PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 2009707
PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 2009707
Multimodal logistics involves transporting goods using two or more modes of transport under a single contractual arrangement. Its aim is to improve supply chain effectiveness by shortening delivery times, lowering costs, and minimizing handling risks. This coordinated approach enhances visibility, synchronization, and dependable movement across domestic and international routes.
The main services of the multimodal logistics market include warehousing, transportation, freight forwarding, and value added services. Warehousing refers to storage solutions that ensure safe and efficient handling of goods. Transportation modes include rail, road, sea, air, and pipeline, while mode combinations include two mode transportation and multi mode transportation. Key end users include manufacturing, retail, healthcare, automotive, aerospace and defense, oil and gas, and others.
Tariffs have significantly influenced the multimodal logistics market by increasing cross-border transportation costs and complicating international trade flows. Higher duties on imported goods have particularly impacted freight forwarding, sea and air transportation segments, with Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe being most affected due to their strong trade interdependencies. These cost pressures have led to route adjustments, modal shifts, and renegotiation of carrier contracts. However, tariffs have also encouraged regional trade partnerships, nearshoring strategies, and investments in domestic warehousing and transportation infrastructure, creating new growth avenues within localized multimodal networks.
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The multimodal logistics market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $1081.8 billion in 2025 to $1164.74 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growth in global trade volumes, expansion of e-commerce sector, increasing demand for cost-efficient transportation, development of international supply chains, rising need for coordinated freight forwarding services.
The multimodal logistics market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $1578.92 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing demand for resilient supply chains, expansion of cold chain logistics, increasing infrastructure investments in rail and ports, rising cross-border trade agreements, growing need for end-to-end supply chain visibility. Major trends in the forecast period include expansion of integrated first-mile and last-mile solutions, rising adoption of reverse logistics and returns management, growth in cross-border freight forwarding services, increasing demand for real-time shipment tracking, rising focus on risk management and cargo insurance services.
The increasing global trade is expected to propel the growth of the multimodal logistics market going forward. Global trade refers to the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders. Growth is supported by the adoption of digital payment systems that make cross border transactions faster and more secure for businesses and consumers. Multimodal logistics enhances global trade by integrating multiple transportation modes to deliver efficient and flexible cargo movement solutions. In October 2024, UN Trade and Development reported that maritime trade volumes increased by 2.4 percent in 2023 to reach 12292 million tons. Therefore, the increasing global trade is driving the growth of the multimodal logistics market.
Strategic players in the multimodal logistics market are focusing on developing advanced multimodal freight platforms to manage growing trade volumes and supply chain complexity. Multimodal freight platforms are centralized digital or physical infrastructures that coordinate cargo transportation across multiple modes to enhance operational efficiency within a unified framework. For instance, in February 2025, LinkedLogi, an India based technology driven logistics platform provider, launched the LinkedLogi Unified Digital Freight Platform. The platform integrates more than 500 verified logistics providers and supports freight operations across road, rail, air, ocean, and warehousing through one digital interface. It offers real time tracking, digital documentation, rate comparison, and automated booking workflows, enabling businesses to reduce manual coordination, optimize routing, lower logistics costs by up to 30 percent, and improve transparency across domestic and international supply chains.
In September 2023, BLR Logistiks, an India based integrated third party logistics services provider, acquired Standard Multimodal Logistics for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, BLR Logistiks aimed to optimize its route network, expand its trailer fleet, and strengthen port to inland connectivity across major trade corridors. Standard Multimodal Logistics is an India based provider of multimodal and intermodal transport solutions operating across several ports and dry cargo terminals.
Major companies operating in the multimodal logistics market are DHL Group, Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S, CMA CGM S.A., China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, Kuehne + Nagel International AG, DSV A/S, Hapag-Lloyd AG, C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., Sinotrans Limited, Nippon Express Holdings Inc., Expeditors International of Washington Inc., DACHSER SE, Rhenus SE & Co. KG, HMM Co. Ltd., Grimaldi Group S.p.A., Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics SE & Co. KG, Mainfreight Limited, Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd., Pacific International Lines Pte Ltd, Logwin AG, Samskip hf., and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the multimodal logistics market in 2025. The regions covered in the multimodal logistics market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the multimodal logistics market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The multimodal logistics market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as first mile and last mile cargo transportation, reverse logistics and returns management, supply chain coordination, real time shipment tracking, and risk management services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values and are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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