F&L welcomed a multi-stakeholder community of international and UK-based market leaders to central London on Wed 16 Nov. Hosted by a global risk advisor and at a time of intense pressure and structural shift in the sector, freight logistics leaders took one day to meet at the same table to discuss today’s unprecedented pressures, priorities & structural change.
F&L discussions are practical and always in confidence. This was an in-person meeting. We do not record, and press/media are not permitted. F&L is independent, and the benefit for participants of discussions at F&L is built around the network present.
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At a time of intense pressure in the global freight logistics sector, F&L brings together 200 senior business leaders from its multi-stakeholder community. Topic: today’s extraordinary pressures, priorities & structural change, discussed as a multi-stakeholder community of international & UK-based market leaders. We also look ahead to actionable improvements.
This was an in-person meeting (Lime Street & also at Tower Hill).
Leadership teams focus on freight logistics sector priorities in today’s volatile and complex markets. Looking through the prism of our roles, what can we do to move forward? Concrete insights:
Leadership teams host round-table workshops (parallel discussions)
A. Robust sourcing in a volatile environment, risk, JIT to JIC?
Leadership team – Ineos, WTW, AB InBev
B. Overcoming distribution challenges across complex logistics value chains
Leadership team – Bacardi, Electrolux, Nike, Mars, Ikea, Julius & Clark, Windesheim
C. Right skilling our businesses (re-skill or recruit?)
Leadership team – Invista, CSL Behring, Seerefine, Holmes Noble, Trans EU, Unilever, GATF
D. Steps to sustainability (freight user’s perspective)
Leadership team – Holcim, Tata Steel, Mars, Scania, KTN, Log4Chem
Leadership summaries of each workshop
Lunch
Where do our operational priorities leave our strategic necessities? Linking today’s pressures to necessary structural changes, we utilise the unique position of F&L and its network to consider how to manage structural change and support the decision-making process.
Freight logistics tenders in 2025: what a difference three years makes?
Interactive debate with LSPs & shippers in the audience, with challenging questions posed by Dow, Danone, Samskip, Prow Capital, Supply Chain Finance Community, Myton Law, Shipsta, Ikigai, Deloitte, WTW & other leaders
Fuel & asset decarbonisation: the investment decision pathway
Interactive discussion between panel members & audience led by Shell, Coca Cola, Tevva, University Cambridge, Volvo, Forth Ports, Ikigai, Macquarie & other leaders
Next steps?
Meeting close
Sponsored dinner
Networking dinner at the Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
generously sponsored by Verizon, Nokia & Intel
A choice of visits (morning only)
Online: follow up discussions in the F&L network will be announced
F&L is independent, not-for-profit and international. We engage business leaders and decision-makers in global manufacturing, logistics (road, rail, sea, waterways, air), academia, policymakers and science. All discussions are focused around freight logistics.
Participants of F&L London:
4FOLD containers
A2B Online Container
Aeler
Aengevelt Immobilien
Almcor
Ambrogio
Arcese Trasporti
Asahi UK
Bacardi Group
Baltic Rail
Barilla
Beiersdorf
Bertschi Global Logistics Solutions
Billerud
BLS Bulk
Blume Global
British American Tobacco
CHEP
CLdN
Co-Ro
Codognotto Italia
Combined Cargo Terminals
Containerships
Corporate Ventures Advisory
Cranfield School of Management
CSL Behring
Danone
DCSA Digital Container Shipping Association
Delegation European Union to UK
DFDS
Dow
DP World
DP World London Gateway
DSV
E-llis
ECS European Containers
Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University
European Parliament
Fercam
Finlays
Forth Ports – London Container Terminal
Forwarding Advisory EU
FourKites
GATF (Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation)
Guangzhou Port (Europe)
Herchenbach Industrial Buildings
Here Technologies
HHLA TK Estonia AS
Hileya
Holcim
Holmes Noble
Ikea
Ikigai Capital
INEOS Styrolution Europe
Innovation Gateway UK
Intel Corporation
Invista
Irish Ferries – Scanco
JLR Jaguar Land Rover
Julius & Clark
Klaipeda Free Economic Zone
Knowledge Transfer Network
Lenovo
Lineas
LKW Walter
Log4Chem
Logex
LyondellBasell
M.I.S. Magli Intermodal Service
Macquarie Equipment Finance Services
Mars
Meriaura
MIT Global Scale Network
MK Cargo Consult EU
Mondelēz
Move Intermodal
MPO
MSC
Newopera
Nike
Nokia
O-I Europe
Offshore Wind Growth Partnership
P&O
PLA Port London Authority
Plymouth University
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Port of Calais
Port of Hamburg
Port of Rotterdam
Port Oostende
PROW Capital
Roambee
Russell Group
Samskip Multimodal
SBB Cargo International
Scania
Seerefine
Shell International
Shipsta
Smart Freight Centre
Smart Join Logistic
Sony
Stellantis
Stora Enso
Tata Steel Europe
tesa
Tevva
TfL Transport for London
Thames Estuary Growth Board
Thames Freeport
Trans EU
Transfesa Logistics
Transped Europe
Transporeon
TT Club
UIRR
UK Rail Freight Group
Unilever
Unit 45
University of Cambridge
University of Greenwich
Ventura
Verizon
ViiA
Vinturas
Visionet Systems
Vlantana Logistics Company
Volvo Trucks
Vos Bulk Logistics
VOS Logistics
Windesheim University
WTW (Willis Towers Watson)
Zaragoza Logistics Center
Participation list May 2022 Luxembourg
Participation list November 2021 Geneva
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