Third-party logistics providers are shrinking in number, growing in size

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An interesting article looking at the changing nature of the US 3PL market. XPO Logistics and its move towards consolidating the broker market lies at the heart of this. Fewer, larger players are now inhabiting the space previously taken by numerous small business, which are now being modernised with technology – or phased out. As one consultant notes, now “it’s a different crowd”, and one eliciting increasing amounts of interest from the European forwarding sector. Watch out, CH Robinson.