CEVA Logistics

Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders 2014

Largest Providers by 2012 Gross Revenues and Freight Forwarding Volumes*

A&A Rank	Provider	Gross Revenue (US$ Million)	Ocean TEU’s	Airfreight metric tonnes	Exchange & Ticker Symbol
1	DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding	31,639	2,840,000	2,327,000	Through Deutsche Post AG (FRA:DPW)
2	Kuehne + Nagel	22,141	3,473,000	1,093,000	VTX:KNIN
3	DB Schenker	19,789	1,905,000	1,095,000	Private (Deutsche Bahn AG)
4	Sinotrans	7,523	8,237,000**	417,200	HKG:0368
5	Panalpina	7,060	1,388,000	801,000	SWX:PWTN
6	Nippon Express	20,321	719,052	773,773	TYO:9062
7	CEVA Logistics	9,290	783,378	550,000	Private (Apollo)
8	Expeditors International	5,981	868,487	729,527	NASDAQ:EXPD
9	UPS Supply Chain Solutions	9,147	500,000	862,000	Through UPS (NYSE:UPS)
10	SDV	7,038	770,000	510,000	Through Bollore Group (EPA:BOL)
11	DSV	7,759	725,806	259,057	CPH:DSV
12	Kintetsu World Express	3,155	572,000	1,072,000	TYO:9375
13	Agility	4,623	550,000	490,000	KSE:AGLTY
14	Pantos Logistics	2,601	1,765,246	231,000	Private
15	C. H. Robinson	11,356	500,000	95,000	NASDAQ:CHRW
16	Hellmann Worldwide Logistics	3,460	672,569	383,194	Private
17	Damco	3,272	797,700	210,600	Through Maersk (CPH:Maersk)
18	Kerry Logistics	2,490	804,000	289,000	HKG:0636
19	UTi Worldwide	4,608	495,000	361,000	NASDAQ:UTIW
20	Yusen Logistics	3,526	450,000	337,130	TYO:9370
21	Toll Holdings	6,760	484,000	119,000	ASX:TOL
22	Geodis	5,868	420,000	210,000	Private (SNCF)
23	Logwin	1,703	500,000	155,000	ETR:TGH
24	Sankyu	2,697	750,000	18,529	TYO:9065
25	BDP International	1,895	117,931	53,643	Private

*Revenues are company reported or Armstrong & Associates, Inc. estimates and have been converted to US$ using the average exchange rate in order to make non-currency related growth comparisons. Freight forwarders are ranked using a combined overall average based on their individual rankings for gross revenue, ocean freight TEUs and air freight metric tons.

**TEUs shown are a combination of freight forwarding, NVOCC, booking agent and custom broker activities.

Copyright © 2014 Armstrong & Associates, Inc.
Source: http://www.3plogistics.com/Top_25_Global_FF.htm retrieved 24 May 2014

CEVA Logistics U.S., Inc.

CEVA Logistics U.S. is a regional unit of CEVA Logistics, part of giant CEVA Group. CEVA Logistics U.S. provides freight forwarding and contract logistics, as well as warehousing, customs house brokerage, ground delivery, and other freight management services. The supply chain management company, leveraging the resources of its global affiliates, specializes in supporting the supply chain logistics of both American and international companies operating in the US. CEVA Logistics U.S. focuses on providing services for companies operating in the automotive, consumer goods, electronics, manufacturing, and technology sectors.

CEVA Logistics

Providers by 2012 Gross Revenues and Freight Forwarding Volumes

CEVA Logistics is a top 10 ranked global logistics company and is the world’s largest automotive 3PL. It has a heavy emphasis on manufacturing and is expanding operations in other sectors. Its industry sectors are Automotive 28%, Consumer/Retail 23%, Technology 20%, Industrial 17%, Energy 7% and Other 5%. CEVA operates in over 160 countries. The CEVA operations we have visited get top marks. CEVA is very good at value-added support activities. Its Matrix software suite reflects its range of logistics capabilities, including materials management. CEVA’s core services include fulfillment centers, high-velocity cross-docks, sub-assembly, sequencing, dedicated contract transportation, and network designs/redesigns. Its revenue is split between Contract Logistics (54%) and Freight Management (46%). The Americas account for 30% of its revenues, Asia Pacific 29%, Northern Europe 24% and Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa account for the rest. Private equity owner, Apollo Management, acquired EGL Eagle Global Logistics which was rebranded as CEVA Freight Management in 2007. EGL added global freight forwarding to match CEVA’s high quality value-added warehousing, materials management and other contract logistics capabilities. In 2008, CEVA introduced its Century Partnership Account Program for 100 of its key customers selected by its Executive Board. These accounts have a global scope and represent more than half of CEVA’s total business. Apollo has restructured CEVA’s debt burden to give it some breathing room.