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THE CHINA EDITION 2026

China’s
transportation and logistics industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping transportation and logistics in China. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
Illustrated cover for Transportation and Logistics Industry Landscape of China
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Transportation and Logistics illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore China’s transportation and logistics leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Transportation and Logistics company highlights in China, snapshot 31 August 2026
Company
MTRmtr.com.hk$10.77B28,305
China Eastern Airlinesceair.com$8.18B75,277
HNA Grouphnagroup.com$4.91B400,000
J&T Jitu Expressjtexpress.com$4.75B400,000
China Southern Airlinescsair.com$4.31B96,234
Hong Kong International Airporthongkongairport.com$4B
Cathay Pacificcathaypacific.com$3.18B3 roles26,029
Air Chinaairchina.com$2.21B101,393
Plaza Premium Groupplazapremiumgroup.com9 roles1
AHKairhongkong.com.hk5 roles33,000
Century Cruisescenturyrivercruises.com4 roles35
Pudongprimepudongprime.com3 roles
Fanding Internationalpanexwd.com2 roles
SPARX logisticssparxlogistics.com2 roles
AGLNagln.co1 roles
Air Chinaairchina.com.cn
Buyandshipbuyandship.today220
China International Marine Containerscimc.com50,689
China Ocean Shipping Groupcoscoshipping.com21,609
China Railway Constructioncrcc.cn261,333
HK Expresshkexpress.com470
Hkaircargohkaircargo.com
SF Expresssf-express.com136,432
Scanwell Logisticsscanwell.comFinancial figure available in RadarView in Radar
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only

Explore the live startup set in Radar

No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Transportation and Logistics industry KPIs in China

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

31 August 2026
Hiring participation1.2%

15 of 1,210 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation6.3%

76 of 1,210 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share48.2%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$100M

Midpoint of 68 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 48.2% of disclosed capital, while 93.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How China transportation and logistics has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

China transportation and logistics
$0$4.79B$9.57B$14.36B$19.14B2016: $2.45B20162017: $985.65M20172018: $16.79B20182019: $5.02B20192020: $7.84B20202021: $7.41B20212022: $4.37B20222023: $3.11B20232024: $153.06M20242025: $649.55M2025
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Annual transportation and logistics funding and company formation in China
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$2.45B454
2017$985.65M524
2018$16.79B458
2019$5.02B636
2020$7.84B589
2021$7.41B487
2022$4.37B358
2023$3.11B219
2024$153.06M74
2025$649.55M21
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • MTR21.8%
  • China Eastern Airlines16.5%
  • HNA Group9.9%
  • Other companies51.8%

Funding by stage

136 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel24 17.6%
Series A–B58 42.6%
Series C+ / PE18 13.2%
Grants, debt & other36 26.5%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
1 rounds

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Series B03/2026
KargoBot $100M

Backed by Gaorong Capital and Fengshang and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

The measured China identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: the scoped identities lack an authoritative Chinese registrar mapping; bare ticker overlaps produced no complete annual revenue and net-income statement groups.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the China companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

14 of the 1,211 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.2%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 1,404,981 visits.

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

39 of these companies (3.2%) publish at least one Android app — 63 apps in all, carrying 20.2M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
APP 1933 - KMB/LWBKmb5.4M3.1Travel & Local
MTR MobileMTR4.7M4Travel & Local
CitybusCitybus3.5M2.4Travel & Local
Cathay PacificCathay Pacific2.9M3.1Travel & Local
SF-EXPRESSSF Express1.4M2.5Business
Air ChinaAir China794.9K2.7Travel & Local
My HKG – HK Airport (Official)Hong Kong International Airport373.5K3.9Travel & Local
High Speed RailMTR252.2K4Travel & Local
SF INTERNATIONALSF Express169.1K2Business
BUYUP集運 淘寶香港集運 美國日本台灣集運 國際轉運Buyuphk134.1KShopping

