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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

Kuehne + Nagel is one of the world’s leading logistics companies providing services at more than 1,000 locations in over 100 countries. It has strong market positions in the sea freight, air freight, contract logistics and overland businesses, with a clear focus on providing IT-based integrated logistics solutions. With the addition of the ACR group, contract logistics operations more than doubled in 2006 and are 50% of net revenues. The industry breakdown for its contract logistics operations is: Retail 35%, Healthcare 22%, Technological/Telecom 18%, Chemicals 7%, Automotive 6%, Fulfillment 5%, Misc. 5% and Services 2%. Kuehne + Nagel’s North American logistics network totals 12 million square feet of space across 50 DCs. There are 11 DCs in Canada (located in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Edmonton), 30 single- and multi-client DCs in the U.S., six facilities in Mexico, and four Mexican border locations for transborder/customs services. Americas business for Kuehne + Nagel is 16% of net revenues. Net revenue was $1 billion in 2012 for the Americas with over 50% from freight forwarding. Kuehne + Nagel has developed its own land transport management and trucking network for Europe. In 2011, the globally operating Kuehne + Nagel maintained its growth momentum in a challenging market environment and achieved good results. Net earnings were slightly above the previous year and reached CHF 606 million – a new record high. In 2011 and 2012, Kuehne + Nagel has outpaced the volume growth of the market in all its fields of activity. Sea freight and air freight business units again led the way. In both areas, high internal productivity and strict cost management compensated for the costs of investments made in technology and product development and strengthening of niche segments. Leveraging its forwarding and contract logistics capabilities, Kuehne + Nagel has built good global spare parts logistics and cold chain/pharmaceutical capabilities.