Sea Air Logistics Market Size & Share 2026-2035

Sea Air Logistics Market Size

The global sea air logistics market was valued at USD 9.2 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 16.3 billion by 2035, expanding at a CAGR of approximately 5.7% during 2026–2035.

Freight volume is expected to increase from approximately 1.770 million metric tons in 2025 to 2.500 million metric tons in 2035, representing a 3.40% CAGR. Revenue is therefore expected to outpace tonnage, with average yield rising from USD 5,200 per ton to USD 6,658 per ton over the forecast period.

Sea air logistics comprises integrated ocean-air and air-ocean freight movements managed as a single end-to-end service. It includes modal transfer at hubs such as Dubai, Singapore, Colombo, and Incheon; forwarding management; transit customs and documentation; bonded handling; deconsolidation; re-palletizing; labeling; and unit load device preparation. Standalone ocean or air freight, rail-based multimodal services, independently billed trucking, long-term storage, courier and parcel services, and transport-equipment leasing are excluded.

Historical market expansion from USD 7.66 billion in 2022 to USD 8.12 billion in 2023 and USD 8.71 billion in 2024 reflected the use of sea air services during periods when standard ocean schedules became commercially unreliable. The forecast trajectory is increasingly supported by structural factors: maritime-route disruptions, manufacturing diversification, cross-border e-commerce, and inventory policies that require alternatives between low-cost ocean freight and premium air freight.

Capacity at the air leg remains the principal determinant of pricing power. Global air cargo demand expanded 11.3% in 2024 while capacity rose 7.4%, maintaining pressure on available lift ^{[1]IATA, Global Air Cargo Demand Achieves Record Growth in 2024, January 2025, iata.org}. The economics favor operators that can secure carrier allocations and control rapid port-to-airport transfers. Dubai's sea-air model, linking Jebel Ali with Al Maktoum International Airport, illustrates how transfer infrastructure can convert routing flexibility into a premium service proposition.

This coverage addresses the global sea air logistics market across the 2022–2025 historical period and the 2026–2035 forecast period. It examines transportation mode, service type, and industry vertical, including transportation modes of sea-air, air-sea, and others; services of freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, customs brokerage, and value-added services; and verticals of e-commerce, automotive, machinery and equipment, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and others.

Regional coverage includes North America, comprising the U.S. and Canada; Europe, comprising Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Norway, the Netherlands, and Sweden; Asia Pacific, comprising China, India, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam; Latin America, comprising Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina; and the Middle East and Africa, comprising South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Turkey. The competitive assessment covers global, regional, and emerging participants across 20 profiled companies.

Key Drivers

Geopolitical Maritime Disruptions and Rerouting

Diversion away from the Suez Canal and Red Sea has altered the economics of Asia-Europe freight. Vessel traffic through the Suez Canal had fallen by approximately 75% from pre-crisis levels by late 2024, while traffic around the Cape of Good Hope increased by more than 50% ^{[2]World Bank, The Red Sea crisis: A critical flashpoint upending global trade and maritime transport, documents1.worldbank.org}. UNCTAD identified the Red Sea, Black Sea, and Panama Canal disruptions as an unusually simultaneous set of constraints on global shipping routes. Cape diversions can add around 3,500 nautical miles and at least 14 days to Asia-Europe voyages, increasing the value of sea air services for freight that cannot tolerate extended ocean-only transit.

Dubai has benefited directly from this reconfiguration. Jebel Ali handled 15.5 million TEUs in 2024, its strongest annual throughput since 2015. Dubai International Airport processed 2.2 million tonnes of cargo during 2024, a 20.5% year-on-year increase that moved it from 17th to 11th in global cargo-airport rankings. The Dubai Logistics Corridor can transfer cargo between Jebel Ali and Al Maktoum International Airport in under one hour, allowing forwarders to design rapid modal conversion services rather than merely offering a sequence of disconnected transport legs.

South Korea provides another example of disruption-driven hub usage. Incheon Airport handled 98,560 tonnes of sea-air cargo in 2023, up 43.1% year-on-year, supported by Chinese cargo arriving at nearby west-coast ports for onward air distribution. These networks are becoming more relevant to procurement teams that value committed transit windows over the lowest spot freight rate.

