Energy Logistics
Meet the growing demand for energy—from both fossil fuels and renewable sources—with industry-leading project management and end-to-end support throughout the life of your project.
Specializing in energy logistics
Power your energy logistics strategy with an emphasis on safety, visibility, and continuity. Whether upstream or downstream in the process, minimize delays and disruptions for your most important projects and installations by leveraging market-leading solutions and technology. We understand the need for rigorous planning, connectivity, and continual oversight of energy supply chains and can match the level of urgency needed when critical timelines are involved.
Need to restore power in high-pressure emergency situations? Looking to keep your large capital expenditure project on time and within budget? Work with supply chain experts dedicated to helping you create a safe, efficient, and reliable supply chain.
What sets our energy logistics services apart
Energy logistics services for every segment
Renewables
Mitigate job site delays and shutdowns, improve visibility, meet delivery dates, and reduce damages by leveraging our 24+ GW of solar and wind logistics experience.
Oil & gas
Keep safety and risk mitigation front and center across all streams of oil and gas, from upstream, deepwater exploration and production, to midstream and downstream refining. With custom-designed solutions, you’re better prepared for turnarounds; delivering critical parts to offshore rigs; sourcing dedicated capacity for liquid, hazardous shipments; and more.
Power generation
Design and implement the right logistics solutions—whether you’re preparing for planned outages, responding to emergency situations, or keeping the lights on.
Leverage our team of dedicated energy experts
Establishing standardized processes that help you identify and mitigate risks up front while minimizing disruptions along the way starts with our team of experts whose experience with energy companies around the world bring best practices to your supply chain.
Trust our expertise paired with industry-leading technology to improve monetization and drive flexibility and resiliency to your supply chain—even in the most complex environments. Whether you need to move equipment to the oilfield, ship gas equipment to an energy plant, develop a power generation backup plan, or solve complexities involved with solar and wind equipment transportation, our energy logistics experts work closely with you to understand your shipping needs and create an effective solution.
What can our energy experts do for you?
Emergencies wait for no one
Watch how our experts are eager and available to solve every problem—no matter where or when it occurs.
Gain visibility to your energy supply chain with a single, robust TMS
Increase your savings and improve your efficiency with Navisphere®, our integrated, global, multimodal technology platform built by and for supply chain experts. Whether you’re a large shipper with a complex supply chain or a small business with specialized needs, Navisphere offers the visibility and reliability you need.
- Make smarter decisions on pricing and scheduling shipments, from truckload and less than truckload (LTL) to ocean and air—Navisphere® connects nearly 200,000 shippers and carriers globally.
- Minimize costly disruptions with end-to-end, real-time shipment visibility across all modes and regions.
- Measure and improve spend and performance with detailed reporting and analytics from the largest dataset in the industry.
Success story: Solar tech company
Challenge
A leading manufacturer of solar tech products faced a high rate of claims on microinverters damaged in transit. They also struggled to reliably meet delivery dates of their software-driven home solar energy products, jeopardizing timelines.
Solution
C.H. Robinson provides ongoing analysis of the company's shipping data to manage on-time delivery performance. The company has moved to more protective packaging, leverages carriers with specialized equipment, and uses consolidation solutions to decrease touchpoints and damage.
Result
The solar company achieved an on-time delivery percentage rate of 99% while decreasing claims on damaged goods to 1%.
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Industrial logistics
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Retail logistics
In a world where in-store experiences must compete with the breadth of online shopping options, getting the right inventory in the right place at the right time is critical to success.
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Automotive logistics
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