Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2020-2031

Summary

An ocean freight forwarder is an individual or company that acts as an intermediary and dispatches shipments via common sea carriers and makes all arrangements for those shipments on behalf of its clients. Ocean freight forwarders handle all the logistics needed and performs related activities pertaining to shipments.

According to APO Research, The global Ocean Freight Forwarding market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2031, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of % during the forecast period.

The US & Canada market for Ocean Freight Forwarding is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Ocean Freight Forwarding is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The China market for Ocean Freight Forwarding is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Europe market for Ocean Freight Forwarding is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The major global companies of Ocean Freight Forwarding include Kuehne + Nagel, DHL Group, DB Schenker Logistics, GEODIS, Panalpina, DSV, Bolloré Logistics, Expeditors and Nippon Express, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Includes


This report presents an overview of global market for Ocean Freight Forwarding, market size. Analyses of the global market trends, with historic market revenue data for 2020 - 2024, estimates for 2025, and projections of CAGR through 2031.

This report researches the key producers of Ocean Freight Forwarding, also provides the revenue of main regions and countries. Of the upcoming market potential for Ocean Freight Forwarding, and key regions or countries of focus to forecast this market into various segments and sub-segments. Country specific data and market value analysis for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, Middle East, Africa, and Other Countries.

This report focuses on the Ocean Freight Forwarding revenue, market share and industry ranking of main manufacturers, data from 2020 to 2025. Identification of the major stakeholders in the global Ocean Freight Forwarding market, and analysis of their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues. This report will help stakeholders to understand the competitive landscape and gain more insights and position their businesses and market strategies in a better way.

This report analyzes the segments data by Type and by Application, revenue, and growth rate, from 2020 to 2031. Evaluation and forecast the market size for Ocean Freight Forwarding revenue, projected growth trends, production technology, application and end-user industry.


Ocean Freight Forwarding Segment by Company

Kuehne + Nagel
DHL Group
DB Schenker Logistics
GEODIS
Panalpina
DSV
Bolloré Logistics
Expeditors
Nippon Express
CEVA Logistics
Pantos Logistics
Agility Logistics
Hellmann
Damco
KWE
Hitachi Transport
Sankyu
Kerry Logistics
Logwin
C.H.Robinson
Yusen Logistics

Ocean Freight Forwarding Segment by Type

LCL
FCL
Others

Ocean Freight Forwarding Segment by Application

Agricultural
Automotive
Beverage
Electronic
Others

Ocean Freight Forwarding Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Study Objectives