"China Plus One" Manufacturing Shift

Manufacturing diversification is expanding the number of origins that require feeder connections into major air cargo hubs. A Bain & Company survey cited by Fortune found that the share of companies moving operations out of China rose to 69% in 2024 from 55% in 2022. Vietnam's share of U.S. container imports increased from 4% in 2017 to 8% in 2022, while India's share rose from 3% to 5%.

New production centers often have less dense direct widebody connectivity than China's principal export gateways. Sea air routing therefore offers a practical way to consolidate cargo from Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and Thailand through Singapore, Dubai, or Incheon before placing urgent shipments on an air leg. The model is particularly useful for supply chains that have fragmented sourcing across several countries but still need centralized inventory control and predictable replenishment.

Cross-Border E-Commerce Growth

E-commerce is increasing the commercial relevance of shipment speed without always supporting full-air-freight economics. IATA reported that global air cargo demand grew 3.4% in 2025, while e-commerce airfreight reached approximately 5.4 million tonnes, or roughly 18% of international air cargo. E-commerce's share of key lane volumes has made demand more sensitive to platform sales cycles, customs-policy changes, and peak-season capacity allocation.

Sea air supports platform operators that move inventory in bulk by ocean to a regional hub, then use air transport to accelerate distribution into priority markets. Changi Airport handled a record 2.08 million tonnes of airfreight in 2025, up 4.5% from 2024, with electronics, pharmaceuticals, and cross-border e-commerce among the cargo categories contributing to growth. This operating model is most applicable where merchants can accept a 10–14-day transit range but cannot absorb the cost of flying the full distance.

Inventory Strategy Shifts

Post-pandemic supply-chain policies have made modal optionality more valuable. A cross-industry study found that 60% of surveyed firms increased inventory buffers by 15–40% during the disruption period. Higher safety stock reduces exposure to isolated delays, but it also creates working-capital pressure when replenishment is required. Sea air offers an intermediate response for high-value inputs when ocean transit is too slow and dedicated air freight is not economically proportionate.

This is particularly relevant to automotive components, electronics, and pharmaceuticals, where a shortage of a relatively small component can disrupt a high-value production or distribution process. Tariff-related frontloading can further compress air capacity in particular weeks, making scheduled sea air allocations attractive for shippers seeking cost moderation alongside transport certainty.

Key Restraints

Volatile Air Freight Rates and Capacity Constraints

The air leg exposes sea air users to capacity and pricing volatility that cannot be fully offset by low-cost ocean feeder transport. IATA reported that international freighter load factors declined by 2 percentage points to 63.7% in 2025, while belly-cargo load factors rose by 1 percentage point as passenger capacity recovered ^{[3]IATA, Air Cargo Market Analysis December 2025, iata.org}. These divergent trends create lane-specific pricing conditions rather than a uniform rate environment.

The supply constraint remains material despite periodic rate softening. Approximately 31% of the global freighter fleet is aged 30 years or older, while high passenger-aircraft residual values constrain the availability of Boeing 777 feedstock for passenger-to-freighter conversion. Tariff changes can also cause abrupt network adjustments: Asia-North America freighter capacity fell 40% during the first week of May 2025 before rebounding 27% after a temporary tariff agreement. Such movements complicate the service guarantees that make sea air attractive in the first place.

Infrastructure Bottlenecks at Transit Hubs

Sea air economics are concentrated in a limited number of modal-switch facilities. Congestion, handling delays, slot restrictions, weather disruptions, or inconsistent customs treatment at Dubai, Singapore, or Incheon can affect multiple origin-destination lanes simultaneously. The concentration creates network efficiency under normal conditions but also raises the consequence of operational failure at a hub.

Infrastructure investment does not immediately eliminate this risk. Changi is expanding cargo handling capacity from 3 million tonnes to 5.8 million tonnes, supported by investment in technology, people, and infrastructure, but much of the capacity benefit depends on a long-duration development cycle. Incheon's port-airport initiative has increased combined transport activity, but its absolute sea-air volume remains comparatively modest relative to the scale of regional trade flows ^{[7]Seoul Economic Daily, Incheon Port, Airport Team Up to Draw Sea-Air Cargo, Up 14%, August 2026, en.sedaily.com}. Congestion premiums or extended dwell times can erode the cost and speed advantage that supports sea air adoption.

