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Get in touchWorking with Kuehne+Nagel as a road carrier partner
Access an expansive freight network, digitise daily collaboration, and harness sustainability programmes to ensure the longevity of your business.
Three reasons to partner with us
In a market shaped by fluctuating demand, rising costs, and increasing sustainability requirements, carriers need strong partnerships that deliver reliable business and operational simplicity.
Working with Kuehne+Nagel as a carrier connects you to extensive global freight opportunities, supports digital collaboration and automation with Road Carrier Solution, and delivers sustainability programmes that create real economic benefit for your business, both today and in the long term.
Reason #1
Become part of a global logistics network
Through Kuehne+Nagel’s global logistics network, you gain access to freight flows across multiple industries and regions.
By creating a carrier profile and collaborating with Kuehne+Nagel branches, your business becomes visible across our entire network. This exposes you to where capacity is needed and enables you to actively showcase your fleet and transport capabilities.
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What this means for your business:
Access to cross border and multi industry freight flows.
Increased visibility across Kuehne+Nagel branches.
More predictable and recurring transport volume.
Ability to showcase your fleet and capabilities where capacity is needed.
Long-term relationship with a global logistics leader.
Reason #2
Simple digital collaboration with real-time visibility
Daily collaboration with multiple forwarders often involves manual status updates, frequent check in calls, and complex email communication, all of which slow down operations.
With Road Carrier Solution, Kuehne+Nagel both standardises and digitises collaboration across the entire journey. Shipment updates, driver communication, and document handling are managed in a simple, structured way, reducing the administrative effort for dispatchers and drivers.
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What this means for your business:
Real-time tracking of your vehicle's live location during transit reduces the need for check-in calls, enabling proactive communication, and supporting a high-quality customer experience.
Mobile communication allows you to share trip and pickup details or instructions with drivers via WhatsApp, SMS or email.
Digitised documents mean drivers can share shipment information and electronic proof of delivery (POD) using a secure mobile URL.
Multilingual support provides two-way communication with drivers in over 30 languages for clear and effective coordination.
Reason #3
Make sustainable transport work for your business
Investing in electric trucks and low emission solutions presents both opportunity and risk. High upfront costs and uncertain returns can hold carriers back.
Kuehne+Nagel reduces these barriers by combining predictable demand with targeted sustainability programmes, helping you integrate emissions reduction into a viable business model.
Discover how Kuehne+Nagel is working with customers and partners to advance electric road transport. Read our stories:
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What this means for your business:
Leverage business opportunities for sustainable transport that we’ve already confirmed are feasible for electric trucks (including routes, charging and costs).
Monetise CO₂ savings through our sustainability programmes with emissions reduction credits.
Get preferential pricing on electric trucks through our vehicle manufacturer partnerships and reduce electricity rates via our partner charging station network.
Benefit from our expert guidance when transitioning to low emission fleets, including total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis and route simulation.
Hear what our carriers are saying
Starting as a family-owned business, Abijodi Transport & Projects (ATP) has grown into a regional logistics company. Listen to Abinely Sibanda, Managing Director of ATP, as he talks about his experience managing his fleet with Kuehne+Nagel’s Road Carrier Solution.
The Road Carrier Solution is easy to use and just makes sense.
Abinley Sibanda
Managing Director, ATP
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Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Getting started and business growth
Carriers can access freight flows across industries and regions through Kuehne+Nagel’s global logistics network, helping reduce dependence on spot business and supporting more predictable planning.
Create a carrier profile in Road Carrier Solution to showcase your fleet, equipment, and transport capabilities. This increases your visibility when Kuehne+Nagel branches search for capacity in different regions.
Yes. Reliable service and strong operational performance help build long‑term relationships, which can unlock recurring transport opportunities with Kuehne+Nagel.
Kuehne+Nagel aims to help carriers keep trucks fully utilised, smooth out demand fluctuations, reduce operational complexity, and meet rising expectations for transparency and sustainability.
Through Kuehne+Nagel’s global freight network and visibility across branches, carriers can access broader freight flows and more transport opportunities.
No. Any carrier working with Kuehne+Nagel can benefit from digital collaboration, branch-wide visibility, and standardised processes.
Yes. By being visible to Kuehne+Nagel branches across the network, carriers can be considered for capacity needs in different countries.
Carriers may access cross-border and multi-industry freight flows across Kuehne+Nagel’s global logistics network.
Contact your Kuehne+Nagel representative to request a Road Carrier Solution account.
