Changing Delivery Business Models in a Post-Pandemic World

Report Published 24 Mar 2022

<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has had contrasting impacts on different segments of road freight. On the one hand, the pandemic has disrupted long-haul road freight, especially industrial freight, as international supply chains have choked up or broken down, borders have closed, and entire populations have gone into lockdowns. At the same time, the pandemic has created rapid growth in consumer delivery as home-bound households change shopping and consumption patterns.</p>

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