Top 3PLs: A&A's Top 25 Global Freight ForwardersArmstrong & Associates

A&A’s Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List

Ranked by 2017 Logistics Gross Revenue/Turnover

and Freight Forwarding Volumes*

Ranking	Provider	Gross Revenue (US$ M)	Ocean (TEUs)	Air (Metric Tons)
1	DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding	27,598	3,259,000	2,248,000
1	Kuehne + Nagel	22,574	4,355,000	1,570,000
2	DB Schenker	18,560	2,169,000	1,300,000
3	Sinotrans	9,530	3,360,300	533,300
4	DSV	11,374	1,389,611	635,655
5	Expeditors	6,921	1,070,424	985,549
6	Panalpina	5,621	1,520,500	995,900
7	Nippon Express	16,720	600,000	835,755
8	UPS Supply Chain Solutions	7,981	600,000	935,300
9	Bolloré Logistics	5,012	864,000	640,700
10	CEVA Logistics	6,994	729,000	480,000
11	Hellmann Worldwide Logistics	3,305	897,379	654,104
12	GEODIS	6,255	690,000	330,000
12	Kintetsu World Express	4,752	663,915	580,228
13	C.H. Robinson	14,869	698,000	175,000
13	DACHSER	6,911	522,300**	335,500
13	Kerry Logistics	3,951	1,053,485	313,800
13	Yusen Logistics	3,914	774,822	368,198
14	Agility	3,500	740,000	415,000
15	Hitachi Transport System	5,935	500,000	280,000
16	Damco	2,700	664,448	206,208
17	Toll Group	4,660	434,000	91,000
18	XPO Logistics	9,506	131,500	72,600
19	CJ Logistics	4,454	310,850	57,014
20	NNR Global Logistics	1,735	144,483	321,704

*Revenues and volumes are company reported or Armstrong & Associates, Inc. estimates. Revenues have been converted to US$ using the average annual 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 TEUs and air metric tons.
**Includes LCL shipments.

(updated August 15, 2018)

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