Panalpina

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

Panalpina

Providers by 2012 Gross Revenues and Freight Forwarding Volumes

Panalpina is a top 10 freight forwarder. It handles more than 1.3 million TEUs per year, more than 800,000 metric tons of air freight and about 1 million tons of non-containerized break bulk cargo. It has 242 sub-contracted warehouses in 150 countries. Panalpina concentrates on nine verticals/segments: Automotive, Chemicals, Consumer Retail, Fashion, Healthcare, High-Tech, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, and Telecommunications. Telecom growth was major in 2007. Its Oil & Gas operations are primarily in project logistics, which accounts for 10% to 15% of Panalpina’s revenues.

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