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Figures · Data · Facts from Freight Forwarding and Logistics
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DSLV Deutscher Speditions- und Logistikverband e.V.
DSLV
DSLV Deutscher Speditions- und Logistikverband e.V.
dslv.zdf-2010 titel 14.05.2010 10:09 Uhr Seite 1
Logistics is when everything is going smoothly!
n These simple words could get right to the point.
However, for everything to run smoothly we not
only need an adequate infrastructure but also
professionals who ensure that the conveyor belts of
automotive manufacturers never come to a stand-
still and that the shelves in the supermarket around
the corner are always full. We are talking about the
efficient actors in the background who ensure that
every item is in the right place at the right time:
freight forwarders and logistic service providers.
Representatives of a sector, creating the prerequi-
sites for a functioning, export-oriented economy.
We would like to use this brochure to bring the
market for shipping and logistics services closer
to you in compact form: providing information
on turnover, employees, technical capacities, the
service spectrum of our members as well as the
use of information and communication technolo-
gies. With a clear presentation of all significant
data. And if that is not enough, we would like to
recommend the 40 page “Full Version”.
Yours sincerely
Mathias Krage
President of DSLV Deutscher Speditions- und Logistikverband e.V.
turnover is catching up
n After the record year 2008, sectoral turnover
reduced to 66.7 billion euros during the following
year as a result of the crisis. According to cur-
rent estimates, the level before the crisis has been
reached once again. Gross yield after deduction
of purchased goods, services, raw, auxiliary and
working materials etc. from profit is an average
of around 30 percent, depending on the field of
activity. The share of road shipping companies
would be rather higher, while international freight
forwarding companies would record lower figures.
Especially the latter make use of transport com-
panies in overland, maritime and air transport for
their forwarding business.
Turnover and Employees
Turnover in forwarding and logistics
Source: Sales tax statistics, Federal Office of Statistics
th
100
200
300
400
500
600
’80 ’90 ’95 ’00 ’05 ’08 ’09
207,
136
257,
647
288,
476
455,
587
480,
939
524,
032
504,
911
bn €
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
’96 ’00 ’02 ’04 ’06 ’08 ’09
36.6
47.2 51
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58.5
66.0
76.1
66.7
Turn
over
and
Em
ploy
ees
medium-sized operations dominate
n The sector employs more than half a million
people. Sixty percent of companies employ up to
50 staff members, only eleven percent have more
than 200 employees. Even major companies in
the freight forwarding sector have a decentralised
organisation in the form of a subsidiary system.
Comparatively few companies have more than 200
employees working at one venue. The regional pro-
duction and consumption structures also charac-
terise the sector’s company sizes, while the various
personnel and capital resources within various
service areas also exert an influence.
Employees in forwarding and warehousing
Source: Federal Labour Office; the number of employees has been displayed for the entire federal territory since 1997.
