In 2024, Sinotrans was ranked the world's leading ocean freight forwarder, with almost *** million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of ocean freight. Kuehne + Nagel ranked second with *** million TEUs.
Kuehne + Nagel in the spotlight
Headquartered in Switzerland, Kuehne + Nagel was founded in **** in Bremen, Germany. At the present time, Kuehne + Nagel Group has offices in more than *** countries and employs approximately ****** people. In the fiscal year 2023, the company generated roughly **** billion Swiss francs from its worldwide operations, and over *** billion Swiss francs from its operations in Asia Pacific. Between the fiscal year of 2013 and 2023, the operational expenses of Kuehne + Nagel increased somewhat continuously, reaching *** billion Swiss francs in 2023.
The ocean freight market
Between 1990 and 2023, the seaborne trade transport volume tripled, reaching ** billion metric tons. In 2024, *** million metric tons of international seaborne trade were transported by container ships. As of January 2022, Panama possessed the largest merchant fleet by operator domicile globally, with ***** million tons deadweight.
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Transport Topics. (June 5, 2025). The world's leading ocean freight forwarders in 2024, based on ocean freight TEUs (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/254936/leading-ocean-freight-forwarders-worldwide-based-on-market-share/
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