Third-party logistics (3PL) service is a business process through which companies outsource logistics and distribution functions to a logistics service provider that specializes in handling logistics functions such as transportation, warehousing, and freight and forwarding. A logistics service provider that provides these services is called a 3PL service provider.Throughout this report, 2016 is considered as the base year. All calculations involving quantitative data are based on 2016. The values represented in the report are the actual values for 2016, whereas, the values for 2017-2021 are estimated.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ........................................... 17

PART 03: Market research methodology ......................... 20

Research methodology 20

Economic indicators 20

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 21

Key market highlights 21

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 23

3PL Market overview 23

Types of 3PL 24

Global 3PL market 25

Five forces analysis 28

PART 06: Market segmentation by service ...................... 29

Overview 29

Global 3PL market by transportation services 30

Global 3PL market by warehousing and distribution

services 31

Global 3PL market by other services 32

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user ................... 34

Market overview 34

Global 3PL market by manufacturing industry 35

Global 3PL market by consumer goods industry 36

Global 3PL market by retail industry 38

Global 3PL market by automotive industry 39

Global 3PL market by food and beverage industry 40

Global 3PL market by other industries 41

PART 08: Geographical segmentation ............................. 44

Market overview 44

3PL market in APAC 44

3PL market in North America 46

3PL market in Europe 47

3PL market in South America 48

3PL market in ROW 50

PART 09: Market drivers ................................................... 52

Increase in trade agreements among nations 52

Advances of e-commerce in retail sector 53

Government initiatives in infrastructure development 53

Increase in exports and imports 54

Cost reduction through use of 3PL 55

PART 10: Impact of drivers ............................................... 57

PART 11: Market challenges ............................................. 58

High operational cost and competitive pricing 58

Stringent government regulations 58

Lack of innovation in services provided 59

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 60

PART 13: Market trends .................................................... 61

Increase in M&A 61

Dominance of integrated service providers 61

Advances in technology 62

Growing demand for professional logistics services 62

PART 14: Vendor landscape ............................................. 63

Competitive scenario 63

PART 15: Key vendor analysis ......................................... 64

C.H. Robinson 64

CEVA Logistics 65

DB Schenker 66

Deutsche Post DHL 67

Kuehne + Nagel 68

Nippon Express 69

Other prominent vendors 70

PART 16: Appendix ........................................................... 74

List of abbreviations 74

PART 17: Explore Technavio ............................................ 75