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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 at Agility Logistics, told delegates that the twin trends of larger vessels and consolidated carrier alliances had led to a greater need for shippers to employ the services of 3PLs.
“There has been a surge of ...
Comment on this article
Bill Weide
April 21, 2015 at 6:44 pmTimely 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
Gavin van Marle
April 22, 2015 at 3:24 amHi Bill,
Generally the former – we tend to use 3PL as a catch-all term. Apologies if we’re lacking clarity…
Kind regards,
Gavin