This week’s topics
Globalisation and the Modern Logistics Industry
- Growth of multimodal freight transport networks
- Expansion of megaships and containerised ocean trade
- Evolution of 3PL, 4PL, and lead logistics providers
- Strategic role of global logistics hubs and free trade zones
- Global Supply Chains: How Did All This Stuff Get Here?
- Sustainable and resilient supply chains: Overcoming vulnerabilities in transport and trade
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Explain how globalisation impacts the logistics industry.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how globalisation impacts the logistics industry.
Study materials
Videos
- Global Supply Chains: How Did All This Stuff Get Here? · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 50 min · for registered students
- Sustainable and resilient supply chains: Overcoming vulnerabilities in transport and trade · YouTube · UN Trade and Development · 87 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Introduction to Logistics, ch. 7: Global Logistics Planning and Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 131–136 · for registered students
- UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2025 · PDF · Un, report; 173 pages · for registered students
- Transportation Costs and International Trade in the Second Era of Globalization · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