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Bus Operators59MAPP 1933 - KMB\/LWB 5.4M
Passenger Rail Operators35MMTR Mobile 4.7M
Passenger Airlines43.8MCathay Pacific 2.9M
Cep81.7MSF-EXPRESS 1.4M
Airport Operators2392.6KMy HKG – HK Airport (Official) 373.5K
Freight Forwarders25245.1KBUYUP集運 淘寶香港集運 美國日本台灣集運 國際轉運 134.1K
Port Agents459.1KSail with Fleet 56.3K
Parking Services352.3KWilson Parking 50.4K

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q1: 12023Q1: 02023Q12023Q2: 22023Q2: 32023Q22023Q4: 22023Q4: 02023Q42024Q2: 12024Q2: 02024Q22024Q3: 22024Q3: 42024Q32024Q4: 12024Q4: 02024Q42025Q1: 12025Q1: 02025Q12025Q4: 12025Q4: 112025Q42026Q1: 12026Q1: 112026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 49 of 63 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The China transportation and logistics market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech19
Global 200019
Enterprise software15
Logistics tech13
Saas9
Logistics saas7

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

19companies
0.0%have hiring activity

0 companies hiring · $130.34M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Fee-for-service829
Commission on transaction340
E-commerce - service245
E-commerce - product122
Physical commerce99
Advertising64
Subscription55
Renting / leasing7
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundscathaypacific.com ↗

Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong International) is planning to raise about HKD2 billion Hong Kong dollars (USD255.4 million) through a Hong Kong dollar-denominated bond issuance, Reuters reported citing sources and a term sheet.

Funding roundsmtr.com.hk ↗

MTR, a global leader in membrane-based separation technologies, today announced it has secured a $27 million equity investment led by Climate Investment, with participation from Hartree Partners.

Funding roundsbuyandship.today ↗

In Hong Kong, logistics company Buyandship closed a $12 million Series C round, bringing in Mitsubishi Logistics as a strategic investor to improve its global shipping network.

Funding roundsrycc.net ↗

Ruiyun Cold Chain, a logistics platform, has raised nearly RMB 100 million in a Series A+ round led by Guangzhou Industrial Investment and Capital Operation Holding Group.

Mergers & acquisitionstaylormaritime.com ↗

Ed Buttery-led Taylor Maritime acquired IVS in 2022 as part of its takeover of Grindrod Shipping.

Mergers & acquisitionstopcast.com ↗

Warburg Pincus announced the acquisition of Topcast Aviation Supplies, the largest independent distributor of civil aviation parts and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) service provider in Asia Pacific.

Mergers & acquisitionsceair.com ↗

China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) is set to become the sole owner of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) entity STARCO after agreeing to acquire the 49% stake currently held by joint venture partner ST Engineering.

Mergers & acquisitionshutchisonports.com ↗

COSCO Shipping Ports has completed the acquisition of a 12.5% equity stake in Thai Laem Chabang Terminal (TLT) and a 30% equity stake in Hutchison Laem Chabang Terminal (HLT) for a combined consideration of approximately $110 million, according to law firm HFW, which advised on the transaction.

IPO activityairchina.com.cn ↗

including the mobile assets acquisition of China Telecom, the IPOs of Sinopec, Chalco, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Life Insurance, PICC, Air China, China Shenhua Energy, China Construction Bank, Dongfeng Automobile, China Merchants Bank, ICBC, China Citic Bank, China Coal Energy, COSCO, CPIC, CSCEC, ABC, Everbright Bank, PSBC, CGN, CHAMC, China Re, Legend Holdings, CZ Bank, CEEC, CNR, CR Pharma, HR Bank, CICC, HZ Bank, HEC, Xinhua Net, SFC, as well as a number of restructuring and M&A deals for major industries.

