Challenges ahead for European logistics
Warehouse & industrialjournalist
“The shape of supply chains is evolving and changing fast. Traditional long-haul transport is reaching breaking point and it’s crucial that all parties work together to ensure the seamless flow of goods into, out of, and across Europe is maintained. Brexit and other external factors are adding pressure on logistics stakeholders to come up with long-term solutions. This is partly why we are seeing an emergence of new logistics corridors, as the EU invests in Europe-wide infrastructure and new technology to reduce costs and improve efficiency,” claims Lisa Graham, the head of EMEA logistics & industrial research & insight at Cushman & Wakefield.
“Our future logistics corridors have been drawn with alternative fuels and multi-modal transport in mind. To remain feasible in the future, road transport needs to move towards being autonomous or connected to alleviate motorway congestion and improve safety. Making road transport more sustainable is not a debate. By 2030, all primary motorway corridors will need to offer charging stations for alternative fuels and other green technology. The challenge for both the public and private sectors is to make these sustainable solutions both financially beneficial and seamless,” states Rob Hall, the chair of EMEA Logistics & Industrial at Cushman & Wakefield.
“Further significant infrastructure investment is necessary, but Poland – benefiting from its favourable location in the central part of the continent, its competitive labour market and a large consumer market – will remain an important link in the European distribution network. This is also driving directly the rapid growth of the warehouse sector as the rising number of logistics centres is improving the supply chains of many Polish and international firms for which Poland is becoming an increasingly important distribution hub to service European markets,” Joanna Sinkiewicz, the head of the industrial and logistics agency in Poland at Cushman & Wakefield
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