Expeditors International Of Washington

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. engages in the provision of global logistics services. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and currently employs 19,800 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2005-06-06. The firm's services include the consolidation or forwarding of air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite transportation, order management, warehousing and distribution and customized logistics solutions. Its primary services include airfreight services, ocean freight and ocean services, and customs brokerage and other services. The company provides a full suite of global logistics services, offering customers access to an international network of people and integrated information systems to support the movement and strategic positioning of goods. As a third-party logistics provider, it purchases cargo space from carriers on a volume basis and resells that space to its customers. In addition, its Project Cargo unit handles special project shipments that move via a single method or combination of air, ocean, and/or ground transportation.