IPO activitycargo.csair.com ↗

China Southern Air Logistics IPO could raise at least several hundred million US dollars, the sources said, asking not to be identified because they were not authorised to speak publicly.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 633 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Company announcements
273
Contracts
131
Earnings
76
Asset acquisitions
45
Leadership moves
36
New products
18
Mergers & acquisitions
17
Regulatory
9
Buyback
6
Capital infusions
6
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Leadership moves

15 tracked people moves

Sam Smith

Appointment Head of Climate Action

Eric Pateman

Appointment Senior Vice President, North America

Cyrus Wong

Appointment General Manager, Oceania

Mr. Angad Banga JP

Promotion Group Chief Executive Officer

Wah Kwong ↗
Chao Sih Hing Francois

Promotion Executive Chairman

MTR ↗
Wilson Kwong

Appointment Hong Kong Transport Services Director

Becky Lim

Promotion Chief Sales Officer

Arjun Bhatia

Appointment Regional Head of Corporate Sales

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Manage Booking

Online booking system

Real-time Customs Clearance Updates

Customs clearance

DocShipper ↗
DocShipper platform

Integrated client platform

CPV container service

Shipping / Container Service

CPV (China–Pacific–Vancouver) service

Service

SF Express ↗
First UK Flights

Air Cargo Service

Workforce actions

1 companies with reported reductions

Scale not stated rolescost reduction

Litigation

4 tracked suits

Company
LG Electronics, lg chem, lg display, other affiliates v singapore airlines, air france, cathay pacific, JAL, japan a

Price-fixing of fuel surchargesCivil · Ongoing

Company
Golden Morning Hong Kong, Ashurst Hong Kong v hna group

winding-up petition / bankruptcyCivil · Ongoing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

20companies
83period observations
11.1%median reported growth

Median across 50 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
american airlinesChina Southern Airlines ↗Announced2026-03-26$200.0M
NaCathay Pacific ↗Completed2026-01-07Not stated in snapshot
MTReastern2025-12-12Not stated in snapshot
nordenTaylor Maritime ↗Announced2025-12-02Not stated in snapshot
Taylor MaritimeivsCompleted2025-12-01Not stated in snapshot
warburg pincusTopcast ↗Announced2025-11-27Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

0 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 10-posting snapshot covers 8 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Senior Back End R&D Engineer E Commerce Fulfillment1
Front Desk Agent 前台接待1
Supervisor Guest Relations1
Healthcare Quality & Regulatory Advisor – Global Logistics Client1
Senior Back End R&D Engineer E Commerce Logistics Direction1
New Grad Product Engineer1
0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

2 postings specify a level.

unspecified
8
senior
2

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 10 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Logistics
5
Supply Chain
4
Transportation
4
Communication
3
Quality
2
Problem Analysis
2
Engineering
2
Java
2
Golang
2
Safety
2
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

115 founders and chief executives across 102 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

2 profiles with education records.

Prior employers

0 profiles with prior-work records.

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

674,535 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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674,535articles in the measured year
101,486articles in 2026Q1
43.7%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Transportation and Logistics coverage across China · articles per complete quarter

089,824179,647269,471359,2942021Q2: 72,2472021Q22021Q3: 80,6472021Q4: 70,3042022Q1: 82,0922022Q2: 77,1312022Q22022Q3: 95,0542022Q4: 96,0052023Q1: 104,5022023Q2: 96,5232023Q22023Q3: 107,8882023Q4: 91,0072024Q1: 98,9852024Q2: 105,0572024Q22024Q3: 103,8192024Q4: 117,7342025Q1: 165,8882025Q2: 125,4102025Q22025Q3: 312,4302025Q4: 90,5292026Q1: 101,4862026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q272,247
2021Q380,647
2021Q470,304
2022Q182,092
2022Q277,131
2022Q395,054
2022Q496,005
2023Q1104,502
2023Q296,523
2023Q3107,888
2023Q491,007
2024Q198,985
2024Q2105,057
2024Q3103,819
2024Q4117,734
2025Q1165,888
2025Q2125,410
2025Q3312,430
2025Q490,529
2026Q1101,486

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
112,623 positive · 21,694 neutral · 107,262 negative
2022
165,850 positive · 34,762 neutral · 149,355 negative
2023
207,408 positive · 41,411 neutral · 150,804 negative
2024
211,440 positive · 60,227 neutral · 153,540 negative
2025
303,102 positive · 93,608 neutral · 296,949 negative

Leading coverage topics

Transportation and Logistics coverage across China · ranked by full-period article count.

Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas300,272 articles in the full recorded period
61,772 recent · 46,345 prior
International And Transnational Geographic Entities300,266 articles in the full recorded period
61,773 recent · 46,346 prior
Administrative And Political Subdivisions300,159 articles in the full recorded period
61,758 recent · 46,326 prior
International Political Relations138,493 articles in the full recorded period
17,913 recent · 16,973 prior
Security And Defense Policies88,625 articles in the full recorded period
12,652 recent · 10,560 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements87,632 articles in the full recorded period
18,237 recent · 19,688 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy84,435 articles in the full recorded period
10,265 recent · 10,367 prior
Government International Agreements Coordination60,243 articles in the full recorded period
3,482 recent · 3,859 prior
Trade Wars And Geopolitical Impacts33,705 articles in the full recorded period
5,184 recent · 6,382 prior
International Sports Competitions31,211 articles in the full recorded period
3,492 recent · 4,621 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Transportation and Logistics coverage across China

KeywordRecentPriorChange
countries2,4201,012139%
domestic robots2,0171481263%
toy robots2,0051271479%
sustainable city planning1,939404748%
summit diplomacy1,07370452%
sanctions policies1,04760573%
export sanctions1,033445132%
wto rulings833268211%
stablecoin fx impact784335134%
asian games720381795%
preferential tariff1,8583,105-40%
economic slowdown1,6382,914-44%
tariff rate quota1,4142,181-35%
mfn tariff1,1271,814-38%
gold futures trends1,0311,701-39%

Event and signal lenses

Transportation and Logistics coverage across China

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

1,217,207 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, tariff negotiations

41.7% critical · 17.1% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

131,136 classified articles

inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, trade deficits fx

49.6% critical · 39.5% positive
Rising

Growth

394,767 classified articles

gdp growth rate, gdp acceleration, economic output growth

44.1% critical · 39.8% positive

Transportation and Logistics coverage across China. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Transportation and Logistics research is working on

6,419 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.

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6,419papers
6,419worldwide comparison pool
India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Promising
3,099
Descriptive
1,171
Breakthrough
939
Problem-identifying
813
Comparative
204
Cautionary
181
Critical
12

Contribution mix

Methods-led
3,774
Empirical
1,937
Reviews
351
Position pieces
274
Theoretical
83

Tone counts: 5,520 positive · 624 neutral · 275 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
825 papers · 12.9% of this field
  • Fleet management333 papers
  • Supply chain217 papers
  • Transport engineering108 papers
  • Truck80 papers
  • Service78 papers
  • Supply chain optimization74 papers
  • Supply chain management54 papers
  • Sustainability38 papers

Landmark: Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure

Cautions
181 papers · 2.8% of this field
  • Fleet management66 papers
  • Supply chain37 papers
  • Transport engineering25 papers
  • Truck22 papers
  • Service21 papers
  • Production14 papers
  • Supply chain optimization13 papers
  • Biofuel12 papers

Landmark: Assessing the impacts of deploying a shared self-driving urban mobility system: An agent-based model applied to the city of Lisbon, Portugal

Opportunities
4,038 papers · 62.9% of this field
  • Fleet management1,231 papers
  • Supply chain1,187 papers
  • Service401 papers
  • Supply chain optimization382 papers
  • Scheduling328 papers
  • Truck313 papers
  • Operations research304 papers
  • Transport engineering292 papers

Landmark: The Two-Echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem: Models and Math-Based Heuristics

