Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size, Manufacturers, Opportunities and Forecast to 2030

Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size, Manufacturers, Opportunities and Forecast to 2030


Summary

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

According to APO Research, The global Sea Freight Forwarding market was estimated at US$ million in 2023 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2030, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2024-2030.

North American market for Sea Freight Forwarding is estimated to increase from $ million in 2024 to reach $ million by 2030, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2030.

Asia-Pacific market for Sea Freight Forwarding is estimated to increase from $ million in 2024 to reach $ million by 2030, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2030.

Europe market for Sea Freight Forwarding is estimated to increase from $ million in 2024 to reach $ million by 2030, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2030.

The major global companies of Sea Freight Forwarding include Kuehne + Nagel, DHL, Sinotrans, DB Schenker Logistics, GEODIS, Panalpina, DSV, Bolloré Logistics and Expeditors, etc. In 2023, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Sea Freight Forwarding, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Sea Freight Forwarding.
The Sea Freight Forwarding market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of revenue ($ millions), considering 2023 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2019 to 2030. This report segments the global Sea Freight Forwarding market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, gross margin by manufacturers for the period 2019-2024. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses. Some of the prominent players reviewed in the research report include:

Kuehne + Nagel
DHL
Sinotrans
DB Schenker Logistics
GEODIS
Panalpina
DSV
Bolloré Logistics
Expeditors
Dachser
Nippon Express
CEVA Logistics
Pantos Logistics
Agility Logistics
Hellmann
Damco
KWE
Hitachi Transport
UPS Supply Chain
Sankyu
Kerry Logistics
Logwin
CJ Korea Express
C.H.Robinson
Yusen Logistics
NNR Global Logistics
Dimerco
Toll Holdings
Pilot Freight Services
Sea Freight Forwarding segment by Type

Full Container Load (FCL)
Less-Than Container Load (LCL)
Others
Sea Freight Forwarding segment by Application

Agricultural
Automotive
Beverage
Electronic
Other
Sea Freight Forwarding Segment by Region

North America
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
China Taiwan
Indonesia
Thailand
Malaysia
Latin America
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Middle East & Africa
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
UAE

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

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 Sea 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 Sea 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 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 Sea 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 global and regional market size and CAGR for the history and forecast period (2019-2024, 2025-2030). 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: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 4: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 5: Detailed analysis of Sea Freight Forwarding companies' competitive landscape, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product introduction, revenue, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Concluding Insights of the report