1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Ocean Freight Forwarding market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Ocean Freight Forwarding and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Ocean Freight Forwarding.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (product type, application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. Revenue of Ocean Freight Forwarding in global and regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and capacity of each country in the world. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Ocean Freight Forwarding industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Ocean Freight Forwarding companies' competitive landscape, revenue, market share and industry ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the revenue, and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the revenue, and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key companies, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product descriptions and specifications, Ocean Freight Forwardingrevenue, gross margin, and recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: North America (US & Canada) by type, by application and by country, revenue for each segment.
Chapter 8: Europe by type, by application and by country, revenue for each segment.
Chapter 9: China by type, and by application, revenue for each segment.
Chapter 10: Asia (excluding China) by type, by application and by region, revenue for each segment.
Chapter 11: South America, Middle East & Africa by type, by application and by country, revenue for each segment.
Chapter 12: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Market Analysis by Type
1.2.1 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate by Type: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.2.2 LCL
1.2.3 FCL
1.2.4 Others
1.3 Market Analysis by Application
1.3.1 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate by Application: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.3.2 Agricultural
1.3.3 Automotive
1.3.4 Beverage
1.3.5 Electronic
1.3.6 Others
1.4 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.5 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Growth Trends by Region
1.5.1 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.5.2 Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
1.6 Assumptions and Limitations
1.7 Study Goals and Objectives
1.8 Years Considered
2 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Dynamics
2.1 Ocean Freight Forwarding Industry Trends
2.2 Ocean Freight Forwarding Industry Drivers
2.3 Ocean Freight Forwarding Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Ocean Freight Forwarding Industry Restraints
3 Competitive Landscape by Company
3.1 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Players Revenue Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.3 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Key Company Head office and Area Served
3.4 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Company, Product Type & Application
3.5 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Company Establishment Date
3.6 Market Competitive Analysis
3.6.1 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market CR5 and HHI
3.6.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Ocean Freight Forwarding Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.6.3 2024 Ocean Freight Forwarding Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Ocean Freight Forwarding Market by Type
4.1 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.2 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2020-2031)
4.3 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size Share by Type (2020-2031)
5 Ocean Freight Forwarding Market by Application
5.1 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.2 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2020-2031)
5.3 Global Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size Share by Application (2020-2031)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 Kuehne + Nagel
6.1.1 Kuehne + Nagel Comapny Information
6.1.2 Kuehne + Nagel Business Overview
6.1.3 Kuehne + Nagel Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Kuehne + Nagel Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Kuehne + Nagel Recent Developments
6.2 DHL Group
6.2.1 DHL Group Comapny Information
6.2.2 DHL Group Business Overview
6.2.3 DHL Group Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.2.4 DHL Group Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.2.5 DHL Group Recent Developments
6.3 DB Schenker Logistics
6.3.1 DB Schenker Logistics Comapny Information
6.3.2 DB Schenker Logistics Business Overview
6.3.3 DB Schenker Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.3.4 DB Schenker Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.3.5 DB Schenker Logistics Recent Developments
6.4 GEODIS
6.4.1 GEODIS Comapny Information
6.4.2 GEODIS Business Overview
6.4.3 GEODIS Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.4.4 GEODIS Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.4.5 GEODIS Recent Developments
6.5 Panalpina
6.5.1 Panalpina Comapny Information
6.5.2 Panalpina Business Overview
6.5.3 Panalpina Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Panalpina Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Panalpina Recent Developments
6.6 DSV
6.6.1 DSV Comapny Information
6.6.2 DSV Business Overview
6.6.3 DSV Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.6.4 DSV Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.6.5 DSV Recent Developments
6.7 Bolloré Logistics
6.7.1 Bolloré Logistics Comapny Information
6.7.2 Bolloré Logistics Business Overview
6.7.3 Bolloré Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Bolloré Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Bolloré Logistics Recent Developments
6.8 Expeditors
6.8.1 Expeditors Comapny Information
6.8.2 Expeditors Business Overview
6.8.3 Expeditors Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Expeditors Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Expeditors Recent Developments
6.9 Nippon Express
6.9.1 Nippon Express Comapny Information
6.9.2 Nippon Express Business Overview
6.9.3 Nippon Express Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Nippon Express Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Nippon Express Recent Developments
6.10 CEVA Logistics
6.10.1 CEVA Logistics Comapny Information
6.10.2 CEVA Logistics Business Overview
6.10.3 CEVA Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.10.4 CEVA Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.10.5 CEVA Logistics Recent Developments
6.11 Pantos Logistics
6.11.1 Pantos Logistics Comapny Information
6.11.2 Pantos Logistics Business Overview
6.11.3 Pantos Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Pantos Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Pantos Logistics Recent Developments
6.12 Agility Logistics
6.12.1 Agility Logistics Comapny Information
6.12.2 Agility Logistics Business Overview
6.12.3 Agility Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.12.4 Agility Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.12.5 Agility Logistics Recent Developments
6.13 Hellmann
6.13.1 Hellmann Comapny Information
6.13.2 Hellmann Business Overview
