The international shipping industry has undergone significant changes in recent years, with changes driven by internal factors such as mergers and acquisitions, as well as impacts from the application of internet technology. Since 2014, when institutions began to focus on investing in the field of international maritime logistics, many entrepreneurial enterprises have been working in this field, bringing tangible changes to the industry. These changes mainly include the following aspects:

The frequent mergers of shipping companies have led to the increasing scale and concentrated transportation capacity of leading shipping companies. Representative examples include the merger of COSCO and CNOOC, Maersk's acquisition of Hamburg South America, and the merger of three Japanese shipping companies into ONE. As the most important upstream supplier in the logistics chain, the trend of concentration among shipping companies will also have some impact on the internet logistics platform model.

The emergence of multiple freight platforms has reduced the number of flight orders that were originally based on information asymmetry, rapidly compressing the offline supply chain hierarchy, and also losing the foundation of the online trading model, which was primarily driven by deleting tiers to bring low freight rates to end customers. The experience of numerous B2B industries has shown that online trading models must bring at least 20-30% advantages in cost or efficiency compared to offline trading models, otherwise it is difficult to promote. The international maritime logistics industry also needs to explore other feasible models.

The integration, integration, and openness of basic information in the industry have rapidly increased. Shanghai Port integrated its cargo information in March last year and opened it to the public; The information integration of Ningbo Port is earlier than that of Shanghai; The nationwide truck positioning information was also integrated at the beginning of last year. The openness of business information for industry leaders such as docks and large shipping companies plays a crucial role in promoting transparency, standardization, and efficiency improvement in the entire industry.

The rapid growth of labor costs and the highlighted recruitment difficulties in the past two years have led to an increasing emphasis on systematization and upstream and downstream connectivity in the industry. Just like Foxconn's large-scale promotion of automation to replace high reliance on manpower, the international maritime logistics industry will also face drastic changes brought about by systematization and intelligence in the future.