th
100
200
300
400
500
600
’80 ’90 ’95 ’00 ’05 ’08 ’09
207,
136
257,
647
288,
476
455,
587
480,
939
524,
032
504,
911
bn €
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
’96 ’00 ’02 ’04 ’06 ’08 ’09
36.6
47.2 51
.2
58.5
66.0
76.1
66.7
Service areas in freight forwarding
Companies according to service areas and focus
area of activity
Service spectrum
Service focus
Forwarders consolidation, break bulk
54 %
28 %
Parcel and express services 22 % 8 %
Freighting of trucks 76 % 43 %
Long-distance haulage with own vehicle
51 %
33 %
Short hauls 55 % 25 %
Railway freighting 13 % 3 %
International forwarding 67 % 37 %
Air freight forwarding 35 % 17 %
Sea freight forwarding 37 % 19 %
Customs matters 52 % 22 %
Inland waterways forwarding 9 % 3 %
area of activity
Service spectrum
Service focus
Dangerous goods logistics 35 % 12 %
Vehicle distribution 8 % 4 %
New furniture forwarding (incl. furniture transport)
6 %
4 %
Removal transport 9 % 4 %
Warehousing with distribution 45 % 26 %
Warehousing of bulk goods 9 % 4 %
Warehousing of grain and feed 3 % 1 %
Warehousing of dangerous goods 11 % 4 %
Plant and project forwarding 23 % 13 %
Distribution logistics 67 % 42 %
Procurement logistics 63 % 36 %
Disposal logistics 11 % 4 %
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ce: D
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201
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efer
ence
val
ue: 2
,600
com
pani
es (m
ultip
le m
entio
ns p
ossi
ble)
Serv
ice
area
s in
fre
ight
for
war
ding
Complex requirements
n Carriers use the transport type best suited
for the respective logistics task - truck, railway,
aircraft or ship. According to expert assessments,
they constitute 80 percent of road transports, 98
percent of air freight, 20 percent of the tonnage on
inland waterways, 25 percent of goods in railway
transport (including that of combined transport)
and more than 60 percent of outgoing break bulk
and numerous bulk goods in maritime transport.
The forwarding sector has developed a differentiat-
ed service scope with which to fulfil the meanwhile
very complex logistical requirements.
Differentiated services
n On average, shipping and warehousing com-
panies are active in seven service areas. Most fre-
quently mentioned are international shipping, truck
freighting, forwarders consolidations, distribution
and procurement logistics, road haulage with own
trucks, warehousing with distribution, air and sea
freight forwarding. The service spectrum increases
significantly as the company grows. The indicated
service areas cover the majority of forwarding ac-
tivities. Furthermore, logistics entails a particularly
large number of other sectoral and goods-related
specialisations.
Companies according to service areas and focus
Sour
ce: D
SLV,
201
0; R
efer
ence
val
ue: 2
,600
com
pani
es (m
ultip
le m
entio
ns p
ossi
ble)
Logistics, market volume and partial markets
Logistical sub-segments in forwarding
Special logistics systems Service scope Service focus
Retail logistics 42 % 21 %
Automotive logistics 33 % 16 %
Food commodities 26 % 14 %
Temperature controlled goods 24 % 13 %
Chemical logistics 24 % 12 %
Spare parts logistics 23 % 8 %
High-tech products 20 % 7 %
Textile logistics 15 % 9 %
Other 45 % 21 %
Source: DSLV, 2010; Reference value: 1,990 companies with logistical services (multiple mentions possible)
Logi
stic
s, m
arke
t vo
lum
e an
d pa
rtia
l mar
kets
market volume
n The logistics market volume for 2008 is esti-
mated to be 218 billion euros*, of which 49 percent
were generated by logistics services (freight carri-
ers, freight forwarders, sea- and airports etc.), with
the other half brought in themselves by industry
and trade. A total turnover of 200 billion euros
is expected for the crisis year 2009 and between
204 and 207 billion euros for the revival year 2010.
More than two thirds of them are found in the
classical “TUL” processes (transport, handling and
storage), which therefore remain an important
component of contract logistics.
partial markets
n Those wanting to act on logistical markets
must be well versed in trade and industry process
chains. Among the logistical partial markets of for-
warding companies some are particularly conspicu-
ous: trade, automotive, food commodities, spare
parts, high-tech products, chemicals, temperature
controlled goods and textiles. There are also further
logistical areas of application, frequently with a
goods or sector related specialisation such as logis-
tics for building supply stores, beverages, hazardous
goods, department stores, pharmaceuticals, trade
fairs, paper, plants and print media. Market devel-
opment follows customer requirements.