1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.3 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Overview by Region 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
1.4 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Region (2019-2030)
1.4.1 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Region (2019-2024)
1.4.2 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Region (2025-2030)
1.5 Key Regions Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size (2019-2030)
1.5.1 North America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (2019-2030)
1.5.2 Europe Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (2019-2030)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (2019-2030)
1.5.4 Latin America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (2019-2030)
1.5.5 Middle East & Africa Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (2019-2030)
2 Sea Freight Forwarding Market by Type
2.1 Type Introduction
2.1.1 Full Container Load (FCL)
2.1.2 Less-Than Container Load (LCL)
2.1.3 Others
2.2 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Type
2.2.1 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Overview by Type (2019-2030)
2.2.2 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Historic Market Size Review by Type (2019-2024)
2.2.3 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Forecasted by Type (2025-2030)
2.3 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Regions
2.3.1 North America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Type (2019-2024)
2.3.2 Europe Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Type (2019-2024)
2.3.3 Asia-Pacific Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Type (2019-2024)
2.3.4 Latin America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Type (2019-2024)
2.3.5 Middle East and Africa Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Type (2019-2024)
3 Sea Freight Forwarding Market by Application
3.1 Type Introduction
3.1.1 Agricultural
3.1.2 Automotive
3.1.3 Beverage
3.1.4 Electronic
3.1.5 Other
3.2 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Application
3.2.1 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Overview by Application (2019-2030)
3.2.2 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Historic Market Size Review by Application (2019-2024)
3.2.3 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Forecasted by Application (2025-2030)
3.3 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Regions
3.3.1 North America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Application (2019-2024)
3.3.2 Europe Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Application (2019-2024)
3.3.3 Asia-Pacific Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Application (2019-2024)
3.3.4 Latin America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Application (2019-2024)
3.3.5 Middle East and Africa Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Breakdown by Application (2019-2024)
4 Global Market Dynamics
4.1 Sea Freight Forwarding Industry Trends
4.2 Sea Freight Forwarding Industry Drivers
4.3 Sea Freight Forwarding Industry Opportunities and Challenges
4.4 Sea Freight Forwarding Industry Restraints
5 Competitive Insights by Company
5.1 Global Top Players by Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue (2019-2024)
5.2 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Industry Company Ranking, 2022 VS 2023 VS 2024
5.3 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Key Company Headquarters & Area Served
5.4 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Company, Product Type & Application
5.5 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Company Commercialization Time
5.6 Market Competitive Analysis
5.6.1 Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market CR5 and HHI
5.6.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Sea Freight Forwarding Players Market Share by Revenue in 2023
5.6.3 2023 Sea Freight Forwarding Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
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 Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.1.4 Kuehne + Nagel Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Kuehne + Nagel Recent Developments
6.2 DHL
6.2.1 DHL Comapny Information
6.2.2 DHL Business Overview
6.2.3 DHL Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.2.4 DHL Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.2.5 DHL Recent Developments
6.3 Sinotrans
6.3.1 Sinotrans Comapny Information
6.3.2 Sinotrans Business Overview
6.3.3 Sinotrans Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.3.4 Sinotrans Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Sinotrans Recent Developments
6.4 DB Schenker Logistics
6.4.1 DB Schenker Logistics Comapny Information
6.4.2 DB Schenker Logistics Business Overview
6.4.3 DB Schenker Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.4.4 DB Schenker Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.4.5 DB Schenker Logistics Recent Developments
6.5 GEODIS
6.5.1 GEODIS Comapny Information
6.5.2 GEODIS Business Overview
6.5.3 GEODIS Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.5.4 GEODIS Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.5.5 GEODIS Recent Developments
6.6 Panalpina
6.6.1 Panalpina Comapny Information
6.6.2 Panalpina Business Overview
6.6.3 Panalpina Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.6.4 Panalpina Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Panalpina Recent Developments
6.7 DSV
6.7.1 DSV Comapny Information
6.7.2 DSV Business Overview
6.7.3 DSV Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.7.4 DSV Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.7.5 DSV Recent Developments
6.8 Bolloré Logistics
6.8.1 Bolloré Logistics Comapny Information
6.8.2 Bolloré Logistics Business Overview
6.8.3 Bolloré Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.8.4 Bolloré Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Bolloré Logistics Recent Developments
6.9 Expeditors
6.9.1 Expeditors Comapny Information
6.9.2 Expeditors Business Overview
6.9.3 Expeditors Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.9.4 Expeditors Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Expeditors Recent Developments
6.10 Dachser
6.10.1 Dachser Comapny Information
6.10.2 Dachser Business Overview
6.10.3 Dachser Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.10.4 Dachser Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Dachser Recent Developments
6.11 Nippon Express
6.11.1 Nippon Express Comapny Information
6.11.2 Nippon Express Business Overview
