China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation, Sinotrans Changhang Group Co., Ltd., China Shipping (Group) Corporation, etc.

a third-party logistics enterprise refers to an external supplier that provides all or part of logistics services for the company. The logistics services provided by third-party logistics providers generally include transportation, warehousing management and distribution.

in this process, the third-party logistics provider is neither a producer nor a seller, but a third party that provides services in the whole logistics process from production to sales. Generally, it does not own goods, but only provides logistics services such as warehousing and distribution for customers.

in the 1991s, one of the outstanding achievements of the logisticsIndustry was the widespread rise of the Third-Part Logistics Service Provider (3PLs for short), which Outsourcing activities outside the company's core business, which was generally regarded as a symbol of modern efficient supply chain management.

the research of new york outsourcing research institute shows that 35% of the chief executives (CEOs) of the third-party logistics think that the main reason for their customers to outsource is to reduce activity costs, while another 31% think that their customers outsource to avoid investing in non-core businesses and activities, and only 17% think that their customers outsource to improve their services.