Leading institutions

Northwestern University
872
University of Bologna
792
University of California, Berkeley
691
The University of Texas at Austin
587
Poznań University of Technology
548
Delft University of Technology
521

Leading researchers

Fengqi You
799
Kara M. Kockelman
627
Daniele Vigo
588
Nilay Shah
548
M. Maciejewski
444
Joschka Bischoff
414
Guido Perboli
410
Roberto Tadei
410

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • DeepPool: Distributed Model-Free Algorithm for Ride-Sharing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning167 citations
  • Next-Generation Automated Vehicle Location Systems: Positioning at the Lane Level135 citations
  • Multiobjective Robust Possibilistic Programming Approach to Sustainable Bioethanol Supply Chain Design under Multiple Uncertainties134 citations
  • Sustainable Design and Operation of Cellulosic Bioelectricity Supply Chain Networks with Life Cycle Economic, Environmental, and Social Optimization129 citations
  • A Column Generation Algorithm for a Rich Vehicle-Routing Problem125 citations

Common problems researchers identify

764 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Supply Chain Risk and OptimizationCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Supply Chain Risk and Optimization

155 papers

20.3% of this theme group

Researchers highlight challenges in managing and optimizing supply chain operations and mitigating associated risks.

Supply chain (148) · Supply chain optimization (71) · Supply chain management (61) · Supply chain risk management (25)

Supply chain optimization

Supply Chain Optimization, Management and Integration: Emerging Applications

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YearShare index
20221837.5
20231999.1
20242114.1
20252086.6
Fleet Management in AeronauticsCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Fleet Management in Aeronautics

143 papers

18.7% of this theme group

Papers discuss difficulties in overseeing large vehicle fleets within aeronautical and broader operational contexts.

Fleet management (118) · Aeronautics (19) · Operations management (23) · Operations research (20)

Making Fleet Management Easier.

Guide for Fleet Management

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2022534.6
2023515.8
2024420.0
2025171.3
Truck Fleet Operational IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Truck Fleet Operational Issues

136 papers

17.8% of this theme group

Studies focus on inefficiencies and management problems specific to road transport and truck fleet operations.

Fleet management (119) · Transport engineering (68) · Truck (29) · Operations management (23)

EVALUATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVING THE OPERATION OF A TRANSPORT COMPANY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT

Road Transport Management System : fleet management

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YearShare index
2022608.7
2023607.0
2024479.3
2025301.4
Public Transport Routing and GPSCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Public Transport Routing and GPS

122 papers

16.0% of this theme group

Works examine shortcomings in vehicle routing, GPS accuracy, and tracking for public transportation systems.

Global Positioning System (22) · Public transport (18) · Vehicle routing problem (14) · Routing (13)

A Vehicle Tracking Device with Built-in Safety Features for Public Transportation Systems

Positioning needs for public transport

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YearShare index
20221194.7
20231183.5
20241028.2
20251098.3
Truck Fuel Consumption and EmissionsCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Truck Fuel Consumption and Emissions

102 papers

13.4% of this theme group

Research points to high fuel use and emissions in trucking, especially concerning diesel and alternative fuels.

Truck (22) · Fuel efficiency (13) · Liquefied natural gas (6) · Diesel fuel (5)

Improvement of environmental compliance of urban transport system through enlarging fleet of gas-engine municipal machinery

Toward Sustainable Trucking: Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption

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YearShare index
2022454.0
2023418.7
2024347.9
2025300.6
Electric Fleet Integration ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Electric Fleet Integration Challenges

56 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Authors identify obstacles in electrifying commercial vehicle fleets, including charging logistics and fleet planning.

Electric vehicle (22) · Electrification (15) · Electricity (7) · Fleet management (35)

Potential Users of Electric Mobility in Commercial Transport – Identification and Recommendations

Classification of Electric Vehicle Fleets Considering the Complexity of Fleet Charging Schedules

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YearShare index
2022574.6
2023617.7
2024587.5
2025537.8
Biomass Supply Chain ConstraintsCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Biomass Supply Chain Constraints

50 papers

6.5% of this theme group

Papers reveal difficulties in sourcing, transporting, and processing biomass for biofuel production.

