72% of 3PLs expect growth in the next year to be below their original forecasts

eyefortransport's recently published European 3PL Market Report offers some stark insights into the 3PL business and how 3PL clients perceive their providers.

The full report can be downloaded from http://events.eft.com/eu3pl/report.shtml

More than 400 executives were surveyed for the report, and some very interesting findings were uncovered including:

Only 28% of respondents expect their companies' growth to match original forecasts, and 40% do not expect to see any worldwide economic turnaround until 2010/2011 and beyond.

54% of 3PLs are combating the economic crisis by terminating unprofitable existing accounts.

Eastern Europe is now the most favoured region for 3PL growth potential, ranking higher than China for the first time

Poor service is the number one reason why 3PL customers do not renew contracts, according to 55% of the 3PL user respondents.

For many more findings, graphs and statistics, please download the report at http://events.eft.com/eu3pl/report.shtml

This report has been produced to coincide with the 6th European 3PL Summit, which will be held in Brussels on November 5-7, 2008.

This Summit is the leading meeting place for senior 3PL management and 3PL customers. It is the one event that CEOs leave the office for - 41 speakers will present at the Summit, including the CEOs/MDs of Panalpina, CEVA, DHL, TDG, Norbert Dentressangle, Agility, Schneider, Ewals and Menlo, plus 3PL users including Procter and Gamble, Nike, PepsiCo, Baxter, JCB, Kimberley Clark, Eurocopter, GE, Diageo and Ericcson.

You can download the full 3PL Summit brochure at http://events.eft.com/eu3pl/brochure.shtml and see the photos from last year's event at http://events.eft.com/eu3pl/summit_photosa.shtml.

For further details about the report or the Summit please contact Chris Saynor, email csaynor@eyefortransport.com or telephone +44 20 7375 7529.