The EU-27 Logistics Industry: Structureand Trends of Major Subsectorsand National Markets

Satta, Giovanni; Parola, Francesco; Lee, Sung-woo

doi:10.54007/ijmaf.2011.3.1.1

KMI Int. J. Marit. Aff. Fish. 2011; 3(1):1-32

pISSN: 2005-9795

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54007/ijmaf.2011.3.1.1

Article

The EU-27 Logistics Industry: Structureand Trends of Major Subsectorsand National Markets

Giovanni Satta^*, Francesco Parola^**, Sung-woo Lee^***

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^*University of Genova, Faculty of Economics, Department of Business Studies and Italian Centre of Excellence for Integrated Logistics, Via Vivaldi 5, 16126 Genova (Italy). E-mail: giovanni.satta@cieli.unige.it, Tel. : +39-10-209-5074

^**corresponding author, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Department of Business Studies, Via Medina 40, 80133 Napoli (Italy). E-mail: francesco.parola@uniparthenope.it, Tel. : +39-81-547-4845

^***Korea Maritime Institute, International Logistics Department, Sangam Dong 1652, Mapo-Gu, Seoul (R.O.Korea). E-mail: waterfront@kmi.re.kr, Tel. : +82-2-2105-2830

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Received: Nov 18, 2010; Revised: Nov 26, 2010; Accepted: Dec 28, 2010

Published Online: Jun 30, 2011

ABSTRACT

Europe’s transport and logistics systems need to be optimized, improved and leveraged through cutting-edge logistics solutions. In other words, there is a recognized growing need for a holistic European approach to transport and logistics questions, focusing on integration and coordination between the different dimensions of transport policy.

This paper is willing to investigate the nature and the structure of the EU logistics industry. The study has been carried out analysing the last available confirmed data extracted from a wide selection of statistical sources.

Starting from the relevance of the EU logistics industry within the non-financial business economy, our main objective is to evaluate the structure and the trends characterising the major subsectors across various nations. Variables such as turnover, value added and employment will be discussed and compared following a cross-country approach.

The originality of the manuscript is to provide a comprehensive view of the industry, also facing methodological difficulties in managing data lacks and non-homogeneous statistical classifications.

Major outcomes reveal the market fragmentation within some subsectors, the progressive shifting towards East of the transport and logistics industry, as well as the vertical integration and internationalization strategies performed by some leading players.

Keywords: EU logistics; transport sectors; vertical integration; market liberalization