Comment / Supply chain radar: Remarkably, Kuehne + Nagel holds up ahead of a crucial week

Let’s start with two charts today – but they are not from Kuehne + Nagel, the next major 3PL set to report its numbers early next week.

Here’s a snapshot of Panalpina’s latest release for ocean freight volumes (K+N is the market leader in this segment) in the second quarter (Q2)…

… and then below are some key ocean freight stats from the smaller of the two freight forwarders.

I have spent a fair amount of time since Panalpina released its Q2 results trying to ...