Unvaccinated Canadian truck drivers contemplate whether to get COVID-19 vaccine ahead of U.S. border mandate amid fears thousands won’t.
Return of millions of US visitors to be ‘boon’ for transportation and logistics
“This is by far the biggest event that we have ever had to deal with,” UPS’ Dan Gagnon said about COVID.
“For companies that went into the COVID-19 year, if they were strong they came out stronger,” said Moore.
Bill Freidel of AIT Worldwide Logistics expects 2021 to be another challenging year for freight as the COVID-19 vaccine is prepped for release. He encourages logistics companies to invest in cold-chain technologies and continue to meet customer expectations.
UPS Healthcare is increasing its capability to provide dry ice for COVID vaccine shipments while Swiss firm SkyCell is going to market with a shipping container it says is more efficient and safer because it uses less dry ice.
Pfizer is laying the logistics groundwork for what is considered the largest-ever vaccine distribution campaign.
Air freight demand for COVID-19 vaccines will be massive, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The challenges of delivering a coronavirus vaccine to 8 billion people are immense, but over time more logistics companies will be able to participate as shipping tolerances ease.
Airline industry experts are just guesstimating when they say 8,000 big freighter planes will be needed to rush COVID vaccines to the public. Until we know more about the shipping requirements and packaging logistics, folks will still be in the dark.