Network ownership and specialized service capability are becoming more consequential than digital booking access alone. DSV's acquisition of Schenker created a combined organization moving approximately 4.3 million TEUs of sea freight and 2.4 million tonnes of airfreight annually. Kuehne+Nagel's HealthChain network includes more than 100 IATA CEIV Pharma-certified stations. These investments indicate that allocation control, certified handling, and hub-side capacity are increasingly central to margin protection when customers are paying for certainty rather than simple rate comparison.

Sea Air Logistics Market Segment Analysis

By Transportation Mode

Sea-Air

Sea-air, in which freight moves by ocean before transferring to air transport, is the largest and fastest-growing transportation mode. The segment is valued at USD 5.95 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 11.12 billion by 2035, reflecting a CAGR of approximately 6.32%. Volume is forecast to increase from approximately 1,143,279 tons to 1,709,242 tons.

The configuration is well aligned with Asia-origin trade because the longest share of the route can be completed by ocean, while the air leg is reserved for the time-sensitive portion of the movement. This structure is particularly relevant when goods can be consolidated through Dubai, Singapore, Colombo, or Incheon before final distribution to European, African, or American destinations.

Air-Sea

The air-sea segment generated USD 2.37 billion in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 3.78 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 4.66%. Volume is forecast to increase from approximately 455,119 tons to 581,358 tons.

Air-sea is more applicable when urgent cargo must be injected rapidly into a regional hub before lower-cost ocean distribution to multiple ports. Machinery, automotive components, product-launch materials, and maintenance supplies can fit this profile where direct all-air distribution would be unnecessarily expensive and the destination network is dispersed.

Others

Other multimodal configurations accounted for USD 0.89 billion in 2025 and are expected to reach USD 1.36 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 4.15%. Volume is projected to rise from approximately 171,602 tons to 209,400 tons.

These routes include multi-hub sequences, river-sea-air movements, and emerging coastal feeder-to-air configurations. Their adoption is more dependent on local infrastructure readiness, limiting their ability to scale at the same rate as established sea-air corridors.

By Service

Freight Forwarding

Freight forwarding is the largest service category, valued at USD 4.67 billion in 2025 and projected to reach USD 7.93 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 5.30%. The segment coordinates carrier capacity, transshipment timing, customs documentation, and commercial accountability across both transport modes.

Automation is changing the cost base of this function. Flexport's Customs Technology Suite introduced real-time analysis designed to review nearly all customs entries as they are processed, compared with an industry practice of examining a smaller share after submission ^{[4]BusinessWire, Flexport launches Customs Technology Suite, October 2025, businesswire.com}. Maersk's Trade & Tariff Studio manages more than 6,000 product codes and over 20,000 sub-codes across its customs-expert network. These tools can reduce documentation friction, although they do not substitute for the physical execution and exception management required at a modal-transfer hub.

Warehousing and Distribution

Warehousing and distribution generated USD 2.35 billion in 2025 and is forecast to reach USD 4.45 billion by 2035, expanding at approximately 6.46%. The segment's faster growth reflects the increasing use of bonded storage, cross-docking, inventory staging, and re-palletization at sea-air hubs.

Hub-side warehousing allows shippers to hold duty-suspended inventory near a port-airport transfer point, then release cargo by air when demand requires faster delivery. Changi's planned cargo expansion and its bonded-airfreight infrastructure support this operating model. The service becomes more valuable as shippers seek to limit finished-goods inventory in destination markets without reverting to full-air replenishment.

Customs Brokerage

Customs brokerage is projected to grow from USD 1.35 billion in 2025 to USD 2.20 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 4.88%. Sea air movements commonly involve origin export formalities, transit-bond administration at the hub, and final-destination import clearance. That three-jurisdiction sequence increases the value of operators able to manage classification, documentation, and bonded status without disrupting the transfer window.

Magaya launched an AI-powered customs filing solution in February 2025 to automate invoice-data extraction and tariff classification workflows. Automation can accelerate repeatable filing processes, but specialized transit-bond management and high-risk cargo compliance remain important sources of differentiation.

Value-Added Services

Value-added services are expected to be the fastest-growing service category, increasing from USD 0.84 billion in 2025 to USD 1.69 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 7.09%. Services include labeling, repackaging, deconsolidation, ULD build-up, temperature-controlled staging, and compliance marking.

