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With demand for airfreight capacity on track to return to 2019 levels at some point in 2021, the industry is bracing itself for a massive, worldwide vaccine distribution program while also preparing to manage the...
During a year when e-commerce sales skyrocketed, the global pandemic impacted supply chains around the globe, and transportation capacity contracted across most modes, while companies worked to get their logistics strategies realigned with this “new...
Grounded airplanes, shuttered economies, interrupted supply chains, and the introduction of buzzwords like “social distancing” were just some of the key disruptors that took over in 2020, making the year one for the record books—and...
There’s no doubt that 2020 was a real whirlwind. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, both personal and professional lives had to shift to a “new normal” the likes...
When DB Schenker contracted with The City of New York to transport and deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers, the logistics provider’s primary goal was to get medical...
Every year around this time, companies review their transportation plans for the next few months, adjust as needed, and then hope for the best as the holiday onslaught hits. With...
Securing capacity for global air shipments has become more difficult this year as total freight volumes receded and as carriers reduced their flights as a way to offset that drop...
Coming into 2020, the world’s ocean shippers were bracing themselves for what would be a fundamental change to the way their ships operate on the high seas. That’s because beginning January 1, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), would limit the amount of sulfur in fuel...
Read moreWhen COVID-19 prompted cities and states to lockdown and shutter businesses in March, the long-term impacts on the warehousing industry were largely unknown at the time. Dealing with a downward trend in inventory-to-sales ratios that started in the early-1990s, the U.S. warehousing sector probably couldn’t...
Read moreFrom the minute the world’s first cargo flight left the ground in 1910, airfreight has been playing a critical role in transporting high-value and time-sensitive goods both domestically and internationally. Most recently, airfreight has proven itself to be a critical “connector” between manufacturers and the...
Read moreIn place since 1994, the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was the playbook that all shippers involved with cross-border trade in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico worked from. The three-country accord had its supporters and detractors, and was focused on eliminating most tariffs on...
Read moreIt doesn’t take a global pandemic to turn a supply chain on end, but as many companies learned in early-2020, such an event can have major impacts on a company’s ability to operate normally. Be it a trade war, a geopolitical event like Brexit, or...
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