News / 3PLs steal sales control from carriers as shippers call for contract management

21/04/2015

The greater complexity of today’s shipping environment, caused by the larger carrier alliances and increased vessel sizes, is having a dramatic effect on the relationship between shipper and 3PLs.

Speaking at today’s TOC container supply chain conference in Singapore, Sundara Sundara, vice president for ocean product ...

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Bill Weide
April 21, 2015 at 6:44 pm
Timely article. Thank you. Do you use the term 3PL as to include NVO’s and Freight Forwarders or, does your article talk more to the role of 3PL offerings which may or may not include Forwarding or NVOCC functions?

Best,
Bill

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- Gavin van Marle
  April 22, 2015 at 3:24 am
  Hi Bill,
  
  Generally the former – we tend to use 3PL as a catch-all term. Apologies if we’re lacking clarity…
  
  Kind regards,
  Gavin
  
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