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3PLs take to a rapid clip
| 题名： | 3PLs take to a rapid clip |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KAREN E. THUERMER |
| 摘要： | Armstrong & Associates (A&A) reports that the third-party logistics (3PL) providers industry will realize an estimated $246 billion in gross revenues in 2021, up 6.3% compared to $231.5 billion in 2020. The 2020 revenues were up 8.8% over 2019. "Most of that growth in 2020 came from international and domestic transportation management, which responded to COVID-related demands for PPE and to restock inventories upon economic reopenings," reports Evan Armstrong, A&A president. While revenue rankings changed little for the top U.S. 3PLs in 2020 compared to 2019, J.B. Hunt did move from a No. 4 position to No. 5 and was replaced by Expeditors, which moved up from No. 5 to No. 4. DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding and Kuehne + Nagel retained the top two positions for in A&A's 2020 Top 50 Global 3PLs. DB Schenker moved from a No. 4 ranking in 2019 to No. 3, and Nippon Express slipped from No. 3 in 2019 to No. 4. (See charts.) 3PLs fared better overall in 2020 than in 2019, which registered the industry's first decline since 2009, but A&A reports that segment growth was uneven. "Total 3 PL segment net revenues [gross revenues less purchased transportation] grew 2.1% to $93.5 billion, reflecting gross margin compression due to a volatile carrier sourcing market and transportation management 3PLs spending more to secure hard-to-find carrier capacity," Armstrong says. "The overall gross margin for all segments declined from 44% to 41%." |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Logistics Management |
| 卷： | 60 |
| 期： | 6 |
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