Global Freight Forwarding 2012

Global Freight Forwarding 2012 provides essential reading for anyone involved in the freight forwarding market.

As well as reviewing the highs and lows of the last year, the report drills down into how the market has performed over the past decade. It looks at the sector’s counter-cyclicality; shipping rates; operating profits; gross margin and discusses how forwarders are affected by the relationship between capacity and demand.

The report is essential to understand the dynamics of the industry and how it is likely to develop over the coming years. It also plots the largest and most profitable players in the industry as well as highlighting those trade lanes which represent the greatest growth potential.

The report contains a host of charts and tables which graphically show how the sector performed financially in the boom times; through the recession and now in the post-recovery phase.

Global Freight Forwarding 2012 contains analysis of:

• The state of the air and sea forwarding market
• Key trends and developments in 2011 and the first half of 2012
• The structure and drivers of the market and their implications for the future of the market

The report contains market sizing and 5 year forecasts by sector (air and sea) for the following regions:

• Europe (including Central & Eastern Europe)
• Asia Pacific
• North America
• South America
• Middle East
• Africa

It also contains air and sea freight forwarding market sizing and forecasts for 40 individual countries including all major and developing economies. These include USA, Canada, Mexico; EU-15 plus Norway and Switzerland; China, Japan, India, South Korea plus many more.

In addition, the report provides an exclusive and wholly independent source of market shares for the leading players and ranking of the largest air and sea freight forwarders in terms of revenues, air tonnage and teus shipped.