6.11.3 Nippon Express Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.11.4 Nippon Express Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Nippon Express Recent Developments
6.12 CEVA Logistics
6.12.1 CEVA Logistics Comapny Information
6.12.2 CEVA Logistics Business Overview
6.12.3 CEVA Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.12.4 CEVA Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.12.5 CEVA Logistics Recent Developments
6.13 Pantos Logistics
6.13.1 Pantos Logistics Comapny Information
6.13.2 Pantos Logistics Business Overview
6.13.3 Pantos Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.13.4 Pantos Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.13.5 Pantos Logistics Recent Developments
6.14 Agility Logistics
6.14.1 Agility Logistics Comapny Information
6.14.2 Agility Logistics Business Overview
6.14.3 Agility Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.14.4 Agility Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.14.5 Agility Logistics Recent Developments
6.15 Hellmann
6.15.1 Hellmann Comapny Information
6.15.2 Hellmann Business Overview
6.15.3 Hellmann Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.15.4 Hellmann Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.15.5 Hellmann Recent Developments
6.16 Damco
6.16.1 Damco Comapny Information
6.16.2 Damco Business Overview
6.16.3 Damco Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.16.4 Damco Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.16.5 Damco Recent Developments
6.17 KWE
6.17.1 KWE Comapny Information
6.17.2 KWE Business Overview
6.17.3 KWE Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.17.4 KWE Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.17.5 KWE Recent Developments
6.18 Hitachi Transport
6.18.1 Hitachi Transport Comapny Information
6.18.2 Hitachi Transport Business Overview
6.18.3 Hitachi Transport Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.18.4 Hitachi Transport Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.18.5 Hitachi Transport Recent Developments
6.19 UPS Supply Chain
6.19.1 UPS Supply Chain Comapny Information
6.19.2 UPS Supply Chain Business Overview
6.19.3 UPS Supply Chain Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.19.4 UPS Supply Chain Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.19.5 UPS Supply Chain Recent Developments
6.20 Sankyu
6.20.1 Sankyu Comapny Information
6.20.2 Sankyu Business Overview
6.20.3 Sankyu Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.20.4 Sankyu Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.20.5 Sankyu Recent Developments
6.21 Kerry Logistics
6.21.1 Kerry Logistics Comapny Information
6.21.2 Kerry Logistics Business Overview
6.21.3 Kerry Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.21.4 Kerry Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.21.5 Kerry Logistics Recent Developments
6.22 Logwin
6.22.1 Logwin Comapny Information
6.22.2 Logwin Business Overview
6.22.3 Logwin Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.22.4 Logwin Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.22.5 Logwin Recent Developments
6.23 CJ Korea Express
6.23.1 CJ Korea Express Comapny Information
6.23.2 CJ Korea Express Business Overview
6.23.3 CJ Korea Express Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.23.4 CJ Korea Express Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.23.5 CJ Korea Express Recent Developments
6.24 C.H.Robinson
6.24.1 C.H.Robinson Comapny Information
6.24.2 C.H.Robinson Business Overview
6.24.3 C.H.Robinson Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.24.4 C.H.Robinson Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.24.5 C.H.Robinson Recent Developments
6.25 Yusen Logistics
6.25.1 Yusen Logistics Comapny Information
6.25.2 Yusen Logistics Business Overview
6.25.3 Yusen Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.25.4 Yusen Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.25.5 Yusen Logistics Recent Developments
6.26 NNR Global Logistics
6.26.1 NNR Global Logistics Comapny Information
6.26.2 NNR Global Logistics Business Overview
6.26.3 NNR Global Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.26.4 NNR Global Logistics Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.26.5 NNR Global Logistics Recent Developments
6.27 Dimerco
6.27.1 Dimerco Comapny Information
6.27.2 Dimerco Business Overview
6.27.3 Dimerco Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.27.4 Dimerco Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.27.5 Dimerco Recent Developments
6.28 Toll Holdings
6.28.1 Toll Holdings Comapny Information
6.28.2 Toll Holdings Business Overview
6.28.3 Toll Holdings Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.28.4 Toll Holdings Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.28.5 Toll Holdings Recent Developments
6.29 Pilot Freight Services
6.29.1 Pilot Freight Services Comapny Information
6.29.2 Pilot Freight Services Business Overview
6.29.3 Pilot Freight Services Sea Freight Forwarding Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
6.29.4 Pilot Freight Services Sea Freight Forwarding Product Portfolio
6.29.5 Pilot Freight Services Recent Developments
7 North America
7.1 North America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
7.2 North America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2019-2024)
7.3 North America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Forecast by Country (2025-2030)
8 Europe
8.1 Europe Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
8.2 Europe Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2019-2024)
8.3 Europe Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Forecast by Country (2025-2030)
9 Asia-Pacific
9.1 Asia-Pacific Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
9.2 Asia-Pacific Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2019-2024)
9.3 Asia-Pacific Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Forecast by Country (2025-2030)
10 Latin America
10.1 Latin America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
10.2 Latin America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2019-2024)
10.3 Latin America Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Forecast by Country (2025-2030)
11 Middle East & Africa
11.1 Middle East & Africa Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
11.2 Middle East & Africa Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size by Country (2019-2024)
11.3 Middle East & Africa Sea Freight Forwarding Market Size Forecast by Country (2025-2030)
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

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