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Member's Assembly - Five new faces on the BVL board

The BVL welcomes five new members to its Executive Board: Markus Bangen (CEO, duisport – Duisburger Hafen AG), the former chair of the BVL Advisory Board; Tobias Jerschke (Managing Director, Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG); Sebastian Peters (Member of the Management Board & Senior Vice President & ...

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Study by the BVL E-Commerce Focus Group

Together with logistics consultant and service provider 4flow, the BVL E-Commerce Focus Group has published a study entitled “Sustainable Packaging in E-Commerce.” The study answers questions such as what proportion of shipping costs and emissions are attributable to packaging.  

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A deep conviction - diversity in logistics

BVL has always been committed to diversity. Membership of the Diversity Charter e.V. underlines this emphatically. BVL is thus sending out a strong signal for diversity, tolerance and respect within the logistics sector. 

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BVL Report of the Board 2025

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Plötzlich rennen alle los – wohin führt der KI-Aufbruch?

AI adoption in logistics is gaining momentum: owners and managing directors are experimenting with their own AI applications and want to connect them to their CRM. The article describes how a conversational AI assistant changes everyday CRM work – users express their requests in their own words instead of crafting prompts, and decades of sales experience are built into prepared activities. Starting small with AI makes sense, but early experiments must not create new data silos. When users, business units, IT and software partners pool their experience, the AI boom can turn into lasting improvement in daily work.

Lange waren viele Gespräche über künstliche Intelligenz von Zurückhaltung geprägt: erst einmal beobachten, Erfahrungen anderer abwarten, Risiken verstehen. In meinen Gesprächen mit Logistikunternehmen erlebe ich inzwischen einen anderen Ton.

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BVL/ifo Logistics Indicator Q3 2026

Economic sideways movement continues in logistics

Following headwinds in the second quarter, the logistics indicator is trending slightly upward again in the third quarter of 2026. The business situation improved from 83.0 in Q2 to 85.8 in Q3. The trend is even more pronounced in business expectations: These rose from 81.3 to 86.7 points, an increase of 5.4 points. The business climate also improved significantly, rising from 82.1 to 86.3 points. This positive trend is driven equally by developments among shippers and service providers, with figures rising in all three areas for both groups.

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