The Kuwait Freight Transport Report

    • Independent 5-year Freight Transport industry forecasts for Kuwait.
    • Original Freight Transport market research and Freight Transport sector trend analysis for the Kuwait Freight Transport industry.
    • Competitive intelligence, Kuwaiti Freight Transport company rankings and SWOT analyses on international and domestic Freight Transport companies in Kuwait.


The Kuwait Freight Transport Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering commercial transport and logistics by road, rail, air and water; 5-year industry forecasts through end-2012; company rankings and competitive landscapes covering leading multinational and national operators; and analysis of latest industry trends, opportunities, projects and regulatory changes.

Business Monitor International’s Kuwaiti Freight Transport Report provides industry professionals and strategists, sector analysts, investors, trade associations and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Kuwaiti freight transport and logistics industry.

Key Benefits of Reports

    • Benchmark BMI’s Independent 5-year Freight Transport Industry Forecasts on Kuwait to test other views – a key input for successful budgetary and planning in the strategic Kuwaiti Freight Transport market.
    • Target Business Opportunities & Risks in the Kuwaiti Freight Transport sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Kuwait.
    • Exploit the Latest Competitive Kuwaiti Freight Transport intelligence & company SWOTS on your competitors and peers through company rankings by sales, market share and ownership structure – includes multi national and national companies in Kuwait.

Coverage

Executive Summary

Summary of BMI’s key industry forecasts, views and trend analysis covering Freight Transport and logistics, regulatory changes, major investments and projects, and significant multinational and national company developments.

SWOT Analysis

SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis of the state’s business environment, transport sector, politics and economics, which carefully evaluates the short- and medium-term issues facing the industry.

Business Environment Rankings

BMI’s regional comparative analysis of the transport sector, evaluating sector-specific issues alongside the broader Country Risk context; including sector growth, political and economic stability, the competitive environment and trade volume expansion.

Industry Trends And Developments

Analysis of latest projects across the Freight Transport sector – road, rail, air, sea, logistics – including market overview which provides an outline of the key elements driving development.

BMI 5-Year Industry Forecast

Historic data series and 5-year forecasts to end-2012 for all key industry and macroeconomic indicators, supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast, including:

  • Port freight total (tonnes mn); Seaborne freight (tonnes mn)
  • Riverborne freight (tonnes mn); Airport freight (tonnes mn)
  • Total traffic by mode (tonnes/km); Freight industry value (US$bn)
  • Contribution to GDP (%); Sector employment (‘000); Population growth (mn); Nominal GDP (US$bn); Real GDP growth (%)
  • Consumer price index (%y-o-y average); Total imports (US$bn) and exports (US$bn); Current account (US$bn); import and export value by goods category (US$bn, % of total), top trade destinations/ sources (US$bn, % of total).

Competitive Landscape & Profiles

Company profiles, including SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analyses, fully researched senior executives and full contact details and business activity.

BMI's Executive Summary

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Big investments continue to be planned in Kuwait's aviation and airfreight sector. Apart from the introduction of an ‘open skies' agreement with the US and plans to expand the airport, locally-based airlines are renewing and expanding their fleets. Kuwait Airways' plan to buy 12 Boeing and seven Airbus planes from Kuwait's Aviation Lease and Finance Co. (ALAFCO) for about US$3bn, had to be aborted in September 2007 after political squabbling. However there are signs that the refleeing programme will be put back on track, with reports that after management changes at the state-owned airline the government was discussing US$4bn worth of purchases from Boeing and Airbus. Meanwhile, Kuwait-based budget airline Jazeera Airways said it was likely to exercise an option to buy six additional Airbus A320s. There was a possibility that Jazeera might also buy the ALAFCO planes originally intended for Kuwait Airways. As capacity grows, so will Kuwait's contribution to regional airfreight traffic. In our latest Kuwait Freight Transport Report, BMI concludes that airfreight traffic is likely to grow at an annual average rate of 6.6% in the 2007-2011 forecast period.