Pharmaceutical handling is the most technically demanding component of this segment. IATA's CEIV Pharma program establishes a recognized framework for pharmaceutical air-cargo handling quality ^{[5]IATA, CEIV Pharma certification program, iata.org}. Kuehne+Nagel's HealthChain and Cool Corridors networks incorporate CEIV-certified stations, GxP processes, and controlled-temperature transport management. These requirements increase entry barriers because the service depends on infrastructure, trained personnel, quality systems, and documented operating discipline rather than standard freight capacity alone.

By Industry Vertical

E-Commerce

E-commerce is the largest vertical, valued at USD 3.03 billion in 2025 and projected to reach USD 5.93 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 6.78%. The category benefits from ocean-based inventory positioning combined with air transport for time-critical onward distribution.

The European Union has agreed to introduce a fixed EUR 3 customs duty on low-value parcels below EUR 150 from July 2026. This measure may alter low-value shipment economics, but it also encourages consolidation and more deliberate routing strategies, which can support sea air services for operators that manage customs, inventory aggregation, and fulfillment across multiple markets.

Automotive

Automotive is valued at USD 1.78 billion in 2025 and is forecast to reach USD 2.78 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 4.45%. Use cases center on critical spare parts, line-replenishment components, and end-of-life replacements where an ocean-only delay could impose a cost disproportionate to the freight premium.

The dispersal of component manufacturing across India, Vietnam, Thailand, and other Asian locations is increasing route complexity. Sea air provides a controlled response for parts that are too time-sensitive for ocean freight but do not consistently warrant direct air movement.

Machinery and Equipment

Machinery and equipment is expected to grow from USD 1.29 billion in 2025 to USD 1.80 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 3.29%. Its volume CAGR of approximately 1.02% is the lowest among the verticals because heavy machinery often does not fit air-freight weight economics.

Demand is concentrated in high-value sub-components, precision equipment, and replacement parts where downtime costs justify faster delivery. Nippon Express identifies high-value equipment movements as part of its integrated air and sea logistics activities.

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals is the fastest-growing vertical, increasing from USD 1.44 billion in 2025 to USD 2.92 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 7.18%. The category requires GDP-aligned handling, temperature integrity, secure transit-bond processes, and detailed product documentation.

Sea air is relevant to pharmaceutical movements from Indian manufacturing clusters to developed markets when ocean transport can carry the bulk of the distance and rapid final delivery protects inventory availability. Cell and gene therapies will further increase the importance of controlled handling because their shelf-life and temperature requirements differ materially from conventional pharmaceutical cargo.

Consumer Goods

Consumer goods are expected to expand from USD 0.91 billion in 2025 to USD 1.56 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 5.40%. High-fashion goods, premium electronics, seasonal merchandise, and selected accessories are the principal applications.

The service is most valuable when late seasonal arrival would reduce sell-through or force discounting. During maritime disruptions, Dubai-based sea-air routing can materially reduce the extended transit exposure associated with Cape-diverted ocean services.

Others

The other-vertical segment, including selected chemical intermediates, food products, and industrial goods, is forecast to increase from USD 0.76 billion in 2025 to USD 1.28 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 5.15%. Adoption is selective, usually where shelf-life, production urgency, or product value makes ocean-only transport unsuitable.

This pattern explains why value-added services are projected to grow faster than freight forwarding. Route brokerage can be digitized more readily than temperature-controlled staging, bonded warehousing, compliant ULD build-up, or multi-jurisdictional exception management. Operators that combine physical hub capacity with compliance expertise can capture a greater share of shipment value while reducing exposure to price competition in undifferentiated forwarding.

Sea Air Logistics Market Regional Analysis

Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific is the largest regional market, valued at USD 3.64 billion in 2025 and forecast to reach USD 7.02 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 6.65%. Volume is expected to increase from approximately 699,962 tons to 1,079,176 tons.

China remains the largest origin market, but Southeast Asia and India are contributing a growing share of production-linked freight. Singapore's port-airport connectivity gives the region an unusually strong foundation for sea-air consolidation. Changi's record cargo performance in 2025 and the planned expansion of its handling capacity reinforce its role as a principal transfer location for Southeast Asian electronics, pharmaceutical, and e-commerce cargo,.