* Source: Fraunhofer Arbeitsgruppe für Supply Chain Services SCS
Logistical services
Logistical services
Service proportion
Logistics consulting 71 %
Call-off-order management 30 %
Inventory management 52 %
Quality controls 43 %
Warehousing 39 %
Order processing for customers 30 %
Customization 29 %
Assembling 18 %
Commissioning, Packaging 69 %
Service proportion
Labelling 55 %
Shelf services 14 %
Billing and Collection 11 %
Return management 28 %
Call Centre 6 %
Tracking & Tracing 50 %
E-Fulfilment 8 %
Other 16 %
Source: DSLV, 2010; Reference value: 1,990 companies with logistical services (multiple mentions possible)
Logi
stic
al s
ervi
ces
Value added Services
n Ancillary services and value-added services
characterise the logistics business, especially when
it is a matter of contract logistics. These days
the service spectrum ranges from call-off-order
management, inventory management, commission-
ing and packing to delivery all the way to return
management. These services are often designed to
be very customer-specific and require cooperation
characterised by trust. The significance of logistics
for the forwarding sector also becomes visible by
the fact that these days almost 80 percent of them
offer logistical services.
Extended scope of services
n The presented service spectrum of the forward-
ing sector shows the important components of
distribution and procurement logistics. Just as
contract logistics is said to hold good growth op-
portunities, the demand for value-added services
will also increase. This service spectrum should only
be understood as a transient condition, because
further services will join as a result of customer
requirements. Freight forwarders design logistical
partial markets in order to use bundling of goods
and homogenisation of requirements to enable
economical solutions, e.g. also in the form of
freight forwarder cooperation.
Apprenticeship training in freight forwarding
Apprenticeship training
18% Technical personnel for warehouse logistics
8% Drivers
7% Office management assistants
1% Furniture, kitchen and relocation service specialists
2% IT jobs
64% Agents for freight forwarding and logistics services
Source: DSLV, 2010
Appr
enti
cesh
ip t
rain
ings
in f
reig
ht f
orw
ardi
ng
Commitment to the future
n Around 70 percent of all companies in DSLV
take on trainees. Traditionally, these are agents for
freight forwarding and logistics services, which
make up a sector-wide proportion of 64 percent.
According to current DIHK figures, 13,700 trainee
positions for this profession were available on a
federal basis for the year 2010. Forwarding experts
also strengthened qualifications in warehousing.
18 percent of all trainees aim to be specialist per-
sonnel for warehouse logistics. The commitment in
contract logistics results in increasing qualification
requirements in operative warehousing.
Growing demand
n The companies are now also training more
drivers. In removal transport, they especially utilise
new training of specialists for furniture, kitchen
and relocation service. Apart from transport and
logistics jobs, the sector also provides training in
common office jobs or in information and telecom-
munication technology. The dynamics of economi-
cal development and international competition
enforce ever faster adjustment to the market’s
growing demands. The qualification and motivation
of employees are a decisive factor in standing up to
the competition.
Vehicle fleet
Vehicles types in freight forwarding
Vehicles
proportion of vehicle fleet
Ø Number per company
Trucks (normal construction type) 16 % 17
Trailers (normal construction type) 9 % 13
Semi-trailer tractors 19 % 21
Semi-trailers (normal construction type) 25 % 30
Vehicles for swap bodies 7 % 14
Trailers for swap bodies 10 % 17
Other vehicles (cooling, jumbo, silo vehicles, vehicle transporters, etc.)
14 %
–
Source: DSLV, 2010; Reference value: 118,500 vehicles
Vehi
cle
fleet
Internal or external service?
n Around 60 percent of all forwarding companies
use their own vehicles. But these companies also
purchase transport service on the markets. The
relation between internal and external service in
transport depends on company individual factors
such as customer requirements, pairing of trans-
port, special vehicles or equipment. Of the approx.
118,000 vehicles, 33,000 are trucks, 57,000 are
trailers (including semi-trailers) and 28,000 are
tractors. 41 percent of the companies with own
vehicles also have around 75,000 swap bodies.