Biomass (26) · Biofuel (24) · Raw material (17) · Supply chain (38)

Integrated biomass supply and logistics: a modeling environment for designing feedstock supply systems for biofuel production.

Modeling of biomass-to-energy supply chain operations: Applications, challenges and research directions

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YearShare index
2022755.3
2023757.4
2024692.7
2025696.2

Cautions

164 papers · 4 recurring themes
4 cards

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Energy Efficiency Limits in Fleet ManagementCautions · 01

Energy Efficiency Limits in Fleet Management

70 papers

42.7% of this theme group

Studies caution that fleet management strategies may face constraints that limit fuel savings and energy gains.

Fleet management (47) · Fuel efficiency (8) · Transport engineering (15) · Operations management (5)

Analysis of Fleet Management and Infrastructure Constraints in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operations

How to Use Advanced Fleet Management System to Promote Energy Saving in Transportation: A Survey of Drivers’ Awareness of Fuel-Saving Factor

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YearShare index
2022666.1
2023635.2
2024478.3
2025301.4
Electrification Risks for Urban FreightCautions · 02

Electrification Risks for Urban Freight

51 papers

31.1% of this theme group

Research warns of operational and infrastructural challenges when electrifying trucks and public transport services.

Public transport (11) · Truck (15) · Electrification (7) · Transport engineering (14)

Performance analysis and fleet requirements of automated demand-responsive transport systems as an urban public transport service

Different Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicle Fleets in Urban Freight Transport

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YearShare index
2022617.4
2023614.8
2024558.7
2025561.3
Supply Chain Optimization UncertaintiesCautions · 03

Supply Chain Optimization Uncertainties

24 papers

14.6% of this theme group

Authors advise careful use of advanced optimization techniques due to data quality and model risk concerns.

Supply chain (23) · Supply chain optimization (9) · Supply chain management (6) · Supply chain risk management (3)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Optimization

Supply Chain Optimization: Machine Learning Applications in Inventory Management for E-Commerce

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YearShare index
20221837.5
20231999.1
20242114.1
20252086.6
Biofuel Production Economic Trade‑offsCautions · 04

Biofuel Production Economic Trade‑offs

19 papers

11.6% of this theme group

Papers highlight cost and scale uncertainties that can undermine the economic viability of biofuel supply chains.

Biofuel (11) · Biomass (7) · Production (9) · Raw material (5)

Cost optimization of biofuel production – The impact of scale, integration, transport and supply chain configurations

Resource efficiency or economy of scale: Biorefinery supply chain configurations for co-gasification of black liquor and pyrolysis liquids

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2022635.8
2023598.8
2024589.1
2025534.2

Opportunities

3,641 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Advanced Supply Chain OptimizationOpportunities · 01

Advanced Supply Chain Optimization

892 papers

24.5% of this theme group

Research explores novel methods to improve supply chain performance, resilience, and on‑time delivery.

Supply chain (838) · Supply chain management (220) · Supply chain optimization (309) · Supply chain risk management (68)

Optimization of the supply chain to improve the on-time performance

Supply Chain Optimization and Logistics

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YearShare index
20221837.5
20231999.1
20242114.1
20252086.6
Vehicle Routing and Service DesignOpportunities · 02

Vehicle Routing and Service Design

641 papers

17.6% of this theme group

Works propose innovative routing and sizing models for dynamic, demand‑responsive transportation services.

Vehicle routing problem (156) · Routing (84) · Truck (129) · Service (145)

Distributionally Robust Optimization Approaches for a Stochastic Mobile Facility Fleet Sizing, Routing, and Scheduling Problem

Optimizing Vehicle Distributions and Fleet Sizes for Shared Mobility-on-Demand

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YearShare index
2022314.9
2023310.1
2024281.9
2025255.4
Predictive Maintenance for FleetsOpportunities · 03

Predictive Maintenance for Fleets

625 papers

17.2% of this theme group

Studies develop data‑driven approaches to anticipate failures and schedule maintenance for vehicle fleets.

