2025 Is an Opportunity for Progress

2024 ends. 2025 begins. The challenges remain. And they continue to present opportunities. Opportunities for those who have the courage to face them and develop solutions for the future of logistics. Innovative, climate-friendly, efficient.?

The future trends that are already emerging today determine these opportunities. From artificial intelligence to green fuels to cybersecurity. Our report highlights the key logistics trends for 2025.?

E-commerce may no longer be considered a trend, but it is still a growing market. In Sweden, we serve this business with DHL Freight – and we have developed climate-friendly solutions to reduce the high resource consumption of shipping and returning small shipments. Read more about how we are making e-commerce more eco-friendly.?

The people who give their best for DHL Freight – whether in our terminals or in volunteer initiatives on DHL Global Volunteer Day – play a major role in this. Because one thing is certain: Humanity will continue to be a trend. Today, in 2025, and beyond.?

Fortune favors courage, and 2025 offers the chance to create a future worth living.?

We wish you much courage for 2025!

Your editorial team at DHL Freight Connections

Logistics Trends 2025: AI Makes Its Way into Everyday Operations

Each year, we present the logistics trends that we believe will impact the industry in the coming year. An important aspect in 2025 is the increasing predictive quality of IT systems, which will improve planning and scalability. However, more digitization also makes companies more vulnerable: this turns cybersecurity into an important trend – especially for a system-relevant industry like logistics.

Here are the most important trends in logistics ->

“E-commerce is an important part of our network and is set to become even more important in future. With our new services, we’re ready.”

Christian Griesshaber, COO DHL Freight

“Heading for a new record”: Peak Season at the Malm? and Langenhagen terminals

Ahmed Al-Khafaji and Christian Digby from the terminal in Malm? (Sweden) and Lennart Macke from Langenhagen (Germany) can take a lot of the credit for those presents under the Christmas tree. They make sure thousands of items reach retailers and end customers.

Take a sneak into peak season ->

How DHL Parcel Lockers Contribute to More Sustainable Logistics

Anyone who shops online – and more and more people are doing so – expects fast delivery. Logistics service providers such as DHL Freight do everything they can to guarantee this. Parcel lockers offer flexibility for customers and service providers. At the same time, parcel lockers increase efficiency and are thus an effective lever for improving the sustainability of the last mile.

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DHL Global Volunteer Day: New Shine for a Villa of the Charity Organization AWO

For 16 years now, DHL Group has been encouraging its employees to take part in Global Volunteer Day. The campaign is a worldwide success story, and this year’s response was once again outstanding: through voluntary initiatives, our colleagues take responsibility for society and the environment and set an example for more social solidarity.

Look what we've done ->