Structure of the vehicle fleet
n Vehicles with higher weight and performance
classes predominate in the forwarding sector. The
compilation of the vehicle fleet depends on the
vehicles’ areas of application. Semi-trailer tractors
and swap bodies for instance are increasingly used
in long-distance shipping. Partial markets such as
chemical products, liquid foods, dangerous goods,
suspended clothing, cooling chain, car transport
and heavy cargo require special equipment. The
structure of the vehicle fleet is aligned to factors
influencing the transport economy such as trans-
port goods and volume, loading units, handling
modalities and assignment areas.
Storage and handling areasCovered storage area
Size
proportion of companies
proportion of total storage area
up to 1 000 m2 20 % 1 %
1 001 to 5 000 m2 27 % 5 %
5 001 to 10 000 m2 21 % 11 %
10 001 to 50 000 m2 27 % 37 %
above 50 000 m2 5 % 46 %
Reference value: 1,380 companies/20.4 million m2
Covered handling area
Size
proportion of companies
proportion of total storage area
up to 500 m2 17 % 1 %
501 to 2 000 m2 28 % 5 %
2 001 to 5 000 m2 25 % 11 %
above 5 000 m2 30 % 83 %
Reference value: 1,490 companies/11.3 million m2 Sour
ce: D
SLV,
201
0
Stor
age
and
hand
ling
area
s
Covered or outdoors?
n The increase in logistical services resulted in the
development of storage business into an important
segment within the scope of extensive logistics
concepts for forwarding companies. Meanwhile,
storage and handling equipment demands an area
of 85.7 million m² in total, of which 20.4 million m²
account for covered storage area, 27.7 million m²
for outdoor storage area, and 11.3 million m² for
covered handling areas as well as 26.3 million m²
for outdoor handling areas. Around 34 percent of
storage and handling areas are rented. Half of the
freight forwarders have covered storage areas.
Functional terminals
n A problem-free transport chain requires
efficient transshipment. These have important
consolidation and distribution functions in break
bulk transport, parcel and express services as well
as in transshipment/cross docking* for retail and
industry. The quality of area-wide and deadline
controlled transport does not only depend on the
functionality of the shipping terminal. Handling
terminals continue to be the centre of quality
assuring measures in forwarding. Around 57
percent of all freight forwarders administer
covered handling areas.
* Term for handling in shipping travel without interim storage
Information and communication systems
Development of EDI application
Number of companies in percent
Application of identification technologies
%
20
40
60
80
100
‘85 ‘90 ‘95 ‘00 ‘05 ‘10
12.5
25
50
63
77
82
Source: DSLV, 2010; Reference value: 2,600 shipping and warehousing companies
Source: DSLV, 2010; Reference value: 1,400 shipping companies with the service of break bulk (consolidation)
in use planned
application 2005 2010 2005 2010
Bar-coded transport label on packages
75 %
81 %
15 %
10 %
RFID (Transponder) on:
n handling unit 7 % 7 % 13 % 9 %
n loading equipment 2 % 3 % 10 % 6 %
n swap bodies 2 % 4 % 10 % 6 %
n vehicles 4 % 8 % 7 % 7 %
Info
rmat
ion
and
com
mun
icat
ion
syst
ems
Electronic data exchange
n Information and communication technologies
create the network in procurement and distribution
logistics and are the core piece of freight forward-
ers’ logistical concepts. For the transfer of mass
data (including delivery notes, shipping orders,
cargo manifests, status reports, shipping invoices),
electronic data exchange forms the backbone of
communication between the partners of transport
and logistics chains. Supplemented by internet
portals also used by freight forwarders for orders,
tracking & tracing* and freight exchanges.
* Shipment tracking
Identification technologies
n More than 80 percent of forwarding companies apply bar-coding in the break bulk
services. Freight forwarders have therefore established tracking & tracing* of handling
units in the supply chain from the consigner to the consignee. A new technology,
radio-frequency identification (RFID) has meanwhile made an entrance into logistics.
