16 companies control 80% of the world’s liner shipping, container production and box-leasing capacity
Emery Air Freight (later Emery Worldwide) dominated air freight forwarding for 40 years. Read its story in this FreightWaves Classics article.
Consolidated Freightways was a leader in the trucking industry for decades, and also started Freightliner trucks. Read its interesting story in this FreightWaves Haul of Fame article.
If you had to name one of the most influential companies in trucking history, Consolidated Freightways (CF) would be near the top. While the trucking company, CF is no longer with us, the legacy of CF lives on through the companies it spun off, including Freightliner, CNF (which became part of XPO) and Purolator International.
