"During our season, we're the fourth largest shipper in the state," he said.
The world's seventh largest ocean shipper, Hanjin Shipping is part of the Seoul-based hugein Group, a huge, family-dominated conglomerate, or chaebol, that also includes Korean Air.
Argentina, the world's third-largest shipper of soybeans, counts U.S. companies Cargill Inc. and Bunge Ltd. among its largest exporters.
Nokia remains the second-largest shipper of mobile phones in the world after Samsung, but that is largely because of lower-end feature phones, from which consumers are moving away.
Acer, recently the world's second-largest shipper of PCs, has had a rough year.
Danaos Corp., which listed on the New York Stock Exchange at the end of 2006, is the country's eighteenth-largest maritime shipper by vessel tonnage.
On Wednesday, the world's largest shipper said its first-quarter profit dropped 13.5% because of charges related to the planned retirement of its aging Boeing 727 and 747 aircraft – a $184 million hit to the bottom line.
U.P.S., the world's largest shipper, has reported a similar decline in how much it can charge for packages.
But, using the established brand, Lenovo scaled the PC division to become the largest shipper of PCs in the world.
Last year, the Association of American Railroads, which is the largest shipper of poison gases and is very concerned about its liability, issued a statement saying, "It's time for the big chemical companies to do their part to help protect America.
Tourism is Washington's second largest industry.
