Financial Deals Industry Insight Q2 2009 - Transport and Logistics

The drive to increase scale and improve profits combined with a highly fragmented market have resulted in continued M&A in the transport and logistics sector. Datamonitor's quarterly Financial Deals Insights provides a unique insight into deal rationale and market fundamentals driving the sector.

Scope

• An assessment of recent M&A activity in the Transport & Logistics industry throughout the world.
• An evaluation of the trends both within the Transport & Logistics sector as a whole as well as individual deals.
• Insights into deal activity across M&A, private equity, venture financing, private placement, IPO, secondary offering, and strategic alliance deals.
• In-depth analysis on all key sectors, namely air, rail, road, and sea.

Highlights

The transport and logistics sector recorded 138 deals worth $1.8 billion in Q2 09.
Cross border M&A activity in the sector increased across all key geographies on a Q-o-Q basis.
M&A activity (in volume terms) in the rail transport segment increased sharply in Q2 09, after witnessing a sudden drop in Q1 09.

Reasons to Purchase

• Understand the recent trends within M&A in the Transport and Logistics sector.
• Gain a detailed understanding of the market factors which drive both the sector as a whole and individual deals.
• Gain an overview of deal trends on a historical basis.

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
• CATALYST
• SUMMARY
• DISTRESSED ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT RESULT IN AGGRESSIVE DEAL-MAKING
• SHIPPING DOMINATES DEALS
• DEAL VOLUME AND VALUE SHRINKS ACROSS THE WORLD
• COMPANIES AWAIT SIGNS OF STRONG ECONOMIC RECOVERY
• APPENDIX
  • Definitions
  • Ask the analyst
  • Datamonitor consulting
  • Disclaimer
• List of Figures
  • Figure 1: Global deal value & volume: T&L industry (April 2008 to June 2009)
  • Figure 2: Emerging markets deal volume: T&L industry (April 2008 to June 2009)
  • Figure 3: Global deal value by sector: T&L industry (April 2008 to June 2009)
  • Figure 3: Global deal volume by sector: T&L industry (April 2008 to June 2009)
  • Figure 5: Global deal value: T&L industry (April 2008 to June 2009)
  • Figure 6: Emerging markets deal value: T&L industry (April 2008 to June 2009)