Freight logistics in transition: fuels, infrastructure & options for change

As of 2023, global transport was anticipated to contribute 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions, forecast 33% by 2050.  This implied the sector – and its current commercial leaders – have a responsibility to tackle decarbonisation with a greater sense of urgency.  But how do we secure competitive advantage?

• Date: 19 Sept 2023, 12:00 – 16:30 CET plus networking 
• Who: practitioners, commercial & ESG teams
• Why: tough 2025/2030 commitments, but the window is closing.  What actions?
• Where:  Energy Transition Campus (Shell), Grasweg 31, 1031 HW Amsterdam, 30 mins from Schiphol

Agenda 19 Sept 2023

Pace of change in the freight logistics sector is building as the 2025/30 window looms larger in the headlights. F&L leadership teams help participants consolidate knowledge, understand options for change (sector & company-specific), and considered independent actions / collaborative pathways towards scaling as an industry to make ‘sustainability’ economically viable. Success will require industry-wide participation and collaboration. Shell’s senior leadership team acted as our hosts for this F&L meeting.  

• 11:30, arrivals welcomed
• 12pm, networking lunch
• 12:30pm Session 1: preparing for workshops
  • Independent emissions overview CE Delft & an economic case for change? Fors.earth 
  • Shell’s chief energy advisor discusses global energy markets
  • Today’s collaborative actions, constructive / destructive market behaviours, triggers for sector  change  DP World, DSV, FourKites
• Session 2: parallel workshops 
  • Road, moderated by Innovation Gateway, Amsterdam Uni Applied Sciences, Cargill & Shell
    • Practical strategies, Albert Heijn retail, Shell, DSV, Vega International, Scania
    • Tables of 6: energy, infrastructure & OEMs Volvo & others 
    • Tables of 6: market behaviours & transition triggers Cargill & others
    • Roving experts: World Economic Forum, European Copper Institute, FourKites
  • Ecosystems: multimodal air-rail-sea-waterways, moderated by CFL Multimodal, DP World & Prow Capital
    • Practical strategies, Bertschi, Port of Hamburg, SAP
    • Tables of 6: what makes today’s cargo handling point a winning future logistics hub?  Port Antwerp, Thames Estuary Growth Board & others
    • Tables of 6: winners’ asset requirements & hub enablers, Aengevelt, Verizon & others
    • Roving experts: Shell, Ernst & Young, Smart Freight Centre
• Session 3: competitive advantage?  Ineos, DSV, Cargill, Fors.earth, Shell
• 16:30, close & networking drinks [dinner]

Moderated by Prof Ploos van Amstel Amsterdam University Applied Sciences & F&L.