Freight’s Global 100 John Wiehoff Chairman & CEO, CH Robinson


results – what one observer described as “nothing short of a miracle”. Wiehoff joined the company in 1992 and was named


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CEO in 2002. He has largely maintained its corporate ambition to consistently deliver year-on-year revenue


rior to, during and following the most serious recession in modern times, US logistics company CH Robinson has delivered outstanding financial


and profit growth of 15%. Although the company’s core operations remain


trucking in North America and Europe, as well as supply chain management and intercontinental freight forwarding, it is also moving into areas such as supply chain consulting, and over recent months has released a series of white papers detailing best practice in supply chain management and global sourcing.


Clarence Werner Chairman, Werner Transportation T


he freight industry is full of stories of self-made men. Clarence Werner fits the bill perfectly. He started Werner Transportation with one truck in


1956 at the age of 19. Today it boasts 7,200 trucks, some 25,000 trailers


and has a global headcount of 13,000, with operations stretching from haulage to warehousing and air and sea freight forwarding across the world. In terms of profits it has been exceptionally stable


during an exceptionally unstable period. Over the past seven financial quarters, it has


delivered year-on-year net profit growth of more than 20%. Partly that is due to its fleet investment programme,


which has seen it upgrading its truck type, although always careful not increase capacity unduly. It has also diversified its portfolio into non-asset


operating areas such as logistics, where increased revenues have mitigated haulage costs such as rising fuel prices. Although less involved day-to-day, Werner’s achievements place him on the list.


Berndt-Michael Winter Chairman & CEO, Logwin


rates. While revenues for the first nine months of 2011


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remained flat in comparison with the prevbious year, at just over €1 billion, operating income increased by 22% as a result of rationalisation measures. While 2010 was a good year enjoyed by most in the industry, this year has been considerably harder, but


uxembourg-based Logwin is another forwarder that managed to increase its profits in the face of declining volumes and depressed freight


Logwin benefited from its early decision, made at the beginning of 2010, to completely exit from the asset- heavy land transport business and focus solely on contract logistics and international air and ocean freight forwarding. Berndt-Michael Winter was appointed chairman of


Logwin’s previous incarnation, Thiel Logistik, in 2002, shortly after it had been publically floated and became chairman of the board after seeing the transformation into Logwin.


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