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Published by: Key Note Publications Ltd
Published: Feb. 1, 2008 - 130 Pages
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1. Market Definition
- REPORT COVERAGE
- MARKET SECTORS
- Freight Forwarding
- Transport Principals
- MARKET TRENDS
- International Freight by Mode
- Globalisation and Outsourcing
- The Competitive Environment
- Changing Roles in International Freight Services
- ECONOMIC TRENDS
- Population
- Table 1: UK Resident Population Estimates by Sex (000), Mid-Years 2002-2006
- Gross Domestic Product
- Table 2: UK Gross Domestic Product at Current and Annual Chain-Linked Prices (£m), 2002-2006
- Inflation
- Table 3: UK Rate of Inflation (%), 2002-2006
- Unemployment
- Table 4: Actual Number of Unemployed Persons in the UK (million), 2002-2006
- MARKET POSITION
- The UK
- Table 5: UK International Freight Services and the UK Transport, Storage and Communication Market by Value at Current Prices (£m and %), 2002-2006
- Overseas
- 2. Market Size
- THE TOTAL MARKET
- Table 6: The Total UK International Freight Services Market by Sector by Value at Current Prices (£m and %), 2002-2006
- Figure 1: The Total UK International Freight Services Market by Sector by Value at Current Prices (£m), 2002-2006
- Table 7: The Total UK International Freight Services Market by Value at Current and Constant 2000 Prices (£m and index 2000=100), 2002-2006
- Figure 2: The Total UK International Freight Services Market by Value at Current and Constant 2000 Prices (£m), 2002-2006
- BY MARKET SECTOR
- Figure 3: The Total UK International Freight Services Market by Sector by Value at Current Prices (%), 2006
- Freight Forwarding
- Table 8: The UK Freight Forwarding Sector by Value at Current and Constant 2000 Prices (£m and index 2000=100), 2002-2006
- Transport Principals
- International Road Freight
- Table 9: The UK International Road Freight† Sector by Value at Current and Constant 2000 Prices (£m and index 2000=100), 2002-2006
- International Sea Freight
- Table 10: The UK International Sea Freight† Sector by Value at Current and Constant 2000 Prices (£m and index 2000=100), 2002-2006
- International Air Freight
- Table 11: The International Air Freight† Sector by Value at Current and Constant Prices (£m and %), 2002-2006
- International Rail Freight
- Table 12: The UK International Rail Freight† Sector by Value at Current and Constant 2000 Prices (£m and index 2000=100), 2002-2006
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Table 13: UK International Trade† by Value (£m and %), 2002-2006
- 3. Industry Background
- RECENT HISTORY
- Transport Liberalisation
- Industry Structure
- NUMBER OF COMPANIES
- Table 14: Number of UK VAT-Based Enterprises Engaged in the Freight Forwarding and Other Transport Agencies Sector by Turnover Sizeband (number and %), 2003-2007
- Table 15: Number of UK VAT-Based Enterprises Engaged in the Freight Forwarding and Other Transport Agencies Sector by Turnover Sizeband (number and %), 2007
- EMPLOYMENT
- Table 16: Number of Employee Jobs in the Supporting Transport Activities Sector† in Great Britain (000), September 2002-September 2006
- Figure 4: Number of Employee Jobs in the Supporting Transport Activities Sector† in Great Britain (000), September 2002-September 2006
- REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACE
- Table 17: Number of UK VAT-Based Enterprises Engaged in the Freight Forwarding and Other Transport Agencies Sector and Population Distribution by UK Government Office Region (number and %), 2007
- HOW ROBUST IS THE MARKET?
