Sea Freight Forwarding Market by Type (Full Container Load (FCL), Less-than Container Load (LCL), and Others), Services (Packaging and Labeling, Documentation and PO Management, Charter Services, Transportation and Warehousing, and Others), Vertical (Retail and FMCG, Manufacturing, Consumer Appliances, Healthcare, Textile, and Others), and Region 2025-2033

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1    Preface
2    Scope and Methodology
    2.1    Objectives of the Study
    2.2    Stakeholders
    2.3    Data Sources
        2.3.1    Primary Sources
        2.3.2    Secondary Sources
    2.4    Market Estimation
        2.4.1    Bottom-Up Approach
        2.4.2    Top-Down Approach
    2.5    Forecasting Methodology
3    Executive Summary
4    Introduction
    4.1    Overview
    4.2    Key Industry Trends
5    Global Sea Freight Forwarding Market
    5.1    Market Overview
    5.2    Market Performance
    5.3    Impact of COVID-19
    5.4    Market Forecast
6    Market Breakup by Type
    6.1    Full Container Load (FCL)
        6.1.1 Market Trends
        6.1.2 Market Forecast
    6.2    Less-than Container Load (LCL)
        6.2.1 Market Trends
        6.2.2 Market Forecast
    6.3    Others
        6.3.1 Market Trends
        6.3.2 Market Forecast
7    Market Breakup by Services
    7.1    Packaging and Labelling
        7.1.1 Market Trends
        7.1.2 Market Forecast
    7.2    Documentation and PO Management
        7.2.1 Market Trends
        7.2.2 Market Forecast
    7.3    Charter Services
        7.3.1 Market Trends
        7.3.2 Market Forecast
    7.4    Transportation and Warehousing
        7.4.1 Market Trends
        7.4.2 Market Forecast
    7.5    Others
        7.5.1 Market Trends
        7.5.2 Market Forecast
8    Market Breakup by Vertical
    8.1    Retail and FMCG
        8.1.1 Market Trends
        8.1.2 Market Forecast
    8.2    Manufacturing
        8.2.1 Market Trends
        8.2.2 Market Forecast
    8.3    Consumer Appliances
        8.3.1 Market Trends
        8.3.2 Market Forecast
    8.4    Healthcare
        8.4.1 Market Trends
        8.4.2 Market Forecast
    8.5    Textile
        8.5.1 Market Trends
        8.5.2 Market Forecast
    8.6    Others
        8.6.1 Market Trends
        8.6.2 Market Forecast
9    Market Breakup by Region
    9.1    North America
        9.1.1 United States
           9.1.1.1 Market Trends
           9.1.1.2 Market Forecast
        9.1.2 Canada
           9.1.2.1 Market Trends
           9.1.2.2 Market Forecast
    9.2    Asia-Pacific
        9.2.1 China
           9.2.1.1 Market Trends
           9.2.1.2 Market Forecast
        9.2.2 Japan
           9.2.2.1 Market Trends
           9.2.2.2 Market Forecast
        9.2.3 India
           9.2.3.1 Market Trends
           9.2.3.2 Market Forecast
        9.2.4 South Korea
           9.2.4.1 Market Trends
           9.2.4.2 Market Forecast
        9.2.5 Australia
           9.2.5.1 Market Trends
           9.2.5.2 Market Forecast
        9.2.6 Indonesia
           9.2.6.1 Market Trends
           9.2.6.2 Market Forecast
        9.2.7 Others
           9.2.7.1 Market Trends
           9.2.7.2 Market Forecast
    9.3    Europe
        9.3.1 Germany
           9.3.1.1 Market Trends
           9.3.1.2 Market Forecast
        9.3.2 France
           9.3.2.1 Market Trends
           9.3.2.2 Market Forecast
        9.3.3 United Kingdom
           9.3.3.1 Market Trends
           9.3.3.2 Market Forecast
        9.3.4 Italy
           9.3.4.1 Market Trends
           9.3.4.2 Market Forecast
        9.3.5 Spain
           9.3.5.1 Market Trends
           9.3.5.2 Market Forecast
        9.3.6 Russia
           9.3.6.1 Market Trends
           9.3.6.2 Market Forecast
        9.3.7 Others
           9.3.7.1 Market Trends
           9.3.7.2 Market Forecast
    9.4    Latin America
        9.4.1 Brazil
           9.4.1.1 Market Trends
           9.4.1.2 Market Forecast
        9.4.2 Mexico
           9.4.2.1 Market Trends
           9.4.2.2 Market Forecast
        9.4.3 Others
           9.4.3.1 Market Trends
           9.4.3.2 Market Forecast
    9.5    Middle East and Africa
        9.5.1 Market Trends
        9.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
        9.5.3 Market Forecast
10    Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities
    10.1    Overview
    10.2    Drivers
    10.3    Restraints
    10.4    Opportunities
11    Value Chain Analysis
12    Porters Five Forces Analysis
    12.1    Overview
    12.2    Bargaining Power of Buyers
    12.3    Bargaining Power of Suppliers
    12.4    Degree of Competition
    12.5    Threat of New Entrants
    12.6    Threat of Substitutes
13    Price Analysis
14    Competitive Landscape
    14.1    Market Structure
    14.2    Key Players
    14.3    Profiles of Key Players
        14.3.1    Agility Logistics
           14.3.1.1 Company Overview
           14.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
           14.3.1.3 Financials
        14.3.2    Bolloré Logistcs
           14.3.2.1 Company Overview
           14.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
           14.3.2.3 Financials
        14.3.3    C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.
           14.3.3.1 Company Overview
           14.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
           14.3.3.3 Financials
           14.3.3.4 SWOT Analysis
        14.3.4    CEVA Logistics
           14.3.4.1 Company Overview
           14.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
           14.3.4.3 SWOT Analysis
        14.3.5    Deutsche Bahn AG
           14.3.5.1 Company Overview
           14.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
           14.3.5.3 SWOT Analysis
        14.3.6    Deutsche Post AG
           14.3.6.1 Company Overview
           14.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
           14.3.6.3 Financials
           14.3.6.4 SWOT Analysis
        14.3.7    Expeditors International
           14.3.7.1 Company Overview
           14.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
        14.3.8    Geodis
           14.3.8.1 Company Overview
           14.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
        14.3.9    Hellmann Worldwide Logistics SE & Co. KG
           14.3.9.1 Company Overview
           14.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
        14.3.10    Kerry Logistics Network Limited
           14.3.10.1 Company Overview
           14.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
        14.3.11    Kuehne + Nagel
           14.3.11.1 Company Overview
           14.3.11.2 Product Portfolio
        14.3.12    Sinotrans Limited
           14.3.12.1 Company Overview
           14.3.12.2 Product Portfolio
        14.3.13    United Parcel Service Inc.
           14.3.13.1 Company Overview
           14.3.13.2 Product Portfolio
        14.3.14    Yusen Logistics Co. Ltd.
           14.3.14.1 Company Overview
           14.3.14.2 Product Portfolio

