Transport & logistics

Solutions to move your strategy forward.

The transportation and logistics industry is facing new sources of volatility and uncertainty. Tighter regulations, environmental constraints, global trade disputes and digitalization are all agents for major change. Our audit, advisory and tax services help companies navigate the complexities in the sector. We bring multidisciplinary capabilities from our global network to ensure our solutions are the right fit for you in your markets.

Our approach

Transportation and logistics companies operate in a global market where they are exposed to a wide range of economic, regulatory and technological forces. At Mazars, we support a broad range of transportation and logistics businesses with domestic and global footprints facing these challenges. These include transporters, shippers and ports, intermediaries, service providers, warehouses, aviation companies, air traffic control institutions and others.

Trucking

Similar challenges are faced by those in the trucking industry. Freight hauling faces pressures to improve efficiency and become more sustainable even as barriers to trade grow. With tighter margins from increasing operational costs, the sector must improve financial performance even as customers expect faster delivery.

Shipping

The shipping and water transport sector is crucial to the free flow of goods across the globe. However, as consumer habits shift and protectionism and tariffs threaten cross-border trade, companies operating in this space face multiple risks and opportunities. They must also respond to new regulatory challenges as the drive to decarbonize the sector brings new investment needs.

Logistics

Managing logistics and supply chains grows increasingly complex in this setting with economic and geopolitical uncertainty being a constant threat. Logistics companies also face new sources of disruption where there are fewer barriers to entry and digitalization becomes a major driver of change.

Whatever your sector, our multidisciplinary team works as an integrated unit to provide expertise and solutions that are tailored to your specific needs and market and help you overcome your unique challenges.

We can help you with the following services:

Optimizing production costs and financial performance
Seizing market opportunities and enhancing your market presence
Securing your operations
Ensuring compliance
Improving operational performance

Each of our experienced professionals has sector-specific credentials supplemented by the practical experience that comes from a long track record in the business. When we work with you, we consider the full spectrum of possibilities and find the right solutions to help you meet your strategic objectives. Our specialists understand the complex rules and regulations affecting your organization and bring in the right expertise from our global network of specialists to ensure you receive the critical advice you need.

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Insights

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What will T&L look like post Covid-19?

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on transport and logistics has been heterogenous, largely due to the diversity of and vast number of players in the sector. The cards have not been dealt evenly. Flightradar24 reports a 55% drop in commercial flights compared to March 2019 [1], whilst sales of food in supermarkets exceeded the Christmas shops many times over in the UK [2], with incidence on...

Data in transportation & logistics companies

Transportation and logistics companies have long adapted to market disruptions from technologies such as automated guided vehicles and point of sale scanners. However, T&L firms have lagged behind the broader business world in addressing the implications of big data.