SupplyChain Magazine February 2022 | Page 139

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Kuehne + Nagel Inc

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XPO Logistics
US global shipping and contract logistics services organisation XPO Logistics boasts 1,530 sites in 30 countries . It is responsible for the supply chains of 69 % of Fortune 100 firms . Specialty areas include freight brokerage , intermodal and drayage ( short-distance logistics ), last-mile distribution , and global forwarding . KN Integrated Logistics is its supply chain arm , and areas it handles include supplier and inventory management , aftermarket management and supply chain Technology . XPO ’ s headquarters are in Greenwich , Connecticut .
Kuehne + Nagel Inc . began life as a forwarding agency for cotton , in Bremen , Germany , in 1890 . Today , it is a Swissowned holding company with interests in sea freight , air freight , contract logistics , and overland transportation . It is also a specialist in IT-based logistics solutions . Kuehne + Nagel operates in 65 countries , and employs around 82,000 people . In 2013 , Kuehne + Nagel merged its railfreight business with VTG to form VTG Rail Logistics , now Europe ' s largest private rail freight business .
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