6.13.3 Hellmann Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.13.4 Hellmann Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.13.5 Hellmann Recent Developments
6.14 Damco
6.14.1 Damco Comapny Information
6.14.2 Damco Business Overview
6.14.3 Damco Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.14.4 Damco Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.14.5 Damco Recent Developments
6.15 KWE
6.15.1 KWE Comapny Information
6.15.2 KWE Business Overview
6.15.3 KWE Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.15.4 KWE Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.15.5 KWE Recent Developments
6.16 Hitachi Transport
6.16.1 Hitachi Transport Comapny Information
6.16.2 Hitachi Transport Business Overview
6.16.3 Hitachi Transport Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.16.4 Hitachi Transport Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.16.5 Hitachi Transport Recent Developments
6.17 Sankyu
6.17.1 Sankyu Comapny Information
6.17.2 Sankyu Business Overview
6.17.3 Sankyu Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.17.4 Sankyu Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.17.5 Sankyu Recent Developments
6.18 Kerry Logistics
6.18.1 Kerry Logistics Comapny Information
6.18.2 Kerry Logistics Business Overview
6.18.3 Kerry Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.18.4 Kerry Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.18.5 Kerry Logistics Recent Developments
6.19 Logwin
6.19.1 Logwin Comapny Information
6.19.2 Logwin Business Overview
6.19.3 Logwin Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.19.4 Logwin Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.19.5 Logwin Recent Developments
6.20 C.H.Robinson
6.20.1 C.H.Robinson Comapny Information
6.20.2 C.H.Robinson Business Overview
6.20.3 C.H.Robinson Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.20.4 C.H.Robinson Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.20.5 C.H.Robinson Recent Developments
6.21 Yusen Logistics
6.21.1 Yusen Logistics Comapny Information
6.21.2 Yusen Logistics Business Overview
6.21.3 Yusen Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Revenue and Gross Margin (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)
6.21.4 Yusen Logistics Ocean Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.21.5 Yusen Logistics Recent Developments
7 North America
7.1 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size (2020-2031)
7.2 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type
7.2.1 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
7.2.2 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
7.2.3 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
7.3 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application
7.3.1 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
7.3.2 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
7.3.3 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
7.4 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country
7.4.1 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
7.4.2 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.4.3 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
7.4.4 North America Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Country (2020-2031)
7.4.5 United States
7.4.6 Canada
7.4.7 Mexico
8 Europe
8.1 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size (2020-2031)
8.2 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type
8.2.1 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
8.2.2 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
8.2.3 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
8.3 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application
8.3.1 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
8.3.2 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
8.3.3 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
8.4 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country
8.4.1 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
8.4.2 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.4.3 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
8.4.4 Europe Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Country (2020-2031)
8.4.5 Germany
8.4.6 France
8.4.7 U.K.
8.4.8 Italy
8.4.9 Russia
8.4.10 Nordic Countries
9 China
9.1 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size (2020-2031)
9.2 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type
9.2.1 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
9.2.2 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
9.2.3 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
9.3 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application
9.3.1 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
9.3.2 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
9.3.3 China Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
10 Asia (Excluding China)
10.1 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size (2020-2031)
10.2 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type
10.2.1 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
10.2.2 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
10.2.3 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
10.3 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application
10.3.1 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
10.3.2 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
10.3.3 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
10.4 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country
10.4.1 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
10.4.2 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.4.3 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
10.4.4 Asia Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Country (2020-2031)
10.4.5 Japan
10.4.6 South Korea
10.4.7 Taiwan
10.4.8 Southeast Asia
10.4.9 India
10.4.10 Australia
11 South America, Middle East & Africa
11.1 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size (2020-2031)
11.2 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type
11.2.1 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
11.2.2 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
11.2.3 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
11.3 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application
11.3.1 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
11.3.2 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
11.3.3 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
11.4 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country
11.4.1 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
11.4.2 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.4.3 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
11.4.4 South America, Middle East & Africa Ocean Freight Forwarding Market Share by Country (2020-2031)
11.4.5 Brazil
11.4.6 South Africa
11.4.7 Saudi Arabia
11.4.8 Turkey
11.4.9 Argentina
11.4.9 UAE
11.4.9 Egypt
11.4.9 Chile
12 Concluding Insights
13 Appendix
13.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
13.2 Research Methodology
13.3 Research Process
13.4 Authors List of This Report
13.5 Data Source
13.5.1 Secondary Sources
13.5.2 Primary Sources
13.6 Disclaimer

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