Ti’s Chief Executive John Manners-Bell and Advisory Board member, Ken Lyon, spoke in the keynote session of Multimodal at the NEC in Birmingham to launch their new book, ‘The Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation Handbook’ The book, has been the result of a five year programme of research examining how technology is disrupting every sector of the industry.
Transport Intelligence spoke with Matthias Maedge, IRU’s General Delegate to the EU, to get a better understanding of the European Commission’s decision to expand and improve the parking infrastructure across Europe.
The survey showed that online platforms, marketplaces and digital forwarders have achieved notable market penetration, with 49.0% of the surveyed shippers and LSPs reporting their use.
The decision by Volkswagen AG to float its truck division off as a separate business says a lot about Volkswagen as a Group but also about the future of trucking and truck production.
China’s Belt and Road initiative has several EU countries hoping to join. The regeneration of ports and infrastructure is inviting but the potential deals are making the EU uncomfortable.
Donald Trump’s trade war with China is having a whiplash effect on US West Coast ports, causing congestion and a surplus of empty containers
Ti has released market sizes and growth rates for the 2018 express and parcels market, together with 5-year forecasts and in-depth analysis.
FedEx Express has terminated its US business with Amazon.
A lot is happening to FedEx at present. The express market is becoming more intensive as Amazon attempts to move to ‘one- day delivery’ and supposedly, of delivery by drone.
The global market for contract logistics grew by 4.9% in real terms in 2018, and is expected to grow by 4.7% in 2019, but rates of expansion vary considerably by region.
The US private equity company Blackstone has just agreed a $18.7bn deal to purchase 179m square feet of warehousing space in the US in a move that represents a vote of confidence in logistics, especially that driven by e-retailing.
Poste Italiane and digital freight forwarder sennder have set up a joint venture in order for the postal operator to leverage surplus capacity in its trucking network.