Kindly, note that this only represents a partial list of companies, and the complete list has been provided in the report.

List of Figures

Figure 1: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Billion USD), 2019-2024
Figure 3: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Billion USD), 2025-2033
Figure 4: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Breakup by Type (in %), 2024
Figure 5: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Breakup by Services (in %), 2024
Figure 6: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Breakup by Verticals (in %), 2024
Figure 7: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
Figure 8: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Full Container Load (FCL)) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 9: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Full Container Load (FCL)) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 10: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Less-than Container Load (LCL)) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 11: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Less-than Container Load (LCL)) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 12: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Other Types) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 13: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Other Types) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 14: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Packaging and Labelling) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 15: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Packaging and Labelling) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 16: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Documentation and PO Management) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 17: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Documentation and PO Management) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 18: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Charter Services) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 19: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Charter Services) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 20: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Transportation and Warehousing) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 21: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Transportation and Warehousing) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 22: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Other Services) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 23: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Other Services) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 24: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Retail and FMCG) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 25: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Retail and FMCG) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 26: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Manufacturing) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 27: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Manufacturing) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 28: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Consumer Appliances) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 29: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Consumer Appliances) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 30: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Healthcare) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 31: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Healthcare) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 32: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Textile) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 33: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Textile) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 34: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Other Verticals) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 35: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding (Other Verticals) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 36: North America: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 37: North America: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 38: United States: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 39: United States: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 40: Canada: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 41: Canada: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 42: Asia-Pacific: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 43: Asia-Pacific: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 44: China: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 45: China: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 46: Japan: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 47: Japan: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 48: India: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 49: India: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 50: South Korea: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 51: South Korea: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 52: Australia: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 53: Australia: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 54: Indonesia: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 55: Indonesia: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 56: Others: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 57: Others: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 58: Europe: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 59: Europe: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 60: Germany: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 61: Germany: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 62: France: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 63: France: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 64: United Kingdom: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 65: United Kingdom: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 66: Italy: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 67: Italy: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 68: Spain: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 69: Spain: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 70: Russia: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 71: Russia: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 72: Others: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 73: Others: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 74: Latin America: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 75: Latin America: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 76: Brazil: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 77: Brazil: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 78: Mexico: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 79: Mexico: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 80: Others: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 81: Others: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 82: Middle East and Africa: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 83: Middle East and Africa: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2024
Figure 84: Middle East and Africa: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 85: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Industry: Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities
Figure 86: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 87: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis

List of Tables

Table 1: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 & 2033
Table 2: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Breakup by Type (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 3: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Breakup by Services (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 4: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Breakup by Verticals (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 5: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 6: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Competitive Structure
Table 7: Global: Sea Freight Forwarding Market: Key Players

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