Roel Gevaers PhD, Professor in Last Mile Logistics and Supply Chain, University of Antwerp, joins me to discuss the trend of global shipping companies investing in e-commerce delivery:
- Cashed-up shipping companies investing in last mile delivery and e-commerce fulfilment
- European-based container shipping companies such as Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM making e-commerce fulfilment and delivery acquisitions
- Are they going head-to-head with integrators such as DHL or even Amazon?
- Vertical integration from the port to the customer doorstep
- Should last mile operators be concerned by these acquisitions?
- Integration the full chain, creating a one-stop shop
- Offering a sustainable solution via maritime transport
- Lessons from the pharmaceutical sector in shipping and last mile delivery
- Amazon's vertical integration journey
- Comparisons between Amazon and Chinese players such as Alibaba
- Larger e-commerce shipments, such as furniture and other two-person delivery items
- Rail's disadvantages compared with maritime shipping
- The importance of data
- China Post moving from air transport to maritime transport with COSCO
