RATING THE WORLD TRANSPORT COMPANIES

Rating of the most successful transportation companies can make on a variety of factors. So, the leaders on the Transport determined by statistical sources, analyzing the opinions of experts in the industry, based on the responses of people benefiting from such services and so on. Yet most of these ratings are determined by analyzing the profit received by a particular company in the reporting period. Renowned magazine The Journal of Commerce annually determines the transport sector leaders at the end of the financial activities of companies.

DHL, Germany
Leader in the transportation of the German company DHL began its operations in 1969 as an organization for the transport of documents and securities. Georafiya DHL shipments in the beginning was quite modest – paper transferred from San Francisco to Honolulu in the opposite direction. Over time, the offices were opened in other cities and countries, and the transition from courier to freight traffic. Since 1980, DHL has already engaged in the delivery of goods to China, the USSR, Iran and so on. D. Since the beginning of the XXI century the company was bought by Deutsche Post retaining brand name DHL. At the moment, DHL employs about 275 thousand. People. more than five thousand offices. This company on the shoulder transport products in 120,000 cities and 120 countries.
 

UPS, USA
History of the American company UPS (United Parcel Service) has its origins in 1907, when James Casey founded a delivery service of documents, products and securities in Seattle. It should be noted that the first couriers carried out their orders on foot. According to this scheme with DHL UPS gradually passed from courier assignments to full freight for the United States. Scope of activities have expanded in 1976, when it was decided to work with the German and European market. With nineteen hundred and seventy-six, the company entered the market and the former Soviet Union, and in 2000 was organized and Air delivery. UPS organizes delivery in more than 200 countries around the world, and the number of its employees is 400 thousand. People. According to statistics, UPS delivers every day fourteen million of goods, accounting for 6% of the US GDP.

FedEx, US
Another logistic creation Americans FedEx is not such a rich history. Federal Express was founded in 1971 by Frederick Smith Memphis. FedEx started positioning themselves as air-express carrier with the ability to deliver the goods the next morning. With the growth rate of the Organization Replace the screw-type aircraft with more powerful jet. At the moment, FedEx has in his possession 291 short-haul aircraft and 379 aircraft far-middle route, Geography of FedEx covers 211 countries.

The company’s logo is memorable. Combining fonts leads to the formation of white arrows Mezhuyev letters “E” and “X”. Federal Express boasts the longest advertising. Tom Hanks’ character in the movie “Cast Away” in 2000 was an employee of the company, and the film is full of brand colors and corporate philosophy.

A.P. Moller-Maersk, Denmark
A.P. Moller-Maersk is the ocean carrier and managed directly from the head office in Copenhagen. Starting its operations in nineteen fourth year with a cargo ship, the Danish company was able to increase its capacity to the world’s largest operator of container traffic. 115,000 people working in 130 countries, providing freight containers. At the disposal of the company are not only 387 vessels and 40 and container terminals around the world, special vessels for the transport of heavy oil supertankers and having total displacement in the amount of three hundred thousand tons.

DB Schenker, Germany
The German company DB Schenker founded its existence in 1871 as a company is to provide freight forwarding services. In the 19th century, between Europe and the United States cruised railway cars and ships that brought mainly general cargo. Today, DB Schenker has sold its shares to the German company Deutsche Bahn, reserving the right to save the brand and trademark. The company is engaged in transportation with a combination of modes of transport.