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Top 30 Ocean Carriers: Riding high on wave of profits
This is a time of highly disrupted supply chains compounded by cascading issues. Yet ocean carriers are riding a high wave of unprecedented record profits. Maersk, now the world’s second largest shipping company, reported second quarter 2022 revenues of $21.7 billion, marking a 52% increase compared to the same period of 2021.
Top 25 Freight Forwarders 2023: Bumps ahead for freight forwarders
Sep 5, 2023 · Merger and acquisition activity contributed to CEVA Logistics holding its 7th-place rank on A&A’s Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders list this year, while Nippon Express and C.H. Robinson fell to 8th and 9th place. Last year, CEVA’s parent, CMA CGM’s, acquired most of Ingram Micro’s Commerce & Lifecycle Services activities (CLS) for $3 ...
Top 30 U.S. Ports: Big ports got bigger in 2020
May 5, 2021 · The largest ports also experienced the fastest growth, with imports to Newark/New York and Long Beach up by 8.1% and 8% respectively year-over-year in 2020. Meanwhile, Savannah and Houston saw volumes increase by 3.4% and 2.2% through a mixture of investment in new facilities and successfully managing heavy weather conditions.
Top 50 Trucking Carriers 2022: Pedal to the metal
Apr 1, 2022 · ABF Freight System, the nation’s 7th-largest LTL carrier, achieved an 89.9 operating ratio for last year. As a result of the Teamsters’ profit-sharing plan with ABF, that kicked in a 3% bonus for all covered ABF employees on top …
Pallet Usage Report: Pallets Remain Critical in the Modern-Day ...
The majority of companies are using wood pallets (96%), while 37% use plastic, 15% use wood composite, and 5% are using metal pallets. In 2015, wood pallets were used by 91% of readers, down slightly from 2014’s 93% response. When buying wood pallets, 65% of respondents say they prefer used or core pallets, 54% prefer new pallets, and 13% are ...
Top 25 Freight Forwarders: Top forwarders continue to sail …
As if 2021 wasn’t bad enough, 2022 is presenting additional layers of disruption to global freight markets with further COVID-related lockdowns, especially in China; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; exceptionally strong increases in energy prices; heightened competition for talent; and inflation and recession worries that are hitting multiple geographies and supply chains at different ...
Top 50 Third Party Logistics (3PL) Providers 2022: 3PLs face big ...
Just when the world’s third-party logistics (3PL) providers thought they had seen the worst of the supply chain chaos, Russia invaded Ukraine and China implemented lockdown measures in Shanghai. “The year 2021 was an interesting for both ocean and air,” reflects Tim Scharwath, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding.. “But within the first two-and-half months of 2022, things …
2020 Top 30 Ocean Carriers: Higher profits as demand ramps up
Oct 5, 2020 · Following a six-month lull in shipper demand during the heightened COVID-19 crisis, container volumes are now surging as consumer confidence strengthens, manufacturing ramps up and retailers seek to rebuild their inventories.. Maritime industry analysts for the London-based Transport Intelligence (Ti) note that ocean cargo carriers may finally be seeing …
Uber Freight goes big, in $2.25B acquisition of Transplace
Jul 22, 2021 · Earlier today, San Francisco-based Uber Freight, a subsidiary of the ubiquitous, ride-sharing service Uber, whose proprietary app matches trucking companies with loads to haul, announced it is acquiring Frisco, Texas-based Transplace, a non-asset-based third-party logistics services provider, for roughly $2.25 billion and consisting of up to $750 million in common …