DP-DHL, Expeditors find bigger is better in U.S. freight forwarding boom — Panjiva
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DP-DHL, Expeditors find bigger is better in U.S. freight forwarding boom

China 3053 Corp - Forwarders 347 Mode - Containerized 1525 Mode - Seaborne 1846 U.S. 5404

The freight forwarding industry is dealing with an unprecedented mix of rapidly increasing demand and capacity imbalances in the maritime industry. There’s been little respite with U.S. seaborne imports in November up by 17.1% year over year on a 33.3% jump in traffic from Chinese ports. The elevated demand may be leading shipping service users to prefer larger, potentially more flexible freight forwarders. Only four of the 20 largest forwarders saw growth of less than the industry average in November, including DB Schenker which expanded by just 0.2% while FedEx grew by 9.9%. T...

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