- LEGISLATION
- Introduction
- KEY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
- British International Freight Association
- European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services
- Freight Transport Association
- International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
- Other Trade Associations
- Baltic Air Charter Association
- The Baltic Exchange
- British Exporters Association
- British Ports Association
- Chamber of Shipping
- European Intermodal Association
- European Shippers' Council
- International Air Transport Association
- International Road Transport Union
- Road Haulage Association
- United Kingdom Warehousing Association
- 4. Competitor Analysis
- THE MARKETPLACE
- Freight Forwarding
- The Creation of the Single European Market
- The Liberalisation and Deregulation of Transport Markets
- Transport Principals
- Road Freight
- Sea Freight
- Air Freight
- Rail Freight
- MARKET LEADERS
- Top Ten Freight Forwarding Companies
- Table 18: Top Ten Freight Forwarding Companies† in the UK by Turnover (£m and %), 2005
- Kuehne + Nagel (UK) Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- Allport Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- UPS SCS (UK) Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- DHL Global Forwarding (UK) Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- CEVA Freight (UK) Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- Agility Logistics Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- Exel Freight Management (UK) Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- Panalpina World Transport Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- Nippon Express (UK) Ltd
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- Davies Turner Holdings PLC
- Company Structure
- Current and Future Developments
- Financial Results
- Other Companies
- OUTSIDE SUPPLIERS
- Table 19: Suppliers to the Transport Sector (% of total output), 2004
- Table 20: Suppliers to the Ancillary Transport Services Sector (% of total output), 2004
- MARKETING ACTIVITY
- 5. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
- STRENGTHS
- WEAKNESSES
- OPPORTUNITIES
- THREATS
- 6. Buying Behaviour
- OVERVIEW
- Table 21: Purchasers of the Output of the Ancillary Transport Services Sector (% of total output), 2004
- 7. Current Issues
- THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE FREIGHT FORWARDER
- LEGISLATION
- Regulations Arising from the Working Time Directive
- Minimum Wage Legislation
- The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006
- EU POLICIES
- Single Administrative Document Harmonisation
- Authorised Economic Operator Status
- Issues Being Pursued by the European Shippers' Council
- THE ENVIRONMENT
- Sustainable Distribution Fund
- TECHNICAL ISSUES
- Introduction
- Freight Exchanges
- Radio-Frequency Identification
- CORPORATE ACTIVITY
- Kuehne + Nagel
- Panalpina
- Deutsche Post World Net
- 8. The Global Market
- GLOBAL MARKET BACKGROUND
- Trends in World Trade
- Table 22: Growth in the Volume of World Merchandise Production and Exports (%), 2004-2006
- Regional Trade Trends
- Table 23: Growth in the Value of World Merchandise Trade by Selected Region (%), 2004-2006
- Table 24: Growth in the Volume of World Merchandise Trade by Selected Region (%), 2004-2006
- FREIGHT FORWARDING
- Background
- Segmentation by Mode
- Air Freight
- Table 25: Market Shares of Global Air Freight by Company (%), 2004-2006
- Ocean Freight
- Table 26: Market Shares of Global Ocean Freight by Company (%), 2004-2006
- Intra-European Freight
- TRANSPORT PRINCIPALS
- EU Transport Services
- Freight Moved on Intra-European Services
- Table 27: Freight Moved in the EU-25 by Main Mode of Transport (billion tonne kilometres and %), 2001-2005
- EU External Trade by Mode of Transport
- Table 28: Volume of EU External Trade by Mode of Transport (million tonnes and %), 2005
- Table 29: Volume of EU External Trade by Mode of Transport (ebn and %), 2005
- THE FUTURE
- Barriers to International Trade
- EU Transport Policy
- Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan
- Freight-Oriented Railway Network
- The Port Network
- Reduction of Barriers to Maritime Transport
- 9. Forecasts
- INTRODUCTION
- The Economy
- The UK
- Table 30: Forecast UK Resident Population by Sex (000), Mid-Years 2007-2011
- Table 31: UK Economic Forecasts (000, % and million), 2007-2011
- The World
- Table 32: Forecast Growth in World Economic Indicators (%), 2007-2011
- FORECASTS 2007 TO 2011
- International Freight Services
