In this article we are going to list the 10 largest transportation companies in the world. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive coverage please take a look at the 15 largest transportation companies in the world.
10. La Poste
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 29,082
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 920
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 326,618
Total employees of the company in 2019: 225,693
La Poste is the largest postal company in France and is responsible for the national postal service of the country. In addition to France, the company also serves Monaco.
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9. FedEx (NYSE:FDX)
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 69,693
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 540
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 54,403
Total employees of the company in 2019: 374,198
FedEx is one of the largest logistics companies in the world, which is also one of the largest contractors of the US government. By revenue, it is one of the biggest companies in the United States.
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8. American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL)
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 45,768
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 1,686
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 59,995
Total employees of the company in 2019: 133,700
Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, American Airlines is the second biggest airline in the world which operates more than 6,800 flights every single day providing passage to nearly 350 destinations in around 50 countries across the globe. It is a founding member of one of the largest airline alliances in the world in Oneworld alliance. The company operates out of 10 hubs with the Fort Worth hub being by far the largest and transports more than 200 million passengers on an annual basis and around 500,000 passengers daily.
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7. China COSCO Shipping
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 44,655
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 1,087
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 125,906
Total employees of the company in 2019: 118,243
China COSCO is headquartered in Shanghai and provides marine transportation services. It came into existence in 2016 after the merger of COSCO Group and China Shipping Group. It also has a fleet which is among the largest in the world, with 1,310 vessels which have a combined capacity with nearly 106 million DWT.
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6. Delta Airlines (NYSE:DAL)
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 47,007
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 4,767
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 64,532
Total employees of the company in 2019: 91,224
Delta Airlines is one of the premier airlines in the United States, and operates over 5,400 flights every single day while serving 352 destinations in more than 50 countries across six continents. The operator also has nine hubs, and Atlanta is its biggest hub in terms of total passenger departures. It is, by our rankings, the biggest airline in the world.
Due to Covid, Delta lost more than $5.4 billion in the third quarter of 2020 which meant that the total losses of the airline due the pandemic totaled more than $11 billion.
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5. Deutsche Bahn
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 49,729
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 747
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 73,885
Total employees of the company in 2019: 323,944
Deutsche Bahn is a German railway company, and the biggest railway company in both Germany as well as Europe, and is headquartered in Berlin. In 2015, it was the largest railway company in terms of revenue and generally carries around two billion passengers on an annual basis. The company was founded 26 years ago back in 1994 and is divided into several companies, with one of its subsidiaries operating major parts of the railway infrastructure in Germany.
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4. Deutsche Post DHL Group
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 70,895
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 2,936
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 58,555
Total employees of the company in 2019: 504,871
It is the biggest transportation company not just in Germany but also in Europe, and delivers more than 61 million posts every single day. Its Express division, known popularly as DHL, is the largest courier company in the world and has a presence in more than 220 countries and territories.
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3. UPS (NYSE:UPS)
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 74,094
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 4,440
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 57,857
Total employees of the company in 2019: 377,640
United Parcel Service is perhaps one of the most well-known transportation services, and is the biggest transportation company outside of China, including of course the United States. The company was founded 113 years ago in 1907 and has over 119,000 delivery vehicles, which ranges from bicycles to tractor-trailer trucks.
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2. China Merchants Group
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 49,126
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 5,233
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 277,918
Total employees of the company in 2019: 157,635
The top two companies in our list are both from China which shouldn’t be surprising considering the fact that the country has more than 1.4 billion people. China Merchants Group is state owned and offers various services which include port transportation, professional logistics and freight forwarding.
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1. China Post Group
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 89,347
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 4,441
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 1,518,543
Total employees of the company in 2019: 927,171
Easily topping the list of the 10 largest transportation companies of the world is China Post Group, which employs over 900,000 people and more than $1.5 trillion in assets. Founded in 1997, the company is state owned and is also responsible for operating the official postal service of China, and is responsible for the provision of post in mainland China.
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