DB Schenker

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

DB Schenker Logistics

Providers by 2012 Gross Revenues and Freight Forwarding Volumes

DB Schenker made significant purchases from 2006 to 2008 to double the size of its operations. The purchases include BAX in 2006, Spain-Tir in 2007 and Romtrans in 2008. Romtrans was the largest forwarding company in Romania with $140 million in revenue and 1,500 employees. Operations go as far east as Georgia. Spain-Tir had over 700 trucks and 16 million square feet of warehousing space covering the Iberian Peninsula. BAX added significant North American and Asian capacity. German operations, including Europe’s largest rail freight and trucking operations, are over 70% of total revenues. DB Schenker’s European trucking by land transport has over 24,000 employees/owneroperators and handled 95 million shipments in 2012. Russian and Eastern European operations are substantial. DB Schenker is significantly expanding its contract logistics operations adding over $100 million of new business in 2012. Dave Bouchard leads the Americas effort. North American contract logistics operations are 42% Consumer Goods, 30% High-Tech, 16% Industrial and 12% Automotive.

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