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