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 80**** people. In the fiscal year 2024, the company generated roughly ****Â billion Swiss francs from its worldwide operations, and in the fiscal year 2023,over *** billion Swiss francs from its operations in Asia Pacific. Between the fiscal year of 2013 and 2024, the operational expenses of Kuehne + Nagel increased somewhat continuously, reaching just over *** billion Swiss francs in 2024.Â
The ocean freight market
Between 1990 and 2023, the seaborne trade transport volume tripled, reaching nearly **Â billion metric tons. In 2024, *** million metric tons of international seaborne trade were transported by container ships. As of June 2025, Liberia possessed the largest merchant fleet by operator domicile globally, with *** million tons deadweight.
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