After the Second World War, international economic exchanges have expanded and become more and more active. Especially after the oil crisis in the 1970s, the original transportation concept to meet the necessary goods could no longer meet the new requirements. It was during this period that system logistics entered the international field.
In the 1960s, a large number of international logistics began to be formed, and large-scale logistics tools appeared in the logistics technology, such as 200,000 tons of oil tankers and 100,000 tons of ore ships.
In the 1970s, under the influence of the oil crisis, international logistics not only developed further in terms of quantity, and the trend of large-scale ships was further strengthened, but also, there was a requirement to improve the level of international logistics services, which was marked by the development of international containers and international container ships. The scheduled liners of all major routes have been put into container ships, improving the logistics level of bulk cargo and greatly improving the logistics service level.
In the middle and late 1970s, a new situation in which aviation logistics increased substantially in the field of international logistics appeared, and at the same time a higher level of international combined transport emerged. The trend of large-scale ships has reached a peak, with 500,000-ton oil tankers and 300,000-ton bulk ships appearing.
The outstanding feature of international logistics in the pre- and mid-1980s was the emergence of "fine logistics" under the condition that the volume of goods basically did not continue to expand, and the level of mechanization and automation of logistics increased. At the same time, with the changes in people’s demand and concepts in the new era, international logistics Focusing on solving the logistics of "small batch, high frequency, and multiple varieties", modern logistics not only covers a large number of goods and bulk cargo, but also covers a variety of goods, basically covering all logistics objects, and solving all logistics objects Modern logistics issues.
Another major development in the field of international logistics in the 1980s and 1990s was the logistics information and electronic data interchange (EDI) system that accompanied the emergence of international intermodal logistics. The role of information makes logistics develop in the direction of lower cost, higher service, greater quantification, and more refined. This problem is more prominent in international logistics than domestic logistics. Almost every activity of logistics is supported by information. The quality of logistics depends on information, and logistics services rely on information. It can be said that international logistics has entered the logistics information age.
In the 1990s, relying on the development of information technology, international logistics realized "informatization". The role of information in international logistics, relying on the Internet public platform, penetrated into various related fields, and at the same time, new global satellite positioning systems, electronic customs declaration systems, etc. appeared. The information system, on this basis, builds an international supply chain, forms an international logistics system, and further improves the level of international logistics.