Market Intelligence

Seabury Cargo Advisory combines its strengths of deploying its leading trade and capacity databases with qualitative market research. One key instrument in qualitative research is structural contact with the larger shippers in the world, to gather fundamental insight in the world’s production, consumption, and distribution patterns.

Recent market intelligence assignments:

Delivered a long-term forecast on specific trade lanes and product types to a leading express operator. The forecast included a 5 year outlook per year on express developments per trade lane per commodity.

Interviewed dozens of experts on the North American express market and performed extensive data analyses for an integrator to determine the size and the competitive landscape of the North American express market.

Determined the potential market size for a regional distribution network in Asia on behalf of a private equity fund. The distribution network encompassed multi-modal scenarios.

Developed a methodology for a European freighter and belly carrier to accurately calculate and isolate the impact of modality shifts on air trade, on a country-to-country basis, per G4 commodity (‘laptops’), in value and weight.

Analyzed major market trends for an express operator by conducting close to 150 interviews with key clients and stakeholders. The market trends included insight in express usage, shipment characteristics, and express flows of the future.