- Table 33: The Forecast Total UK International Freight Services Market by Value at Current and Constant 2000 Prices (£m, % and index 2000=100), 2007-2011
- Freight Forwarding
- Table 34: The Forecast UK Freight Forwarding Sector by Value at Current Prices (£m and %), 2007-2011
- Transport Principals
- International Road Freight
- International Sea Freight
- International Air Freight
- International Rail Freight
- Table 35: The Forecast UK Transport Principals Sector by Subsector by Value at Current Prices (£m and %), 2007-2011
- MARKET GROWTH
- Figure 5: Forecast Growth in the Total UK International Freight Services Market by Value at Current and Constant 2000 Prices (£m), 2002-2011
- FUTURE TRENDS
- EU Transport Policy
- EU Expansion
- Globalisation
- A Changing Role for the Forwarder
- Consolidation in the Forwarding Sector
- Environmental Concerns
- Sustainable Mobility
- Emissions Trading
- IT
- Security
- 10. Company Profiles
- Agility Logistics Ltd
- Allport Ltd
- Ceva Freight (uk) Ltd
- Davies turner Holdings Plc
- Dhl Global Forwarding (uk) Ltd
- Exel Freight Management (uk) Ltd
- Kuehne + Nagel (uk) Ltd
- Nippon Express (uk) Ltd
- Panalpina World transport Ltd
- Ups Scs (uk) Ltd
- 11. Further Sources
- Associations
- Government Publications
- Other Sources
- Bisnode Sources
AbstractIn 2006, turnover of the UK international freight services market totalled £18.34bn, of which £14.1bn was attributable to freight forwarding activity. The £18.34bn represented a significant reduction (of 7.4%) in activity compared with the previous year, largely due to the 9.2% decrease in turnover in the freight forwarding sector.
International freight services are defined to include not only freight forwarding, also covering associated transport and warehousing activity, but also the international transport services themselves. These comprise the roll-on, roll-off ferries that serve the road transport sector; the road-vehicle carrying services provided by the Eurotunnel freight shuttle and the rail freight services that also operate through the Channel Tunnel; as well as air and sea transport. Many of these air and sea freight transport services are provided by foreign companies, and the freight forwarding sector accesses these, as well as the services provided by UK-based transport operators, when meeting the needs of exporters and importers.
As measured by turnover, road freight transport is the largest element of the transport principals, followed by sea freight. However, if the activity of foreign-registered shipping companies is taken into account, sea freight becomes by far the largest sector. Air freight, although relatively insignificant in terms of the tonnage carried, has a much higher share of trade measured by value and of total transport operators' turnover. Despite government policies on both sides of the Channel aimed at encouraging its use as a relatively environment-friendly mode, international freight transport by rail has a long way to go before it achieves its full potential.
Recent developments impacting on the freight forwarding sector include the accession to the EU of a number of central and eastern European countries, which took place in 2004 and 2007. As these countries are now part of the Single European Market (SEM), customs regulations that formerly governed the movement of goods between these countries and existing EU member states no longer apply. As such, exporters and importers trading between the UK and these countries no longer require the expertise in this field that freight forwarders provide. Another important development was the decision reached by EU government ministers late in 2006 to repeal the block exemption from restrictive trading practices enjoyed by container shipping lines, in order to bring them in line with the competition rules that apply to most of the rest of the EU transport industry.
Of continuing concern, especially to the many smaller firms in the UK freight forwarding sector, is the burden of regulation, particularly in the field of employment and health and safety legislation, covering matters such as unfair dismissal, equal opportunities, flexible working, the hiring of illegal immigrant workers and illegal mobile telephone use by drivers.
Despite some signs of a slowdown in the global economy, and the risk that developments such as further trade liberalisation and the removal of certain barriers to trade might reduce the need for forwarding expertise, the macro-economic environment is generally favourable to the continued growth of UK international freight services.
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