钢铁作为大宗商品历来是物流业的主营业务。然而,随着金融危机的爆发,全球经济陷入低迷状态,中国经济增速也在放缓,致使钢铁产能过剩,市场需求骤减,融资困难,钢铁物流因此跌入低谷,企业挣扎在生死存亡线上。面对严峻的局面,钢铁物流企业在反思和探索中创新——整合钢铁物流产业链,运用电子商务实现网上交易,集钢铁信息、销售、仓储、加工、配送、包装于一体……新的经营模式在出现,新的组织形态在形成,钢铁物流朝着专业化、规模化、集约化、规范化和国际化的道路迈进;钢铁物流在创新中实现转型升级,在转型升级中绽放出新活力。在这一期“特别策划”栏目中,本刊记者就钢铁物流现状与发展等问题采写了一组文章,敬请读者关注。 Steel has always been the main business of the logistics industry as a commodity. However, with the outbreak of the financial crisis, the global economy was in a downturn and China’s economic growth was also slowing down. As a result, excess steel capacity, sluggish market demand and financing difficulties led steel logistics to plunge and enterprises struggled to survive. . In the face of the severe situation, the steel logistics enterprises make innovations in their reflection and exploration. They integrate the steel logistics industry chain and use e-commerce to realize online transactions. They integrate steel information, sales, warehousing, processing, distribution and packaging. With the emergence of new models and the formation of new organizational forms, the steel logistics has been marching toward specialization, scale, intensification, standardization and internationalization. Iron and steel logistics has been transformed and upgraded in innovation and has given new vitality to its transformation and upgrading. In this issue of “Special Planning”, our correspondents have written a series of articles on the status quo and development of steel logistics. Please pay close attention to the readers.