See the latest industry trends in the 2025 Transportation Pulse Report

Trimble has released the annual Transportation Pulse Report by Transporeon, a Trimble Company, which unveils key developments that will shape the transportation and logistics sector in 2025. Members of Indago's supply chain research community and more than 100 European and North American supply chain and logistics executives from Transporeon's shipper and carrier customers were surveyed for the report.

Respondents to the survey named economic conditions (56%), geopolitical events (50%) and environmental regulations (36%) as the top three factors that will shape the transportation industry in 2025. The struggles of the manufacturing industry in Europe and the US, global inflation, slow economic growth and regional conflicts mean that uncertainty and risk will continue to prevail.

In this context, shippers and carriers show different levels of optimism about the transportation market:

• Despite the conjecture, carriers and 3PLs on both sides of the Atlantic show strong optimism (75%), likely due to the increased freight demand and rates, coupled with a gradual capacity reduction in the freight market.
• Shippers, however, seem less confident as the current freight market trends forecast increased rates and tighter capacity: only 38% declare feeling optimistic about 2025.