Consulting & Market Intelligence

Colography provides deep data and insight across a wide range of shipping, logistics, and transportation topics. Below are examples of areas where our research and datasets deliver meaningful value.

Common Project Types

Our team develops tailored methodologies to help organizations solve complex logistics challenges. Below are examples of common project types.

Benchmarking Analysis

Who It’s For
Companies looking for specific benchmarks across the shipping and logistics landscape.

What It Solves

  • ​Always unique, this project can focus on finding benchmarks for any specific part of the logistics industry / chain
  • Colography’s research team provides rich insights on how competitors and adjacent industries are navigating complexity in logistics, and best practices

Pricing Analysis

Who It’s For
Organizations shipping products to customers across B2B or B2C channels.

What It Solves

  • ​Gaining detailed market intelligence on pricing and rate changes
  • Providing insights and guidance on how to best navigate changing pricing landscape
  • Helping understand how to best prepare for upcoming rate changes

Market Analysis

Who It’s For
Financial analysts, logistics providers, middle mile companies, industry providers, and retail and ecommerce shippers.

What It Solves
​Deep dives into a specific part of the logistics market, and understanding:

  • Market size, growth, trends
  • Market Segments
  • Mode trends
  • Potential addressable market / revenue

Additional Areas of Expertise

Beyond these core project types, Colography supports a wide range of logistics and transportation initiatives; helping organizations solve highly specific operational and strategic challenges.

Industry-View Data

  • Shipping Market Size and Growth (shipment tons, revenue)
  • Package weight distribution
  • Carrier shares
  • Shipment characteristics (e.g., package type, frequencies)
  • B2B vs B2C split
  • Geographic breakdown (origin, destination)

Geography-View Data

  • Market Size and Growth (shipment tons, revenue)
  • Weight distributions
  • Carrier participation / shares
  • Shipment Characteristics
  • B2B vs B2C spllit
  • Industry breakdown

Carrier-View Data (Major National Carriers)

  • Market Size, Growth
  • Market Shares
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Product and Service Offering analysis
  • Volume Profiles
    • B2B vs B2C
    • Modalities
    • Package Types
    • Industries Served

Pricing Insights

  • Rate and Rate Change Analysis
  • Surcharge and Discount Analysis
  • Platform / Marketplace Rate Analysis
  • Price Benchmarking

Returns Logistics

  • Returns Market Size, Growth, Trends (by tons, packages)
  • Returns industry / product type shares
  • Return methods (most used, share of total)
  • Carrier market shares for returns

Regional Carriers and Last Mile Carriers

  • Carrier Profiles
  • Coverage Area
  • Price and Service Offerings
  • Volume / Size estimates

Shipping Platforms, Marketplaces

  • Products and Service Offerings
  • Carrier Rate Analysis
  • Target Customers / Industries
  • SWOT Analysis

US Cross-Border (USMCA)

  • Air vs Surface
  • Modalities Used (Parcel, FTL, LTL, Air)
  • Volumes and Trends
  • Geographic Distribution

US International

  • Volume
  • Destination by world region
  • Industry makeup
  • Carrier participation

Need Insight on a Specific Topic?

If you’re exploring a particular question, or don’t see exactly what you need, our team can provide tailored analysis using our extensive logistics and transportation datasets.

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