Risk of Higher Logistics Costs Due to Rising Fuel Prices
First written in FY2018. 6 of 14 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2024.
Chuo Warehouse moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2022, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2021).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 8 of 12 companies on the "Worse" side.
7 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「The logistics industry continued to face a challenging operating environment due to ongoing increases in costs such as fuel, rising labor costs associated with labor shortages, the emergence of various logistics issues arising from the logistics industry’s 2024 problem, and declining logistics volumes resulting from production adjustments at some manufacturers.」
Cost increases for fuel and labor continued, compounded by a decline in logistics volumes due to the 2024 problem and production adjustments. - FY2024-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「The operating environment remains challenging, with costs also increasing due to persistently high labor costs and fuel prices.」
Persistently high fuel prices continue to be cited, alongside labor costs, as an actual factor behind higher costs. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, rising energy prices have increased costs such as fuel expenses.」
Higher costs such as fuel expenses due to rising energy prices continued to be cited as a factor behind the challenging operating environment in the logistics industry. - FY2023-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「The operating environment remains challenging, with rising energy prices increasing costs such as fuel expenses.」
Rising energy prices were identified as an actual factor behind higher costs such as fuel expenses. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment remains challenging due to the impact of logistics disruptions caused by persistently high fuel prices, lockdowns in major Chinese cities and other factors.」
Persistently high fuel prices continue to be cited as a factor behind the challenging environment in the logistics industry, alongside the recovery trend in cargo volumes. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the logistics industry, import and export cargo volumes and domestic cargo handling volumes were recovering as overseas and domestic economic activity normalized and recovered. However, the outlook remained uncertain due to the risk of declining logistics volumes resulting from production adjustments in automobiles, machinery and equipment caused by shortages of components such as semiconductors, as well as continued increases in fuel prices.」
Rising fuel prices continue to be cited as a factor contributing to the uncertain outlook for the logistics industry, alongside the recovery trend in cargo volumes. - FY2022-Q1Resurgence of the risk of rising fuel pricesAnnual report
「In the logistics industry as well, import and export cargo volumes, supported by the recovery in overseas economic activity, and domestic cargo volumes handled by the manufacturing sector and others are recovering, but the outlook remains uncertain as fuel prices continue to rise.」
The rise in fuel prices, which was not specifically disclosed in the previous full-year report, was again cited as a factor contributing to the uncertain outlook for the logistics industry. - FY2021DroppedAnnual report
「In the logistics industry as well, labor costs continued to increase amid ongoing labor shortages.」
Rising and persistently high fuel prices, which had been disclosed previously, were not specifically mentioned in the description of the operating environment in this full-year filing. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The operating environment continued to be challenging, as labor shortages became more serious and entrenched, driving up labor costs, while fuel prices also remained high.」
Persistently high fuel prices continue to be identified, alongside labor shortages and rising labor costs, as a factor behind higher costs in the logistics industry. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The impact of higher personnel and outsourcing costs as labor shortages become more serious and entrenched, as well as persistently high fuel prices and other factors」
Persistently high fuel prices continue to be identified as a factor behind higher costs in the logistics industry. - FY2019MaterialisedAnnual report
「The decline in operating profit resulted from an increase of ¥7,197 thousand in the international cargo handling business, offset by decreases of ¥29,266 thousand in the warehousing business, due in part to the early incurrence of costs related to newly handled cargo, and ¥41,132 thousand in the transportation business, due to soaring fuel costs and other factors.」
Rising fuel prices emerged as a factor behind the decline in profit in the transportation business, and the risk of higher costs due to rising fuel prices affected results. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the logistics industry, cargo movements remained firm, particularly for import and export cargo, but the operating environment continued to be challenging as labor shortages became increasingly serious and fuel prices also rose.」
Rising fuel prices continue to be identified as a factor behind the challenging operating environment in the logistics industry. - FY2019-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the logistics industry, cargo movements remained strong, particularly for import and export cargo, but the operating environment continued to be challenging as labor shortages became increasingly serious and fuel prices also rose.」
The rise in fuel prices, which was described as a future concern in the previous fiscal year, was cited in the current quarter as an actual factor behind the challenging operating environment. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「In the logistics industry as well, although cargo movements are recovering, the challenging operating environment is expected to continue due to cost increases resulting from labor shortages and rising fuel prices, among other factors.」
The company created a separate thread for the first time on higher costs due to rising fuel prices as a factor contributing to the challenging future operating environment in the logistics industry.