG | Germany | $11,264 | $11,264 | 100% |
18 | 16 | Yamato Holdings | Japan | $11,190 | $15,459 | 72% |
16 | 17 | CSX Corp. | United States | $11,408 | $11,408 | 100% |
14 | 18 | COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. | China | $13,378 | $13,378 | 100% |
19 | 19 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | United States | $10,551 | $10,551 | 100% |
21 | 20 | Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K Line) | Japan | $10,166 | $10,166 | 100% |
22 | 21 | Canadian National Railway | Canada | $9,766 | $10,054 | 97% |
20 | 22 | SF Express | China | $10,522 | $10,522 | 100% |
23 | 23 | XPO Logistics | United States | $7,516 | $15,381 | 48.9% |
25 | 24 | SG Holdings | Japan | $7,302 | $9,003 | 81.1% |
24 | 25 | GeoPost Group | France | $7,350 | $7,699 | 95.5% |
26 | 27 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | United States | $6,181 | $7,190 | 86% |
27 | 28 | Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. | Hong Kong | $6,108 | $6,108 | 100% |
29 | 29 | YRC Worldwide | United States | $4,891 | $4,891 | 100% |
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% |
30 | 32 | Knight-Swift Transportation | United States | $4,634 | $5,186 | 89.4% |
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% |
35 | 36 | Schneider | United States | $3,647 | $4,384 | 83.2% |
39 | 37 | Nippon Express | Japan | $3,117 | $17,798 | 17.5% |
38 | 38 | Old Dominion Freight Line | United States | $3,358 | $3,358 | 100% |
44 | 38 | Pacific International Lines | Singapore | $2,616 | $3,798 | 68.9% |
37 | 39 | Emirates Group | United Arab Emirates | $3,386 | $24,831 | 13.6% |
36 | 40 | TFI International | Canada | $3,460 | $3,655 | 94.7% |
41 | 41 | Toll Group | Australia | $3,023 | $6,282 | 48.1% |
48 | 42 | Aurizon | Australia | $2,409 | $2,409 | 100% |
40 | 43 | Cathay Pacific Airways | Hong Kong | $3,067 | $12,483 | 24.6% |
42 | 44 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | $2,978 | $2,978 | 100% |
45 | 45 | Kansas City Southern | United States | $2,583 | $2,583 | 100% |
43 | 46 | Lufthansa Group | Germany | $2,851 | $40,186 | 7.1% |
46 | 48 | Estes Express Lines | United States | $2,476 | $2,746 | 90.2% |
47 | 50 | Korean Air | South Korea | $2,473 | $10,387 | 23.8% |

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