Digital collaboration, tracking and driver communication
Road Carrier Solution is Kuehne+Nagel’s standardised, digital way for road carriers to collaborate on shipments—covering trip assignment, shipment status updates, driver communication, live location sharing (via telematics), and document submission such as Proof of Delivery (POD).
Road Carrier Solution is designed for road carriers working with Kuehne+Nagel who want simpler day-to-day collaboration, fewer manual updates, and better visibility from pickup through delivery.
Use your carrier profile to describe your fleet, equipment types, and transport capabilities so Kuehne+Nagel teams can match you to suitable freight opportunities across the network.
Road Carrier Solution supports structured, digital shipment updates and milestone tracking, reducing the need for constant check‑in calls, bulky email chains, and manual status updates.
You can update shipment statuses digitally and receive automatic tracking and milestone updates from pickup to delivery.
Road Carrier Solution allows carriers to assign vehicles to trips digitally so dispatchers can manage execution in a structured way.
Live shipment location can be shared easily through telematics integration, improving transparency during execution.
Trip details and instructions can be shared directly in one click with drivers via SMS, WhatsApp or email, making it easier for dispatchers to keep drivers informed.
Yes. Road Carrier Solution supports sending trip details and instructions directly to drivers via SMS, WhatsApp or email, reducing lengthy email threads.
PODs can be captured and uploaded to the platform on any device via a secure link, simplifying document submission after delivery.
Yes. Because POD upload is available via a secure link on any device, drivers can capture and upload POD from a smartphone when needed.
Uploading POD through the secure link helps complete the delivery documentation process in a structured way and reduces follow‑up administration.
Yes. Road Carrier Solution supports automatic shipment tracking and milestone updates, covering the shipment journey from pickup through delivery.
By standardising digital processes for updates, driver communication, and document submission, Road Carrier Solution reduces time spent on manual paperwork and repeated status checks.
POD can be captured and uploaded to the platform on any device using a secure link—this includes smartphones, tablets, and computers.
Confirm that the correct driver contact details were used and ask your Kuehne+Nagel contact to resend the trip details and instructions via the supported channels (SMS/email/WhatsApp).
Sustainability programmes
It is a programme that enables carriers to monetise emission reductions, helping turn emissions savings into a business opportunity.
Kuehne+Nagel provides guidance and support for transitioning to low‑emission fleets and helps reduce entry barriers to sustainable transport.
The Kuehne+Nagel EV truck programme is an initiative that gives carriers access to preferential pricing on electric trucks through a partnership with OEM truck manufacturers to support the transition to low emission fleets.
By lowering entry barriers—such as preferential EV pricing and monetisation of CO₂ savings—Kuehne+Nagel supports carriers in building future ready fleets with lower financial risk.
Yes. Access to sustainable transport demand from global customers can create new business opportunities for carriers.
Emissions reduction credits are payments for tonnes of emissions saved.
We actively support partners transitioning to greener fleets. This includes access to our "Book & Claim" carbon-reduction schemes and potential collaboration on direct-deployment projects for electric or biofuel-powered trucks.
Yes. We can provide data on the most efficient routes for electric vehicles and discuss long-term contracts that provide the financial stability needed for you to invest in alternative fuel technology.
Kuehne+Nagel combines guidance and support with practical programmes (preferential EV pricing, CO₂ monetisation) to make sustainable transport more viable.
Kuehne+Nagel positions its sustainability initiatives to also contribute to carriers’ profitability by lowering entry barriers and enabling monetisation of CO₂ savings.
By working with Kuehne+Nagel and being visible in our network, carriers can be matched to sustainable transport demand from global customers.
Performance, reliability and operational best practices
By enabling telematics-based location sharing and automatic milestone updates, Road Carrier Solution improves shipment visibility from pickup to delivery.
Road Carrier Solution focuses on structured digital processes—status updates, driver communication, telematics-based visibility, and POD upload—so execution is faster and easier.
With clearer shipment milestones, easier updates, and direct driver instructions, Road Carrier Solution helps dispatchers respond more quickly to exceptions and keep operations aligned.
Focus on reliable service, strong operational performance, timely digital updates and connecting telematics for real-time visibility.
Update shipment statuses consistently, share location visibility through telematics connection, and ensure delivery documentation (POD) is uploaded promptly.
It refers to using consistent digital workflows for shipment updates, driver communication, and document handling rather than fragmented emails and manual paperwork.
Dispatchers can share trip details and instructions directly with drivers via SMS, WhatsApp or email, reducing misunderstandings and unnecessary follow-up calls.