Even if RFID is so far hardly used in open break bulk systems (consolidation services),
this technology remains a large medium-term challenge for cooperation networks and
subsidiary networks.
Especially during the past few years, forwarding companies have intensely dealt with
the possibilities posed by fleet telematics in order to improve their efficiency and the
performance quality of vehicle application. 66 percent of companies with long and
short distance haulage have supported at least one of the modules “order manage-
ment”, “traffic management” and “vehicle management” with telematics.
Baden Wurttemberg
Verband Spedition und Logistik Baden-Württemberg e.V.
Stuttgart Office
Eduard-Pfeiffer-Straße 11 · D-70192 Stuttgart Phone +49 (0)711 2229466 Fax +49 (0)711 22294680 info@vsl-spediteure.de www.vsl.ba-wue.spediteure.de
Mannheim Office
Rheinparkstraße 2 · D-68163 Mannheim Phone +49 (0)621 83365-0 Fax +49 (0)621 8336520 info@vsl-spediteure.de www.vsl-spediteure.de
Bavaria
Landesverband Bayerischer Spediteure e.V.
Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Str. · D-80807 München Phone +49 (0)89 309070-70 Fax +49 (0)89 309070-777 info@lbs-spediteure.de www.lbs-spediteure.de
Berlin
Verband Verkehr und Logistik Berlin und Brandenburg e.V.
Juliusstraße 52 · D-12051 Berlin Phone +49 (0)30 6255733 Fax +49 (0)30 6269900 info@vsbberlin.de · www.vsbberlin.de
Brandenburg
Landesverband des Berliner und Branden-burger Verkehrsgewerbes (LBBV) e.V.
Fachvereinigung Spedition, Lagerei und Möbeltransport
Tauentzienstraße 16 · D-10789 Berlin Phone +49 (0)30 2196160 Fax +49 (0)30 21967299 service@lbbv.de · www.lbbv.de
Bremen
Verein Bremer Spediteure e.V.
World Trade Center (4.112) Birkenstraße 15 · D-28195 Bremen Phone +49 (0)421 321169 Fax +49 (0)421 327838 service@vbsp.de · www.vbsp.de
Hamburg
Verein Hamburger Spediteure e.V.
Willy-Brandt-Straße 69 · D-20457 Hamburg Phone +49 (0)40 374764-0 Fax +49 (0)40 374764-74 info@vhsp.de · www.vhsp.de
Hesse/Rhineland palatinate
Speditions- und Logistikverband Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz e.V.
Königsberger Straße 29 · D-60487 Frankfurt Phone +49 (0)69 9708110 Fax +49 (0)69 776356 info@speditionsportal.net www.slv-spediteure.de
Lower Saxony
Fachvereinigung Spedition und Logistik im Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen e.V. (GVN)
Lister Kirchweg 95 · D-30177 Hannover Phone +49 (0)511 9626260 Fax +49 (0)511 9626269 spedition@gvn.de · www.gvn.de
mecklenburg- Western pomerania
Verband Spedition und Logistik Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V.
Bürogebäude an der Feuerwache An der Feuerwache 2 · D-18147 Rostock Phone +49 (0)381 3504640 Fax +49 (0)381 3504641 vrsp.mv@t-online.de
Membership Associations
Mem
bers
hip
Asso
ciat
ions
North Rhine Westphalia
Verband Spedition und Logistik Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V.
Engelbertstraße 11 · D-40233 Düsseldorf Phone +49 (0)211 7385830 Fax +49 (0)211 7385828 info@vsl-nrw.de · www.vsl-nrw.de
Verband Verkehrswirtschaft und Logistik Nordrhein-Westfalen (VVWL) e.V.
Landesverband Spedition + Logistik
Münster Office
Haferlandweg 8 · D-48155 Münster Phone +49 (0)251 6061-401 Fax +49 (0)251 6061-409 info@vvwl.spediteure.de www.vvwl.spediteure.de
Düsseldorf Office
Erkrather Straße 141 · 40233 Düsseldorf Phone +49 (0)211 7347-890 Fax +49 (0)211 7347-895 info@vvwl.spediteure.de www.vvwl.spediteure.de
Saarland
Landesverband Verkehrsgewerbe Saarland e.V.
