Global Freight Forwarding 2025 presents data-driven analysis & strategic insights. It examines the key forces shaping the market, including trade flow shifts, digitilisation, and evolving customer expectations .
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:
- Market to contract by 1.1% in 2025.
- Air & sea freight will contract in 2025.
- Regional growth uneven.
- e-commerce powerful growth driver.
- Operational excellence, digital agility, and strategic adaptability are key to success.
- Small, regional forwarders are carving out space by offering niche expertise, speed, and close customer relationships.
- Sustainability is emerging as a key differentiator among competition.
- The global forwarding market is expected to grow at a 1.8% CAGR over the five years to 2029.
- Market Size & Forecasts (2024–2029): Regional breakdowns, and air & sea growth projections.
- Tariff Volatility & Global Trade Restructuring: Impact assessment on forwarding and trade flows.
- Trade Management Tools: Strategic use and optimisation in response to global trade disruptions.
- Competitive Landscape: Global freight forwarder comparison, including Top 20 rankings.
- M&A Strategies & Market Impact: Analysis of recent consolidation activity and its effects on the market.
- Leading Freight Forwarder Profiles: In-depth evaluations of major players, including capabilities, strategies, and market positioning.
- 1.0 Global freight forwarding market size & forecasting 2024-2029
- 1.1 GLOBAL FREIGHT FORWARDING MARKET SIZE & GROWTH
- 1.2 OVERVIEW OF REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
- 1.3 HIGH-LEVEL MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN THE FREIGHT FORWARDING MARKET
- 1.3.1 Demand & Inventory
- 1.3.2 Supply Chain Developments
- 1.4 FREIGHT FORWARDING MARKET SIZE & GROWTH BY REGION
- 1.4.1 Asia Pacific
- 1.4.2 Europe
- 1.4.3 Middle East & North Africa
- 1.4.4 North America
- 1.4.5 South America
- 1.4.6 Sub-Saharan Africa
- Methodology
- Definition of Freight Forwarding
- 2.0 Restructuring of Global Trade: Effects on the Freight Forwarding Market
- Europe
- China
- Japan and South Korea
- India
- South East Asia
- USA
- Middle East
- Conclusion
- 3.0 Navigating Tariff Turbulence: How Global Shippers Can Leverage Trade Management Tools Amid the US-China-EU Trade Crisis
- 3.1 VISIBILITY AND ACCURATE CLASSIFICATION
- 3.2 TRADE AGREEMENT OPTIMISATION
- 3.3 CUSTOMS MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION
- 3.4 SCENARIO PLANNING AND SIMULATION
- 3.5 COMPLIANCE AND AUDIT READINESS
- 3.6 STRATEGIC SUPPLIER AND LANE DIVERSIFICATION
- 3.7 CONCLUSION
- 4.0 Competitive Landscape – Comparison of Global Freight Forwarders
- 4.1 TOP 20 GLOBAL FREIGHT FORWARDERS BY REVENUE AND MARKET SHARES 2024
- 4.2 TOP 20 GLOBAL AIR FREIGHT FORWARDERS BY REVENUE AND MARKET SHARES 2024
- 4.3 TOP 20 GLOBAL AIR FREIGHT FORWARDERS BY TONNES
- 4.4 TOP 20 GLOBAL SEA FREIGHT FORWARDERS BY REVENUE AND MARKET SHARES
- 4.5 TOP 20 GLOBAL SEA FREIGHT FORWARDERS BY TEUS
- 4.6 PROFIT AND MARGINS COMPARISON
- 4.7 VERTICAL SECTORS COMPARISON
- 4.8 FORWARDER SERVICE MIX COMPARISON
- 4.9 EXPANSION (M&A) STRATEGY
- 4.1.1 Freight Forwarding M&A activity across sectors
- 4.1.2 Freight Forwarding M&A activity across regions
- 4.10 TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
- 4.1.3 Transport Management System (TMS)
- 4.1.4 Digitalisation
- 4.11 FREIGHT FORWARDING SUSTAINABILITY COMPARISON
- 4.11.1 Comparison of Sustainability Initiatives and Performance
- 4.11.2 Comparison of Targets
- 4.11.3 Comparison of Performance
- 5.0 GLOBAL FREIGHT FORWARDING PROVIDERS
- 5.1 KUEHNE+NAGEL
- 5.1.1 Background
- 5.1.2 Finances
- 5.1.3 Technology
- 5.1.4 Sustainability
- 5.1.5 Outlook
- 5.2 DSV A/S
- 5.2.1 Background
- 5.2.2 Finances
- 5.2.3 Volumes
- 5.2.4 Technology
- 5.2.5 Sustainability
- 5.2.6 Outlook
- 5.3 DHL Group
- 5.3.1 Background
- 5.3.2 Finances
- 5.3.3 Mergers and Acquisitions
- 5.3.4 Technology
- 5.3.5 Sustainability
- 5.3.6 Outlook
- 5.4 CEVA LOGISTICS
- 5.4.1 Background
- 5.4.2 Finances
- 5.4.3 Mergers and Acquisitions
- 5.4.4 Technology
- 5.4.5 Sustainability
- 5.4.6 Outlook
- 5.5 SINOTRANS
- 5.5.1 Background
- 5.5.2 Finances
- 5.5.3 Volumes
- 5.5.4 Operations
- 5.5.5 Technology
- 5.5.6 Sustainability
- 5.5.7 Outlook
- 5.6 EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC.
- 5.6.1 Background
- 5.6.2 Operations
- 5.6.3 Finances
- 5.6.4 Technology
- 5.6.5 Sustainability
- 5.6.6 Outlook
- 5.7 NIPPON EXPRESS
- 5.7.1 Background
- 5.7.2 Finances
- 5.7.3 Volumes
- 5.7.4 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 5.7.5 Partnerships & Investments
- 5.7.6 Technology
- 5.7.7 Sustainability
- 5.7.8 Outlook
- 5.8 KINTETSU WORLD EXPRESS
- 5.8.1 Background
- 5.8.2 Finances
- 5.8.3 Operations
- 5.8.4 Sustainability
- 5.8.5 Outlook
- 5.9 KERRY LOGISTICS
- 5.9.1 Background
- 5.9.10 Finances
- 5.9.11 Sustainability
- 5.10 GEODIS
- 5.10.1 Background
- 5.10.2 Finances
- 5.10.3 Volumes
- 5.10.4 Technology
- 5.10.5 Sustainability
- 5.10.6 Outlook
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