The Leading European freight forwarders have this year adopted different strategies to deal with weak volume growth and rates coming under pressure. The world's top two ocean freight forwarders are posting lower year-on-year volume growth percentages than some of their competitors, who have followed a strategy of growing faster than the market. The freight forwarder that appears to have taken the strictest line on what cargo it carries is DHL Global Forwarding. Duringthe first nine months of the year, the Bonn-headquartered company has reported a 1.8% year-on-year decline in ocean freight volumes to 2.1m teu. The decline was most pronounced duringthe third quarter of the year, which is the traditional peak season for the Asia-Europe and transpacific trade lanes, when its volumes declined by 2.4% compared with last year to 733,000 teu.
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机译：欧洲领先的货运代理公司今年采取了不同的策略来应对疲弱的货运量增长和费率带来的压力。全球排名前两位的海运货运代理公司的货运量同比增长率低于一些竞争对手，后者的战略是比市场增长更快。货运代理似乎对运送的货物采取了最严格的措施，即DHL Global Forwarding。在今年的前九个月中，总部位于波恩的公司报告说，海运量同比下降了1.8％，至210万标准箱。下降幅度在今年第三季度最为明显，这是亚欧和跨太平洋贸易航线的传统旺季，其销量比去年下降了2.4％，至733,000 teu。
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