Top Ocean Freight Forwarders and Air Freight Forwarders 2022

Publish Time: 2022-06-17     Origin: Site

"Transport Topics", announced the ranking of top ocean freight forwarders and top air freight forwarders in 2022. The changes in company rankings reflect the current competitive landscape of the global logistics industry.


Compared with 2021, the ranking of the top five global ocean freight forwarders in 2022 has not changed, followed by Kuehne+Nagel, Sinotrans, DHL, DSV and DB Schenker, and the top three rankings have not changed for four consecutive years.


In terms of freight volume, except for Sinotrans, which has declined compared to 2021, the freight volume of the other four companies has increased.


In 2022, there are 10 China Freight Forwarders in the top 50 ocean freight forwarding list, including:

· Sinotrans Ltd.  

· Kerry Logistics

· CTS International Logistics

· Worldwide Logistics Group

· OOCL Logistics

· Cargo Services Far East

· Honour Lane Shipping

· Long Sail International Logistics

· AWOT Global Logistics Group

· Dimerco Express Group


2022 Top Ocean Freight Forwarders

Rank Company Headquarters Ocean Containers
1 Kuehne + Nagel Switzerland 4,613,000
2 Sinotrans Ltd. China 3,750,000
3 DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding Germany 3,142,000
4 DSV A/S Denmark 2,900,000
5 DB Schenker Germany 2,215,000
6 LX Pantos South Korea 1,658,000
7 C.H. Robinson Worldwide United States 1,500,000
8 Ceva Logistics France 1,269,000
9 Kerry Logistics Hong Kong 1,229,298
10 Expeditors International of Washington United States 1,047,725
11 CTS International Logistics China 1,021,007
12 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Germany 905,100
13 Geodis France 900,866
14 Fr. Meyer's Sohn Germany 850,000
15 Worldwide Logistics Group China 840,060
16 Bollore Logistics France 826,000
17 OOCL Logistics Hong Kong 750,000
18 Nippon Express Japan 747,624
19 Yusen Logistics Japan 723,000
20 Logwin AG Luxembourg 715,000
21 AllCargo Logistics India 684,000
22 Kintetsu World Express Japan 640,063
23 UPS Supply Chain Solutions United States 620,000
24 Savino Del Bene Italy 602,500
25 Cargo Services Far East Hong Kong 600,000
26 Dachser SE Germany 530,000
27 Toll Group Australia 523,300
28 Honour Lane Shipping Hong Kong 507,886
29 Hitachi Transport System Japan 441,000
30 Asia Shipping Transportes Internacionais Brazil 421,965
31 Long Sail International Logistics China 360,000
32 Mainfreight Ltd. New Zealand 347,638
33 Seko Logistics United States 340,000
34 Alonso Forwarding Spain 306,090
35 CLASQUIN France 272,228
36 EFL Sri Lanka 270,553
37 AWOT Global Logistics Group China 250,310
38 Scan Global Logistics A/S Denmark 245,000
39 Dimerco Express Group Taiwan 239,112
40 Nissin Corp. Japan 205,000
41 A. Hartrodt Germany 180,000
42 NNR Global Logistics Japan 169,687
43 Gebrüder Weiss Austria 141,000
44 TVS Supply Chain Solutions India 140,000
45 Maersk Logistics Copenhagen 133,452
46 Matson United States 102,454
47 AIT Worldwide Logistics United States 97,869
48 MODE Global United States 76,000
49 ITG Transportation Services United States 70,000




In the top of air freight forwarders, Kuehne+Nagel surpassed DHL to rank first, with an annual cargo volume of 2.22 million tons; DHL ranked second with an annual cargo volume of 2.1 million tons; DSV ranked third with an annual cargo volume of 1.6 million tons, and DB Schenker ranked fourth. Changed, UPS, which was originally ranked fifth, dropped to seventh, and Expeditors rose from sixth to fifth.


In 2022, there are 7 China Freight Forwarders in the top 50 ocean freight forwarding list, including:

· Sinotrans Ltd.

· Kerry Logistics

· AWOT Global Logistics Group

· CTS International Logistics

· Dimerco Express Group

· Worldwide Logistics Group

· Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent


2022 Top Air Freight Forwarders

Rank Company Headquarters Airfreight (Metric Tons)
1 Kuehne+Nagel Switzerland 2,220,000
2 DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding Germany 2,096,000
3 DSV A/S Denmark 1,600,000
4 DB Schenker Germany 1,400,000
5 Expeditors International of Washington United States 1,047,200
6 Nippon Express Japan 971,763
7 UPS Supply Chain Solutions United States 965,700
8 Bollore Logistics France 656,000
9 Kintetsu World Express Japan 556,875
10 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Germany 552,640
11 Sinotrans Ltd. China 532,300
12 Kerry Logistics Hong Kong 520,415
13 AWOT Global Logistics Group China 486,216
14 Ceva Logistics France 474,000
15 CTS International Logistics China 398,175
16 Dachser SE Germany 365,000
17 Geodis France 346,667
18 Crane Worldwide Logistics United States 337,300
19 Yusen Logistics Japan 326,000
20 C.H. Robinson Worldwide United States 300,000
21 NNR Global Logistics Japan 288,837
22 Pilot Freight Services United States 280,000
23 FedEx Logistics United States 265,600
24 Dimerco Express Group Taiwan 251,967
25 EFL Sri Lanka 205,203
26 Logwin AG Luxembourg 182,000
27 Cargo-Partner Austria 181,050
28 Maersk Logistics Copenhagen 173,648
29 Trinity Logistics USA United States 164,000
30 Omni Logistics United States 149,978
31 Hitachi Transport System Japan 148,000
32 LX Pantos South Korea 142,000
33 Seko Logistics United States 130,000
34 Worldwide Logistics Group China 129,732
35 Toll Group Australia 117,400
36 Mainfreight Ltd. New Zealand 114,736
37 Scan Global Logistics A/S Denmark 101,000
38 Beijing Harmony Shipping & Forwarding Agent China 100,000
39 AIT Worldwide Logistics United States 97,628
40 BDP International United States 76,000
41 CLASQUIN France 71,257
42 XPO Logistics United States 70,200
43 Savino Del Bene Italy 64,800
44 OIA Global United States 59,000
45 Nissin Corp. Japan 55,000
46 APL Logistics Singapore 54,000



Transport Topics is affiliated to the North American Logistics Association and has many years of experience in compiling the rankings of global logistics companies. The rankings released by the association are rigorous and professional, and their gold content is widely recognized by the industry, which can truly and objectively demonstrate the shortlisted companies With its comprehensive strength, its annual ranking of global logistics companies is closely followed by logistics companies around the world.

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