Is fast delivery more important than everything else? – Future Trade conference – Which way are logistics and delivery services going?

The target is zero

Áron Dénes Hartvig, economist of Cambridge Econometrics outlined the various opportunities and hardships in the shipping sector. He predicts that demand for transportation services will grow by 44% in the European Union, while the goal is to have zero emission by 2050. Consequently, the European Commission plans to introduce stricter CO2 standards for new vehicles. E-vehicles are already popular in the passenger car market, but it can’t be told at the moment whether e-trucks will be the solution in transportation. A huge truck must have a big battery, which is really heavy and can only be charged slowly. In addition to this, the charging infrastructure also needs to be built for e-trucks.

Áron Dénes Hartvig, economist of Cambridge Econometrics

Channels competing: Who does the last mile?

There was also a panel discussion in the programme, where Bernadett Ludányi, the head of foodpanda’s logistics and services division told: Covid only speeded up the development of e-commerce, which had already started before the pandemic. She thinks the key to success is simple communication and offering an experience to customers.

From left to right:  Sándor Nagy e-commerce specialist, host, Bernadett Ludányi (Foodpanda), Levente Erős (Wolt Hungary), Áron Kövesdi (ROKSH)

Levente Erős, head of retail at Wolt Hun­gary revealed that the company started to make changes in its platform, so that online shops can also use Wolt’s existing capacities. He thinks it is important to offer not only very fast delivery, but also a bit slower but cheaper service. Áron Kövesdi, CEO of ROKSH reckons that their main task is to explain people what ROKSH is doing, and to familiarise consumers with the advantages of their shopping service. He told that same-day delivery is very popular, as 70% of customers order the products this way. //