South Korea provides a distinct Northeast Asian hub proposition. Incheon's sea-air volumes have been supported by Chinese cargo transiting through Korea's west-coast ports, while the Incheon Port Authority and Incheon International Airport Corporation have formalized cooperation to expand combined sea-air transport. India, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, and Australia add demand through electronics, pharmaceutical, precision-equipment, consumer-goods, and manufacturing supply chains.

North America

North America generated USD 1.87 billion in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 2.96 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 4.56%. Regional volume is projected to increase from approximately 359,568 tons to 454,685 tons.

The U.S. is the principal demand center, supported by Asia-origin e-commerce, automotive components, and tariff-sensitive import flows. Sea air provides an alternative when importers require flexibility across Pacific, Middle Eastern, and European hubs. Canada contributes through Vancouver-linked transpacific trade and automotive-parts movements.

Customs compliance is a meaningful differentiator in this region. Forwarders managing U.S. bonded movements must coordinate importer-of-record responsibilities, cargo-security requirements, and air-cargo security rules. This complexity supports demand for technology-enabled customs services but also favors providers with established brokerage capability.

Europe

Europe accounted for USD 2.42 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 3.98 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 4.98%. Volume is forecast to rise from approximately 464,468 tons to 611,526 tons.

Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and France are the region's principal demand centers due to their manufacturing bases and distribution networks. Germany's pharmaceutical and automotive industries require replenishment of high-value inputs, while Rotterdam and Schiphol provide complementary maritime and air cargo infrastructure for Northern Europe.

European demand is shaped by customs complexity, carbon-reporting requirements, and exposure to Asia-Europe maritime disruptions. Dachser reported EUR 1.4 billion in Air & Sea Logistics revenue for 2025 after growth during 2024 was supported by Red Sea disruption and China-Europe e-commerce demand ^{[6]Dachser, DACHSER grows despite economic headwinds, 2025 results, dachser.com}. The UK's post-Brexit environment adds another layer of documentation and clearance activity for freight moving through European supply chains.

Latin America

Latin America generated USD 0.32 billion in 2025 and is anticipated to reach USD 0.56 billion by 2035, representing a CAGR of approximately 5.62%. Volume is projected to increase from approximately 61,764 tons to 86,369 tons.

Mexico and Brazil account for most regional demand. Mexico's nearshoring role creates requirements for time-sensitive automotive and electronics movements, while Brazil's constrained port and direct-air connectivity can make hybrid routing relevant for pharmaceutical and industrial cargo. The region's growth potential is substantial, but scaling remains dependent on customs consistency, port efficiency, and reliable connections between maritime gateways and airports.

Argentina maintains a smaller position, with participation concentrated in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and selective industrial exports. Currency restrictions and uneven logistics investment continue to constrain its role relative to Mexico and Brazil.

Middle East and Africa

The Middle East and Africa market is projected to grow from USD 0.96 billion in 2025 to USD 1.75 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of approximately 6.01%. Volume is forecast to increase from approximately 184,237 tons to 268,243 tons.

Dubai is the defining regional asset. Jebel Ali's maritime scale, the Dubai Logistics Corridor, bonded processing capability, and its proximity to major air cargo capacity make the UAE a primary modal-switch point between Asia, Europe, and Africa,. The model is especially valuable for cargo that requires a rapid and predictable transfer after arriving by ocean from Asian manufacturing locations.

Saudi Arabia's logistics-zone investments, Turkey's location between Europe and Asia, and South Africa's Durban-Johannesburg corridor create potential secondary nodes. However, customs fragmentation and weaker infrastructure in parts of Africa limit the immediate scalability of sea air services outside established Gulf hubs.

Asia Pacific's 6.65% CAGR combines mature hub performance with the rise of new manufacturing origins across South and Southeast Asia. The Middle East and Africa's 6.01% CAGR reflects Dubai's established role but also the potential to extend Gulf-centered networks into African distribution corridors. The pace of that expansion will depend on whether secondary hubs can improve bonded processes, airport capacity, and inland connectivity sufficiently to make modal switching repeatable rather than exceptional.

Sea Air Logistics Market Share & Competitive Landscape

The market includes global freight-forwarding groups with broad carrier access and hub infrastructure, regional operators with corridor-specific capability, and digital-forwarding platforms seeking to reduce transaction friction. The leading participants collectively held an estimated 54.9% share in 2025, leaving 45.1% distributed among regional and local providers.

