Riding the Rails into the GenAI Future
Mohit Bhat, vice president, customer solutions and innovation at Canadian National Railway, shares the 100-year-old-plus company’s approach to legacy modernization and upskilling in the GenAI era.
Our Latest Thinking on Transportation and Logistics
Disruption in the transportation and logistics industry is having a dramatic impact on the flow of people and goods, globally. Explore our latest insights on the rail, postal and parcel, logistics and freight, shipping, and transportation industries.
Featured Insights
A Digital Approach to Rolling Stock Maintenance
Rail operators can combat rising costs by leveraging their existing data for maintenance planning and execution or by adopting advanced technologies to produce new data sources.
How Europeans Expect to Travel—and How Transportation Providers Can Respond
Airlines, rail operators, and car manufacturers must be ready for consumers’ changing travel preferences. Here’s what they should focus on in the years ahead.
Taking the Railroad Playbook Beyond PSR
To build upon their recent efficiency gains, railroads need an expanded set of management principles.
Shipping Industry
Navigating Maritime Decarbonization
Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO of the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, joins BCG’s Peter Jameson to discuss the industry’s shift toward collaboration and decarbonization.
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Global Shipping’s Net-Zero Transformation Challenge
As you craft a decarbonization strategy—for today and tomorrow—here are seven crucial areas to consider.
Shipping Industry & Marine Ports
Container Volume Swings Wildly With Big GDP Changes
The shipping industry needs a better methodology for handling economic downturns, especially when predicting global shipping volume & forecasting shifts in trade lanes.
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Biogas Can Help Global Shipping Go Green
Biogas pathway fuels offer the maritime shipping industry the best near-term low-carbon option, and could play a major role in its long-term decarbonization.
Postal and Parcel Industry
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Only an Ecosystem Can Solve Last-Mile Gridlock in Package Delivery
As e-commerce explodes, the external costs of home package delivery grow in lockstep. The solution: a delivery ecosystem that meets the needs of consumers, delivery companies, and retailers alike.
Postal and Parcel Industry
Hit Hard by COVID-19, Transportation & Logistics Companies Must Adapt to Keep Supplies Moving
The COVID-19 crisis will act as a catalyst for a number of trends that will profoundly reshape the industry in the coming months.
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Why Parcel Companies Need to Make Every Delivery Special
To stay ahead of e-commerce giants, carriers must win the hearts of online shoppers with more efficient deliveries that are tailored to individual customers.
A Bumpy Road for Europe’s Freight Shippers
Supply and demand are more balanced, but disruptions across the Continent—and around the world—mean that road-freight customers must adapt to a far more volatile market.
Emissions Mandates Will Remake Europe’s Trucking Industry
Despite having a positive effect on the medium- and heavy-duty truck sector overall, the clean-energy transition will disrupt business models and employment, requiring suppliers, OEMs, and other players to prepare for change now.
Mapping the Future of Autonomous Trucking
BCG and Kodiak Robotics have developed an interactive tool to identify routes that can help optimize the expansion—and benefits—of autonomous trucking.
Industrial Distributors Value Creators 2023
Two decades of data show how leading distributors deliver strong shareholder returns. Distributors must generate local and national scale and fight to defend and grow their market share.