Fleet management (466) · Predictive maintenance (46) · Transport engineering (116) · Preventive maintenance (35)

A Simulation and Optimization Methodology for Reliability of Vehicle Fleets

DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMIZED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE FLEET

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YearShare index
2022468.6
2023457.1
2024342.2
2025172.9
Integrated Aviation Fleet SchedulingOpportunities · 04

Integrated Aviation Fleet Scheduling

502 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Research presents comprehensive models for airline fleet assignment, flight timing, and routing optimization.

Operations research (192) · Fleet management (309) · Scheduling (86) · Aviation (36)

An Integrated Approach for Airline Flight Selection and Timing, Fleet Assignment, and Aircraft Routing

A new approach to fleet assignment and aircraft routing problems

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YearShare index
2022352.2
2023339.2
2024203.6
202586.9
IoT‑Enabled Vehicle TrackingOpportunities · 05

IoT‑Enabled Vehicle Tracking

367 papers

10.1% of this theme group

Papers showcase smart tracking systems that improve real‑time visibility and management of mobile assets.

Global Positioning System (230) · Vehicle tracking system (70) · Tracking system (46) · Automatic vehicle location (49)

Transportation Management System

Smart Transportation Tracking and Management System using IOT

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YearShare index
2022747.8
2023737.1
2024606.1
2025653.0
Electric Fleet Charging OptimizationOpportunities · 06

Electric Fleet Charging Optimization

342 papers

9.4% of this theme group

Works address efficient charging strategies, battery health, and cost management for large electric vehicle fleets.

Electric vehicle (110) · Electrification (63) · Battery (40) · Fleet management (161)

Electric bus fleet charging management: A robust optimisation framework addressing battery ageing, time-of-use tariffs, and energy consumpti

Designing Charging Infrastructure for a Fleet of Electric Vehicles Operating in Large Urban Areas

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2022445.8
2023495.9
2024490.1
2025453.0
Sustainable Biomass Supply ChainsOpportunities · 07

Sustainable Biomass Supply Chains

272 papers

7.5% of this theme group

Research focuses on multi‑objective designs that balance environmental, economic, and social goals for biofuel production.

Biomass (94) · Biofuel (92) · Supply chain (229) · Supply chain optimization (108)

Multi-Objective Optimization to Support the Design of a Sustainable Supply Chain for the Generation of Biofuels from Forest Waste

Economic, environmental and social optimization of forest-based biomass supply chains for bioenergy and biofuels

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YearShare index
20222359.6
20232482.4
20242542.9
20252496.0

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising48.3%37.6%
Descriptive18.2%17.5%
Breakthrough14.6%26.0%
Problem-identifying12.7%9.4%
Comparative3.2%3.9%
Cautionary2.8%4.7%
Critical0.2%0.9%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceSecurity, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones70.12%1 (14.3%)0.12%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainIBM Blends Heuristics and Optimization to Plan Its Semiconductor Supply Chain60.11%0 (0.0%)0.11%
Concentration of compute powerOn the Optimization & Equilibrium of Demand in Supply Chain Based on the Value-adding Mechanism of Information Sharing40.07%1 (25.0%)0.07%
Bias & fairnessDynamic Shared Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Operations with Consideration of Fairness20.04%1 (50.0%)0.04%
Carbon & emissions of computeUsing Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Carbon Emissions from the Saudi Commercial Fleet10.02%0 (0.0%)0.02%
Labour & data workGender continues to play a role in fleet salaries10.02%0 (0.0%)0.02%
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.0%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Transportation and Logistics in China: key questions

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What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

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Company ecosystem snapshot: 31 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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