Top 50 Global Transportation Providers

The nearly 1.7 million square feet of cross-dock capacity that has come online over the past two years is a mark of volume growth and the deepening of supply chains through Norfolk’s terminals, writes Journal of Commerce Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi.

It was the “year of the ocean carrier” as liner operators saw 2021 revenue results that were more than double those of other top 50 transportation providers.

Intermodal volume, rates, and savings have been on a rollercoaster this year, surging this summer to levels higher than a year ago after steep declines this spring during the height of the pandemic.

JOC’s Spot Intermodal Savings Index hit an 14-month low in a preliminary April reading, the first snapshot of how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the math on how much money intermodal can save a shipper.

Forty-seven of the top 50 global transportation providers saw revenues rise in 2018, benefitting from a strong global economic growth and growing anticipation of reciprocal tariffs between the United States and China.

Technology investments in the warehouse, at LTL docks, and in the last-mile delivery business are in the works at XPO Logistics, which expects consumer and business demand to propel technology in 2018.

The new facility near the El Paso International Airport will serve shippers in what is called “the Borderplex” — a manufacturing region stretching out from the cities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Logistics technology startups are being targeted by Kuehne + Nagel and the Singapore state investment arm, which have formed a joint venture to identify and fund the tech companies.

DHL has reported its eighth consecutive quarter of growth as time-definite shipments drive up revenue and volume.

E-commerce is accelerating, underpinning an uptick in global trade and US economic growth, XPO's Jacobs said.

Purchased transportation costs rose steadily in the third quarter.

As intermodal rail container and trailer volumes hit historic highs, pressure, that may lift pricing in 2018 and beyond, is building.

Third-quarter earnings reports reveal across-the-board increases in transportation rates, with little sign pressure will ease soon.

Higher third-quarter operating costs at J.B. Hunt, especially costs related to drivers and empty trucks, show why US shippers should be concerned about truck and intermodal pricing.

Bradley S. Jacobs will receive the 2017 Connie Award in December for 'entrepreneurial spirit,' dedication to an integrated, global supply chain.

Higher base rates boosted revenue, but a cyber attack and hurricane helped depress profit at FedEx this summer. The transport operator plans across-the-board rate hikes.

The persistent rumors of takeover and mergers among leading logistics firms in recent months could be about to translate into reality.

Deutsche Post DHL posted its strongest ever second quarter result.

The $14.6 billion logistics and transportation provider accelerated growth at asset and non-asset operations alike in the second quarter, including its LTL division.

Increased second-quarter US industrial activity, consumer confidence primes freight market, pressures rates.

As freight volumes surge, truckload rates are rising faster than 3PLs such as C.H. Robinson Worldwide can adjust pricing.

XPO Logistics expects a healthy increase in revenue in the second quarter from the first quarter and a year ago, as freight demand in the US picks up.

FedEx European subsidiary TNT Express is the second major transportation operator affected by a global cyberattack.

UPS's peak season surcharges are the latest pushback by transport operators against "free shipping."

As e-commerce reshapes fulfillment and transportation, the effects are evident among logistics companies that make the Fortune 500 list of largest US companies.

Beauty is not skin-deep for European Wax Center: It depends on logistics.

The $14.6 billion 3PL closed $716 million in new business in the quarter, including major logistics and intermodal deals.

As XPO gains global scale, it is blending disparate networks to offer new services to shippers.

Largest US logistics provider sees "meaningful" bid activity ahead in 2017.

New UPS subsidiary Freightex will work closely with US-based Coyote Logistics.

UPS on Friday broke ground on the expansion of its Columbus, Ohio, hub, the latest effort in a global facility expansion and modernization drive necessitated by the e-commerce boom.

BNSF and Kansas City Southern railways are launching a new joint cross-border intermodal service, a bet that the new Trump administration won’t upend the North American Free Trade Agreement.

CEVA Logistics posted lower earnings and flat revenue in the third quarter, as sliding freight rates offset strong volume growth.

Deutsche Post DHL on Tuesday reported a record third-quarter result.

There is no other way to describe the current global transportation market other than as a “bear market.” Driving home this point is Top 50 Global Transportation Service Providers ranking by SJ Consulting and The Journal of Commerce.

Hapag-Lloyd has filed concessions to European Union competition regulators to secure approval for a planned merger with the United Arab Shipping Company.

Of the world’s top 50 transportation service providers, only a handful registered revenue growth in 2015.

As e-commerce volumes rise, UPS is adding more capacity.

Plunging truckload rates proved a dead weight on profits at C.H. Robinson Worldwide in the third quarter.

DHL has settled on its general rate increase for 2017.