Digital proof of delivery (POD): how GCC logistics is moving from paper logs to instant data
Walk into a depot at the end of a delivery shift and you can still see the old system at work. Drivers hand over crumpled slips, someone sorts them into piles, and a clerk starts typing signatures and quantities into a system hours after the goods were actually handed over. That gap between the doorstep […]
Kuwait’s logistics scene: What it is like and what role is it playing in the GCC?
Kuwait has been one of the GCC’s leading countries in digital transformation and technological adaptation and is now adding to its portfolio logistics leadership. The country’s freight forwarding industry generated roughly USD 2.77 billion in value added in 2025, moving an estimated 3.75 billion tonne-kilometers of goods across land, sea and air. Container traffic through […]
The shift from concrete to code in GCC logistics: how agentic AI is rewriting the regional supply chain
For most of the past two decades, the Gulf told its logistics story in cubic meters of concrete. That spending has not slowed down. Saudi Arabia broke ground on its 7 billion dollar Landbridge, a corridor of more than 1,500 kms of new and upgraded track that includes a 900 kms Riyadh to Jeddah line […]
The GCC is building itself into a single logistics corridor
For decades, moving freight across the Gulf meant one thing: trucks crossing hundreds of kilometers of desert highway between disconnected national markets. That era is ending, and the investment figures show exactly how fast. The GCC logistics market reached roughly 114.56 billion USD in 2025 and is projected to climb to 182.01 billion USD by […]
How to scale UAE e-commerce fulfilment without a warehouse
Every founder selling online in the UAE eventually asks the same question. Do we lease a warehouse, or do we find a way around it. The market itself is forcing the issue. The UAE e-commerce sector reached roughly 12.3 billion US dollars in 2026 and is on track to pass 21 billion US dollars by […]
Why logistics AI keeps missing its ROI targets: the answer is supply chain, not software.
Every logistics executive has sat through the same pitch. An AI platform promises to cut fuel spend, tighten delivery windows, and shave days off inventory cycles, and the numbers in the deck look almost too good to pass up. Then the platform goes live, the pilot wraps, and six months later someone in finance asks […]
Why road freight has become the Gulf’s most dependable trade route?
Every time tension flares somewhere between the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, the conversation among shippers in this region turns to the same question: what can still move reliably? Container lines have spent much of 2026 diverting around the Cape of Good Hope, adding roughly 10 to 14 extra sailing days on Asia-Europe […]
The future of carbon emissions: How the GCC is revolutionising the ecosystem through green hydrogen
The future of carbon emissions: How the GCC is revolutionising the ecosystem through green hydrogen The logistics industry is facing mounting pressure to minimise emissions, but can this be achieved without impairing efficiency? Energy related carbon dioxide emissions climbed to roughly 38.4 billion tons in 2025, a 0.4% rise that pushed atmospheric concentrations to about […]
Warehousing vs dark stores: what suits your business best?
Warehousing vs dark stores: what suits your business best? Same-day delivery was once the gold standard, but today, a growing share of customers expect their orders even sooner, sometimes within a couple of hours. That shift is changing how businesses think about fulfilment, and it brings one question into focus: should orders be served from […]
Export documentation: what do you need for GCC cross-border logistics?
Export documentation: what do you need for GCC cross-border logistics? The six GCC states traded about USD 146 billion in goods with one another in 2024, up 9.8% on the year and nearly double the USD 78 billion recorded in 2017, and every dollar of it moved on paperwork. However, a truck can be fully […]