Sequential Improvement in Group EBIT
Kuehne + Nagel achieved a sequential improvement in group EBIT in Q3, with a group EBIT of CHF 455 million, marking the first year-over-year quarterly increase in two years.
Contract Logistics Growth
Contract Logistics saw solid EBIT growth in Q3, increasing to CHF 57 million, with gross profit growth excluding currency effects accelerating to 10% year-on-year.
Successful Cost Reduction
Ongoing cost control efforts resulted in a further sequential reduction of unit costs in Sea Logistics, with a 5% quarter-on-quarter OpEx decline.
Expansion and Strategic Initiatives
Q3 saw progress in SME service levels, seafreight portfolio management, migration of core TMS to the cloud, and the closing of a Road Logistics acquisition in Asia.