Fachvereinigung Spedition und Logistik
Metzer Straße 123 · D-66117 Saarbrücken Phone +49 (0)681 9250-0 Fax +49 (0)681 9250-190 info@lvs-saar.de · www.lvs-saar.de
Saxony
Fachvereinigung Spedition und Logistik im Landesverband des Sächsischen Verkehrsgewerbes (LSV) e.V.
Palaisplatz 4 · D-01097 Dresden Phone +49 (0)351 8143270 Fax +49 (0)351 8143277 info@lsv-ev.de · www.lsv-ev.de
Saxony anhalt
Landesverband des Verkehrsgewerbes Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
Fachvereinigung Spedition, Möbelspedition und Lagerei
Morgenstraße 6 · D-39124 Magdeburg Phone +49 (0)391 6219886 Fax +49 (0)391 6219888 info@lvsa-sachsen-anhalt.de www.lvsa-sachsen-anhalt.de
Schleswig-Holstein
Fachvereinigung Spedition und Logistik Schleswig-Holstein e.V.
Ilsahl 1 · D-24536 Neumünster Phone +49 (0)4321 300936 Fax +49 (0)4321 300915 info@svg-sh.de · www.svg-sh.de
Verein Lübecker Spediteure e.V.
Breite Straße 6-8 · D-23552 Lübeck Phone +49 (0)451 470090 Fax +49 (0)451 4700919 luebeck@spediteure.de
thuringia
Landesverband Thüringen des Verkehrsgewerbes (LTV) e.V.
Fachvereinigung Spedition, Logistik und Möbelverkehr
Bei den Froschäckern 2a · D-99098 Erfurt Phone +49 (0)361 65309-0 Fax +49 (0)361 65309-15 info@ltv-thueringen.de www.ltv-thueringen.de
Offices
main management
Heiner Rogge HRogge@dslv.spediteure.de Dr. Gregor Schild GSchild@dslv.spediteure.de
DSLV Representative Berlin
Daniela Henze DHenze@dslv.spediteure.de
organisation, personnel, finances
Yorick M. Lowin YLowin@dslv.spediteure.de
press and public relations
Ingo Hodea IHodea@dslv.spediteure.de
trade fairs, DSLV Insurance office
Saskia Müller SMueller@dslv.spediteure.de
Business administration, statistics, tax issues, warehousing and distribution logistics
Reinhard Lankes RLankes@dslv.spediteure.de
Logistics, information and communication systems, research, market observation
Klaus Zänker KZaenker@dslv.spediteure.de
training and advanced training/ railway and combined transport
Elke Schneider ESchneider@dslv.spediteure.de
Labour and social policy
RA Andreas Stommel AStommel@dslv.spediteure.de
General legal and insurance matters
RA Hubert Valder HValder@dslv.spediteure.de
Dangerous goods, safety/security and environment
Frank Huster FHuster@dslv.spediteure.de
National road haulage
Markus Olligschläger MOlligschlaeger@dslv.spediteure.de Yorick M. Lowin YLowin@dslv.spediteure.de
International road haulage
Helmut Große HGrosse@dslv.spediteure.de
Customs and Vat/ foreign trade legislation, international trade policy
RAin Jutta Knell JKnell@dslv.spediteure.de
air freight forwarding
Reinhard Lankes RLankes@dslv.spediteure.de
Inland waterways forwarding
RA Andreas Stommel AStommel@dslv.spediteure.de
Sea port and maritime forwarding
RA Kurt-Jürgen Schimmelpfeng schimmelpfeng@dslv.spediteure.de
Offi
ces
publishers:
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Postal adress: P.O. Box 1360 D-53003 Bonn
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