Kuehne+Nagel is the largest logistics company in the world. It sees opportunities to capture more business as shipping demand falls.
New reports from Maersk, Kuehne+Nagel and Drewry point to an ongoing boom for container shipping lines.
Despite the victory of saving Christmas, the congestion problems at the nation’s largest ports have not improved.
Making freight and logistics activities sustainable in the Asia-Pacific region is anything but simple.
This week: Cargostore and Kuehne+Nagel employees skydive with Red Devils for various charities, DHL successfully delivers 4 million donated vaccines from the U.K. and truck art helps find missing children in Pakistan.
“The longer it takes for us to communicate to each other … the longer the end customer, who we are all focused on at the end of the day, has to wait for information.”
The Swiss logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel has extensive pharmaceutical experience and will handle the storage and transportation of COVID-19 vaccines for Moderna around the world.
Removal of dislodged containers is expected to take more than a month, and none of the 1,816 units that fell into the Pacific have been recovered.
Distribution of coronavirus vaccines isn’t limited to FedEx and UPS. Many freight transportation and logistics companies are already playing a large role in the global immunization campaign.
New medicines and life science products are more valuable and temperature-sensitive than before, requiring special storage and transportation conditions. Will there be enough of this infrastructure to handle a COVID vaccine?
