Prof. Radu Pencea writes about development routes chosen by forwarders facing globalization. The story identifies 10 trends:
- covered area expansion;
- broadening the range of services;
- a quest for stable flow of goods;
- forwarders hunt for capital and capital hunts for forwarders;
- covering risks is evermore intricate;
- tariffs are stabilizing;
- couriers gain control on low tonnage transports;
- producers enter forwarding business;
- small forwarders have their bets on specializing;
- the market is consolidating.