DSV, including Schenker, is estimated to hold approximately 16.9% of market revenue, or approximately USD 1,552 million in 2025. DSV completed its EUR 14.3 billion acquisition of DB Schenker on April 30, 2025, creating a combined organization with approximately 160,000 employees in more than 90 countries ^{[8]DSV, DSV completes acquisition of Schenker, April 2025, dsv.com}. Its scale in both ocean and air freight, together with cold-chain offerings such as Air ThermoDirect, supports its position in complex sea-air flows.

Kuehne+Nagel is estimated to hold approximately 12.0% share, or approximately USD 1,108 million. The company reported 4.3 million TEU in sea freight and 2.0 million tonnes in air freight during 2025. Its HealthChain network, CEIV Pharma-certified stations, and Sea/Air Logistics margin ambition indicate a strategy centered on extracting more value from specialized logistics rather than competing only on transport volume.

DHL Global Forwarding, estimated at approximately 10.8% share, benefits from broad customs, freight, express, and supply-chain capabilities. Expeditors International, estimated at approximately 6.7%, competes through non-asset-based network management, carrier relationships, shipment visibility, and strength in Asia-Pacific-North America trade. Sinotrans, estimated at approximately 3.9%, retains a substantial advantage in Chinese origin-market access and has ranked among the world's leading ocean and air forwarders.

CEVA Logistics, estimated at approximately 4.0% share, can combine CMA CGM Group ocean capacity with air-freight service design. The company offers sea-air solutions across Asia-UAE and Asia-Europe-U.S. corridors and introduced a Wuxi-Chicago air charter service in March 2025,. Nippon Express, estimated at approximately 3.2%, combines Japanese origin-market expertise with Southeast Asian expansion and integrated land-sea-air capabilities. UPS Supply Chain Solutions, estimated at approximately 3.3%, leverages the wider UPS network for time-defined e-commerce and healthcare freight movements.

Regional competitors include Aramex, Dachser, Dimerco Express Group, GWC, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Kerry Logistics Network, and Toll Group. Aramex reported FY2025 group revenue of AED 6.36 billion and freight-forwarding revenue of USD 488 million. Hellmann reported EUR 3.7 billion in 2025 group revenue and continues to expand its IMEA presence. KLN benefits from its Asia-U.S. NVOCC position and air-freight handling activities associated with Ezhou Airport.

Digital and emerging competitors include Beacon, Flexport, Forto, OVRSEA, and Zencargo. Their competitive relevance lies in pricing visibility, documentation automation, purchase-order control, emissions reporting, and analytics. Flexport combines technology with warehouse and freight-execution capability, while OVRSEA's January 2026 merger with Fatton created a larger combined forwarding and digital-platform organization,. Their strategic challenge is translating digital efficiency into reliable physical capacity and compliant handling at constrained modal-transfer hubs.

Recent Industry Developments

• April 30, 2025 - DSV completed its acquisition of DB Schenker: DSV completed the EUR 14.3 billion transaction, creating a combined organization with approximately 160,000 employees in more than 90 countries.
• March 25, 2025 - Kuehne+Nagel announced its Sea/Air Logistics conversion-rate ambition: The company identified an approximately 35% conversion-rate ambition for its Sea/Air Logistics division through 2030 and targeted approximately CHF 100 million in annual cost-program savings by the end of 2026.
• March 28, 2025 - CEVA Logistics launched a Wuxi-Chicago air charter: The service operates three times weekly and provides more than 100 metric tons of capacity per flight.
• January 2025 - Nippon Express launched a Singapore-focused air-freight initiative: The company established a dedicated regional air-freight corridor and expanded carrier collaboration to strengthen Southeast Asian connectivity.
• October 2025 - Flexport launched its Customs Technology Suite: The release included customs analysis, classification support, and compliance tools designed to process customs information in real time.
• January 2026 - OVRSEA merged with Fatton Lyseo Group: The transaction created a combined French forwarding and technology business with approximately 350 employees and revenue exceeding EUR 400 million.
• August 2026 - Incheon Port and Incheon Airport formalized a sea-air collaboration initiative: Combined sea-air cargo volumes increased 14.2% during January-July 2026 compared with the corresponding 2025 period.