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UK Transport and Logistics AI Readability 2026

As of 1 October 2026, the median UK transport and logistics site scored 45 out of 100 on the Crane Index™, the measure of how readably a site presents itself to AI engines. Across the 107 sites a machine could read, scores ran from 19 to 75, a 56-point gap between the strongest and the weakest.

The 2027 edition is scheduled. UK AI Readability 2027 is pinned to the scan scheduled for 1 January 2027. The figures on this page stay fixed to 1 October 2026.

What this measures. The score reads how readably a site presents itself to AI engines: entity markup, structured data and machine resolvability. It is not a measure of design, brand or quality. A site can look excellent to a person and still be hard for a machine to read, and a low score is a readability finding, never a judgement on the business.

45
Median / 100
56
Point gap (19 to 75)
107
Sites read of 176
3
Cleared 70+

The field in 2026

The field was led by c2c at 75, with Agility next at 73. 3 sites cleared 70 out of 100, and 37 scored below 40.

At the foot of the field sat Groupe ADP at 19, Great Western Railway at 20, FedEx at 22. Each is a site a machine struggled to read, not a business doing anything other than well at what it does.

The full 2026 ranking

Composite out of 100, with the three reads behind it: AI Search Readiness (retrieval), Agent Readiness (execution) and Brand Representation.

RankOrganisationCrane IndexSearchAgentBrand
1c2cc2c-online.co.uk75848753
2=Agilityagility.com73778952
2=Schneider Nationalschneider.com73738659
4RXOrxo.com68738743
5=GXO Logisticsgxo.com67738543
5=Transdevtransdev.com67728741
7=GB Railfreightgbrailfreight.com66728046
7=Network Railnetworkrail.co.uk66728243
7=Rhenus Logisticsrhenus.group66808732
10=Go-Ahead Groupgo-ahead.com65708243
10=Kuehne + Nagelkuehne-nagel.com65718241
12United States Postal Serviceusps.com64658939
13=Estes Express Linesestes-express.com62616658
13=Old Dominion Freight Lineodfl.com62606958
13=South Western Railwaysouthwesternrailway.com62628243
16=DFDSdfds.com/en/passenger-ferries61696253
16=Flexportflexport.com61776146
18=Eddie Stobarteddiestobart.com60687933
18=Hoegh Autolinershoeghautoliners.com60696843
18=PSA Internationalglobalpsa.com60597943
18=Tritax Big Boxtritaxbigbox.co.uk60566855
22=Whistlwhistl.co.uk59636944
22=XPOxpo.com59627341
24=Eurostareurostar.com/us-en58666346
24=Maerskmaersk.com58617141
26=DP Worlddpworld.com/en57656641
26=FlixBusflixbus.com57576253
28=Heathrow Airportheathrow.com56586941
28=Hub Grouphubgroup.com56606841
30=Gatwick Airportgatwickairport.com55566246
30=Singapore Postsingpost.com55626241
30=Southeasternsoutheasternrailway.co.uk55685741
30=Stena Linestenaline.com55578225
30=Uber Freightuberfreight.com/en-US55566246
35=Avanti West Coastavantiwestcoast.co.uk54576341
35=Wallenius Wilhelmsenwalleniuswilhelmsen.com54578223
37=bpostbpost.be/nl53568716
37=Landstar Systemlandstar.com53625741
39Adani Portsadaniports.com52536638
40J.B. Hunt Transport Servicesjbhunt.com51666523
41=Canadian National Railwaycn.ca/en50426346
41=Menzies Aviationmenziesaviation.com50568510
41=Ocean Network Expressone-line.com/en50634641
44=Atlas Airatlasair.com49518710
44=GEODISgeodis.com/us-en49536825
44=Posten Bringbring.com49616323
47Lineageonelineage.com48556228
48La Postelaposte.fr47625030
49=DPDdpd.com46585623
49=Evrievri.com46536520
51=HHLAhhla.de45507610
51=Nederlandse Spoorwegenns.nl45546813
51=Toll Grouptollgroup.com45536518
51=Union Pacificup.com45526913
55=Irish Ferriesirishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-France44496913
55=Norfolk Southernnorfolksouthern.com44516318
57=DACHSERdachser.com/en43486813
57=DB Schenkerdsv.com/en43526810
57=DSVdsv.com/en43526810
57=Ryder Systemryder.com/en-us43575813
61=Caledonian MacBraynecalmac.co.uk/en-gb4257628
61=DB Cargodbcargo.com/rail-de-de4250688
61=Transport for Walestfw.wales42476810
61=Werner Enterpriseswerner.com42416520
65=ArcBestarcb.com4143718
65=Australia Postauspost.com.au41516210
65=ICTSIictsi.com41446810
65=National Expressnationalexpress.com/en41426813
65=NYK Linenyk.com41456316
70BNSF Railwaybnsf.com4050628
71=Aurizonaurizon.com.au39426510
71=Cargoluxcargolux.com3941688
71=Edinburgh Airportedinburghairport.com3946628
71=Fraportfraport.com/de.html3940698
71=ÖBBoebb.at39446210
71=Port of Rotterdamportofrotterdam.com/nl39515710
71=Poste Italianeposteitaliane.it39426213
71=PostNordpostnord.com39435816
71=Swissportswissport.com39505610
71=TransPennine Expresstpexpress.co.uk/39416213
81=Amtrakamtrak.com/home38545010
81=Austrian Postpost.at3842638
81=Bahribahri.sa38416210
81=Chiltern Railwayschilternrailways.co.uk38346813
81=Northernnorthernrailway.co.uk38495610
81=Peel Portspeelports.com38396213
81=RATP Groupratpgroup.com/fr3845628
88=CitySprintcitysprint.co.uk3639628
88=Renferenfe.com/es/en36445015
90=dnatadnata.com/en3536628
90=Port of Los Angelesportoflosangeles.org3544528
92=Star Bulk Carriersstarbulk.com34306210
92=Yodelyodel.co.uk3439568
92=Zurich Airportflughafen-zuerich.ch/en/passengers3438568
95=Expeditors Internationalexpeditors.com3238508
95=Manchester Airports Groupmagairports.com32295810
95=Port of Antwerp-Brugesportofantwerpbruges.com/en32383423
98=GLSgls-group.com31225715
98=Swiss Postpost.ch/de3137478
100APM Terminalsapmterminals.com3036468
101Hutchison Portshutchisonports.com/en/index.html2819568
102Port of Long Beachpolb.com2521478
103Brittany Ferriesbrittany-ferries.co.uk24223415
104=Deutsche Bahnint.bahn.de2225348
104=FedExfedex.com22183415
106Great Western Railwaygwr.com2017348
107Groupe ADPparisaeroport.fr1914348

Download this edition: the full field as a spreadsheet (CSV), or the same run as JSON. Licensed CC BY 4.0, so it is yours to publish and build on with attribution. Every unreadable site carries empty score cells, never a zero.

This is the fixed 2026 edition, pinned to the scan measured 1 October 2026, so the figures on it do not change. The live field, re-run on the first of each month, is on the current Transport and Logistics benchmark. For how the score is built, see the methodology.

Licensed CC BY 4.0. Cite as: The Crane Index™, UK Transport and Logistics AI readability 2026, The Crane Consultancy, measured 1 October 2026. https://thecraneconsultancy.com/research/transport-logistics-ai-readability-2026/

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