Smart logistics exports grow, new energy industry becomes new growth engine for logistics equipment companies

On March 29, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the "China Logistics Technology Development Report (2023)" at the 2024 Global Logistics Technology Conference. According to the report, in recent years, the application scenarios of my country's logistics technology and equipment have become increasingly rich, and the level of intelligence has been continuously improved. At present, most of the industry-leading logistics equipment manufacturing companies have entered the stage of intelligent automation.

According to the report, the scale of my country's intelligent logistics equipment market has increased by more than 16% year-on-year for many consecutive years. With the accelerated promotion and application of emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence in my country's logistics field, intelligent logistics technology has become a new "engine" for the development of my country's logistics industry.

Experts said that the continuous innovation and development of technology has brought revolutionary changes to the logistics industry. The application and popularization of technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things have greatly changed the existing modes of warehousing, transportation, and distribution. The application of technical equipment such as automatic sorting systems, unmanned warehouses, unmanned docks, unmanned delivery vehicles, logistics robots, and intelligent express boxes has reduced manual operations and comprehensively improved operating efficiency.

At the same time, green logistics technology and equipment also maintain a rapid development trend. Green equipment upgrades brought about by technologies such as green packaging, new energy heavy trucks, and green pallets have become an important means of energy conservation and emission reduction in the logistics industry.

In recent years, the overall export of my country's intelligent logistics industry has shown a continuous growth trend. Among them, the most exported subdivided products are electric forklifts and work trucks equipped with lifting and handling devices, accounting for more than 60% of the export volume.

In 2023, under the general environment of insufficient overall demand, the trend of industry structure differentiation has emerged, and the counter-trend growth in the new energy field has become a highlight. Judging from the annual reports of many listed companies in the field of logistics equipment, the new energy industry has become a new growth "engine" for logistics equipment companies.

According to the report, "5G+Smart Logistics", "Beidou Precise Space-Time Perception", "Zero Carbon Technology", "Generative Artificial Intelligence", etc. have become the annual logistics technology hot words, and open intelligence will become the general trend of the development of the logistics technology and equipment industry.