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Date: 2024-07-26 Page is: DBtxt001.php L0700-SS-TRADE

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TRADE

STRUCTURE OF THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

TOP FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS OF 2017
A report prepared by Peerless Media and Logistics Management

With the complex economic and global trade environment, logistics professionals are under more pressure than ever to secure the right carriers and transportation service providers— while squeezing as much value as possible out of their transportation network.

Trucking Top 50: Reinventing the fundamentals
A new breed of leadership is creating a long-term vision to earn strategic relationships with shippers. Solid day-to-day execution and aggressive investment in technology set the direction for trucking’s new guard.

Top 30 U.S. Ports: Preparing for the uncertain
The advent of new carrier alliances and “big ship readiness” will determine which of the top ports gain share and supply chain advantages. Meanwhile, logistics managers must hedge their bets to mitigate risk and avoid reliance on a handful of key gateways.

2017 Top 50 U.S. and Global 3PLs
The trend set over the past few years for mergers and acquisitions has hardly subsided, and a fresh injection of equity investment is transforming the marketplace. At the same time, shippers may expect to see 3PLs continue to purchase high-tech “solutions” and hire young professionals for implementation.

Freight Forwarding 2017: Digitization & e-commerce continues to reshape marketplace
The global freight forwarding market has grown by 2.7% in real terms since this time last year, but owing to a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices, rates continue to fall in both air and sea freight. Forwarders now need to ramp up the value-add visibility services in an effort to boost revenues and keep shippers smiling..

Top 35 ocean carriers still a puzzlement
The collapse of Hanjin in 2016 fueled speculation that new players might be emboldened to enter the “top tier” and begin competing for market share. With this, logistics managers putting container shipping to work are facing the biggest shift in their carrier base in 20 years—and now must adapt their procurement and contract strategy

Open PDF ... Logistics-Top-Companies-2017

THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS

HOW THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS WORKS

Each piece of the supply chain has evolved over time to optimize for profit, including the development of sophisticated data and technology to model the best way to organize and operate. The trouble with this approach where optimizing for profit is the dominant metric, there are other impacts outside of financial performance like social performance and environmental performance that are ignored.

IMPORT EXPORT TRADE FLOWS

Congressional Research Service study of NAFTA and automobile trade
'http://truevaluemetrics.org/DBpdfs/Trade/NAFTA-and-automobile-trade-2017-R44907.pdf'

Open PDF ... NAFTA-and-automobile-trade-2017-R44907

VISUALIZATION OF GLOBAL TRADE (2012)

Created by London-based data visualisation studio Kiln and the UCL Energy Institute
The interactive data visualization, created by the London-based data visualisation studio Kiln and the UCL Energy Institute, gives us an insight into the complex nature of trade. It plots the position of cargo ships across the oceans. 'https://ourworldindata.org/trade-and-globalization'	Open external link
This map has been produced by KILN ... the developer of FLOURISH 'https://www.kiln.digital/'	Open external link

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Top 10 Exporting Nations in 2020

Changing Pattern of Trade - 1978 to 2020
1978	1979
The USA and Germany are the top exporting countries. OPEC (mainly Saudi Arabia) has disrupted global manufacturing with much higher cost energy.
1980 Data Missing	1981 Data Missing

1982	1983
The USA and Germany are still the top exporting countries. Japan is rising.
1984	1985
USA dropping relative to both Germany and Japan mainly because USA has higher costs through very inefficient use of energy. Low cost Asian manufacturing emerges in top 10 for the first time.
1986	1987
Germany, USA and Japan dominating global exports.
1988	1989
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
1990	1991
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
1992	1993
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
1994	1995
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
1996	1997
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports. In 1997 China appears in top 10 exporting countries for first time.
1998	1999
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
2000	2001
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
2000	2001
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports.
2002	2003
Germany, USA and Japan still dominating global exports. China rapidly expanding export volume.
2004	2005
Germany, USA and China become top 3 in global exports. China displaces Japan.
2006	2007
Germany, USA and China now dominating global exports.
2008	2009
Financial crisis of 2008 disrupts global trade and Russia appears in top 10 exporters. In 2009 China becomes largest exporter. Together China, Germany and USA dominate global exports.
2010	2011
China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China.
2012	2013
China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China. Asian area countries ... China, Japan, Hong Kong (China) and S. Korea are together the largest block of exporting countries.
2014	2015
China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China.
2016	2017
China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China.
2018	2019
China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China.
2020	2021
China increases its domination of global exports. USA and Germany decline relative to China.

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