Various factors support this prediction. Although the recent oil price boom will ease over the next couple of years, we still see Kuwaiti GDP rising by an annual average of 5.3% over the next five years. Growing capacity, and growing trade in high-value/low-bulk goods will all contribute to airfreight growth. Kuwait is a relatively small country and its trading sector – and therefore transport network – has a vibrant reexport component. Kuwait has evolved as a trade hub for its larger neighbours, particularly Iran and Iraq, which have had limitations on their direct links with the international community.

BMI also forecasts 3.0% average annual growth for road haulage and 6.2% for maritime cargo in the five years to 2011. We estimate annual average pipeline throughput growth of 7.1%. We expect that the bulk of transport will continue to be waterborne and consist largely of oil and related goods. Transit trade, particularly that involving Iraq, will comprise raw materials involved in that country's eventual rebuilding (aggregates, basic metals and the like) and machinery related to building and construction work. Kuwait's overall business environment rating is now just above the average for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. It scores well in terms of its economic risk and its record of investment in infrastructure. However, it is below the average for freight growth, the regulatory environment and for the transport intensity index (a measure of the dynamism of foreign trade).

For the 2007-2011 forecast period, we expect the transport and communications sector to continue outpacing the economy as a whole. It will achieve average annual growth of 6.6%, versus 5.3% for overall GDP. The total value of transport and communications GDP will rise to US$5.64bn in nominal terms by 2011, representing 5.2% of Kuwait's GDP.

Contents

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Chapter 1 - Executive Summary

Chapter 2 - SWOT Analysis

Agility

PWC Logistics SWOT

Kuwait Economic SWOT

Kuwait Business Environment Industry SWOT

Chapter 3 - Business Environment Overview

Regional Overview

Table: Africa & Middle East (AME) Countries Freight Business Environment Ranking

Country Overview

Business Environment Ranking

Economics – Long-Term Risk

Politics – Long-Term Risk

Freight Transport Growth

Transport Infrastructure Growth

Regulatory Environment

Competitive Environment

Transport Intensity

Political Risk Summary

Economic Risk Summary

Business Environment Risk Summary

Legal Issues

Labour Force

Chapter 4 - Industry Trends And Developments

Rail

Air

Pipelines

Chapter 5 - Industry Forecast Scenario

Macroeconomic Environment

Table: Economic Activity

Chapter 6 - Country Snapshot: Kuwait Demographic Data

Section 1: Population:

Table: Demographic Indicators (2005)

Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown

Section 2: Education & Healthcare

Table: Education

Table: Healthcare: Vital Statistics

Table: Healthcare: Expenditure

Section 3: Labour Market And Spending Power

Table: Employment Indicators

Table: Consumption and Stratification

Transport Outlook

Table: Kuwait Main Industry/Macro Indicators

Freight turnover (domestic and international):

Chapter 7 - Trade Environment

Overview

Major Export Markets

Tariffs

Free Trade Zones

Exchange Controls

Total value of imports (US$mn)

Table: Total Value of Exports (US$mn)

Table: Top Export Destinations, US$mn

Table: Top Import Sources

Table: Export Trade, % y-o-y

Table: Import Trade, % y-o-y

Chapter 8 - Market Overview

Multimodal

Infrastructure

Competitive Landscape: Multimodal

Road

Infrastructure

Air

Infrastructure

Competitive Landscape: Aviation

Company Profiles

Water

Infrastructure

Competitive Landscape: Maritime

Company Profiles

Pipelines

Competitive Landscape: Pipelines

Chapter 9 - BMI Forecast Modelling

How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts

Transport Industry

Sources

Chapter 10 - Appendix: Regional Demographic Data

The Long View: Data Over The Economic Cycle (2000-2007)

Population

Household Spending Per Capita, US$

Private Consumption Per Capita, US$ PPP

Market Size, GDP, US$bn

Competitive Landscape for Middle East & Africa Freight Transport Reports: Sample of Companies Ranked

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Analysis of latest projects across the freight transport sector – road, rail, air, sea, logistics – including market overview which provides an outline of the key elements driving development. SWOT analysis of the state’s business environment, transport sector, politics and economics, which carefully evaluates the short- and medium-term issues facing the industry.

Network of Middle Eastern & African Freight Transport Sources

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BMI's Middle Eastern & African Freight Transport Reports are based on an extensive network of multilateral organisations, government departments, freight transport industry associations, chambers of commerce and company reports. Information sources include:

 

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