Market shares
Global Forwarding
Air Freight
- We offer direct shipments and air consolidations, including time-defined services that operate on an airport-to-airport or door-to-door basis. We are the global market leader.
- In 2007, the air freight market grew around 4% according to IATA.
Market volume: €16.4 billion 1)
1) Market volume and market share data are based on IATA statistics, which do not correspond to companies published revenues and cannot be compared with the prior-year figure.
2) Pro forma, BAX Global revenue missing in IATA data for some countries.
Sources: IATA/CASS, company estimates and own sources, 2006
Ocean freight
- We provide full-container-load and less-than-container-load services as well as non-containerised transport between the world’s principal markets.
- The ocean freight market growth in 2007 was around 10%.
Market volume for forwarding: 26.2 million TEUs 1)
1) Estimated share of overall market controlled by forwarders.
Sources: Global Insight, annual reports, press releases, company estimates, 2006
Freight
- 2007 was the first year in which Freight operated as an independent business unit. We run a comprehensive less-than-truckload network covering Europe, Russia and traffic intothe Middle East with 160 terminals.
- In 2007 the European road transport market grew at around 3.5% with the international market growing faster (4.5%) than the domestic market (3.2%).
Market volume: €157.2 billion 1)
1) Total for fourteen European countries, excluding bulk and specialties transport.
Sources: MRSC freight reports 2006 and 2007, Eurostat 2006, annual reports, press releases, company websites, estimates