DHL Supply Chain |

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

Providers by 2012 Gross Revenues and Freight Forwarding Volumes

DHL Supply Chain (DSC) is by far the world’s largest 3PL and contract logistician. Contract logistics revenues account for just over 50% of total revenues. Contract logistics revenues for Exel (DHL Supply Chain – Americas) are $4.5 billion with 468 warehouses and 109 million square feet of space. Exel/DSC has operations of virtually every kind on every continent. Current major initiatives involve further expansion in pharmaceuticals. There are major sustainability and environmental efforts. Brazil and Mexico already have large, high quality operations. DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) grew through the acquisition of highly respected companies like Danzas. DHL and Danzas are strong brands in Europe and Asia. DGF currently has 31 global carrier partners with 81 contracts on a multitude of trade lanes and more than 330 gateway facilities. Its annual volume is 2.8 million TEUs and its LCL is 2 million cubic meters. There are more than 45,000 weekly point pairs for LCL globally. DGF handles 2.2 million shipments annually. DHL’s scope allows its customers to more easily adjust vendor supply chains.