Western Railroad Discussion > Top Ten Logistics Companies

The growth of e-commerce companies is giving rise to a new kind of logistics company that combines elements of warehousing, inventory control and transportation management to fulfill orders for products that are purchased on line. These logistic companies provide a large range of services including freight brokerage,warehousing,dedicated contract carriage and air and ocean freight forwarding.

The companies are ranked by net revenue which is gross revenue minus purchased transportation costs.

1 XPO Logistics $4,741
2 J B Hunt 2,794
3 UPS Supply Chain 2,640
4 DHL Supply 2,310
5 C H Robinson 2,278
6 Expeditors Intl 2,164
7 Ryder Supply Chain 2,126
8 Americold 1,555
9 Fedex Corp 1,495
10 Ceva Logistics 1,490

TOP TEN DEDICATED CONTRACT CARRIERS (Companies are ranked by the number of power units provided to shippers on an exclusive basis)

1 J B HUNT Dedicated 7401 power unis
2 Swift Transportation 4910
3 Ryder Supply Chain 4,450
4 Werner Global 3,760
5 Ruan 3,493
6 Penske Logistics 3,277
7 Cardinal Logistics 3,220
8 Schneider 3,050
9 NFI 2,300
10 U S EXpress 1,800
13 UPS Logistics 1,382
20 Marten Transport 825
38 FEDEX 298
43 XPO Logistics 249

Top Ten Warehousing Companies ( Ranked by total square ft of dry and refrigerated storage)

1 DHL Supply Chain 115 million sq ft 417 warehouses
2 XPO Logistics 65 million sq ft 322
3 Ryder Supply Chain 43.7 million sq ft 246
4 Geodis 42 million sq ft 140
5 Americold logistics 38 million sq ft 145
6 Fedex 35 million sq ft 130
7 NFI 31.5 million sq ft 90
8 Kenco Logistics 28 million sq ft 90
9 UPS Supply Chain 26 million sq ft 304
10 Lineage Logistics 26 million sq ft 114
42 Schneider 4,5 million sq ft 7
100 Railex 1.2 million sq ft 4

FYI

INFO From Transport Topics April 3 2017

Dale Smith

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/17/17 19:11 by mearsksealand.

Dale as always thanks for the information; it provides a good perspective on how markets and the supply chain are evolving.

Bruce