TSL companies (Transport, Spedycja, Logistyka/Transport, Forwarding, Logistics) were rated in Poland. The “Rzeczpospolita” newspaper organized the rating for the forth time. TSL market research was connected starting from January and until May 2009. The rating results were published on June 19, 2009, in the LTS supplement to the above newspaper.

The rating was aimed at selecting the 100 best companies in the TSL sphere in Poland. Companies with an annual turnover of no less than 1 million zlotys were admitted to the rating.

The financial potential (the annual turnover from selling TSL services) was the main criterion for comparing TSL companies. ASSTRA POLSKA Sp. z o. o. (not taking into account AsstrA AG data) rated 45th on annual turnover, 20th (26th in 2007, 41st in 2006) on profits, 19th (6th in 2007, 58th in 2006) on growth dynamics and 11th (14th in 2007, 21st 2006) among best road forwarders.

On turnover

On profits

Below you will find a comparative analysis of ASSTRA POLSKA (not taking into account AsstrA AG data) with the top four TSL companies in the rating.

Below are the average values for companies that generate their income mainly through forwarding activities (road transport). There are 22 companies (ASSTRA POLSKA among them) in the group:

• Total profit of all companies – 770 million $ with average growth dynamics of 108.2%
• Total number of employees – 5,557 people with average staff growth dynamics of 97.6%
• Average annual turnover per company – 4,5 million $ with average growth dynamics of 111%
   

A decrease in profit growth dynamics can be observed in 2008. The TSL market profit growth dynamics reached only 5.8% in 2008 (3 times lower as compared with 2007 and practically 2 times lower than predicted by experts in May 2008).

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