LQ's Top 37 3PL's 2008     
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CEVA Logistics -01
APL Logistics – Oakland, CA – SGX: NOL -02
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. -03
UPS Supply Chain Solutions -04
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. -05
DHL Logistics DHL Global Forwarding & DHL Exel Supply Chain -06
UTi Worldwide -07
Kuehne + Nagel International AG -08
Schenker AGBAX
Global Inc.
-09
Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. -10
Penske Logistics -11
Ryder -12
Panalpina World Transport -13
Schneider Logistics, Inc. -14
Fedex -15
GENCO Supply Chain Solutions -16
Hub Group/Unyson Logistics -17
Menlo Worldwide Logistics -18
VersaCold/Atlas -19
YRC Logistics -20
Werner Enterprises Dedicated & Logistics -21
J.B. Hunt Dedicated Contract Services -22
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics -23
Transplace -24
NFI Industries -25
Agility Logistics -26
Landstar Global Logistics, Inc. -27
Wheels Group of Companies -28
Kenco Logistic Services -29
Livingston International -30
ATC Logistics & Electronics -31
TransGroup Worldwide Logistics -32
BNSF Logistics -33
A.N. Deringer, Inc -34
SCI Logistics Inc. -35
Logistics Management Solutions -36
Kelron Logistics -37



 

Kuehne + Nagel International AG
Schindellegi, Switzerland
SWX:  KNIN
In the U.S.
Kuehne + Nagel, Inc.
Jersey City, NJ
Rolf Altofer, President
800-755-9493
www.keuhne-nagel.com

 

3PL Turnover:

$3.5b Americas ($19b Global)

Service Area:

Tier 1 – Global Supply Chain Manager (Service to over 85% of World GDP)

3PL Assets:

53,000 employees
500 warehouses

Information Systems:

Very good
TMS – CIEL 4000, KN Road, i2 Technologies
WMS – CIEL Warehouse, KN Warehouse

Services:

Air and ocean freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution (contract logistics), transportation management, customs brokerage, supply chain management

Industry Focus/Key Customers:

Aerospace, Automotive, FMCG, healthcare/pharmaceuticals, industrial, retail, technology
Key Customers:  Airbus, AstraZeneca, Carrefour, Johnson Controls, Merisant, Nortel, Sun Microsystems, TomoTherapy, Xerox

Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation:

Kuehne + Nagel is the largest ocean freight forwarding operations handling over 2.6 million containers per year. It is also the fifth largest airfreight forwarder. With the addition of the ACR group, contract logistics operations more than doubled in 2006 and are now 57% of net revenues. Americas business for Kuehne + Nagel is 15% of net revenues. Net revenue was $786 million in 2007 with over 50% from freight forwarding. Kuehne + Nagel has developed its own trucking network for Europe.