News / Established forwarders have nothing to fear from well-funded start-ups – yet

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Forwarders which create value for shippers and invest in IT will be the ones that survive, delegates heard at Air Cargo Africa in Johannesburg last week.

In a nod to the recent debate between new online platforms and traditional freight forwarders, Marcel Fujike, SVP global air logistics for Kuehne + Nagel, noted that millions of dollars were “being pumped into logistics start-ups in Silicon Valley, which believe they can shake up the industry and do it smarter, better and cheaper”.

But David Logan, CEO ...