A&A’s Top 25 Global Ocean Freight Forwarders List

Ranked by 2024 Ocean TEUs

A&A RankProviderHeadquarters CountryOcean TEUs*
1SinotransChina4,872,248
2Kuehne + NagelSwitzerland4,310,000
3DHL Supply Chain & Global ForwardingGermany3,314,000
4DSVDenmark2,686,009
5CEVA Logistics**France1,900,000
6Nippon ExpressJapan1,850,979
7DB SchenkerGermany1,810,000
8LX PantosSouth Korea1,569,000
9Ningbo Port Southeast Logistics GroupChina1,551,542
10C.H. RobinsonUnited States1,377,000
11KLNHong Kong1,238,108
12Hellmann Worldwide LogisticsGermany955,000
13CIMC Wetrans LogisticsChina900,101
14Worldwide Logistics GroupChina881,620
15Savino Del BeneItaly850,000
16ExpeditorsUnited States846,800
17CTS International LogisticsChina842,700
18Fr. Meyer's SohnGermany800,000
18OOCL LogisticsHong Kong800,000
19GEODISFrance787,000
20Kintetsu World ExpressJapan723,227
21Maersk LogisticsDenmark660,000
22Van Donge & de RooNetherlands635,000
23Yusen LogisticsJapan632,000
24LogwinLuxembourg614,000

*Ocean TEUs are company reported or Armstrong & Associates, Inc. estimates.

**Includes LCL shipments.

(updated October 9, 2025)

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