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How COVID-19 Is Changing Peak-Season Shipping Expectations

In the world of logistics, getting ready for peak shipping season usually means following historical demand patterns. But this year, uncertainty caused by COVID-19 is changing everything.

Source: Bloomberg

Dachser USA Announces Weekly Transatlantic Flight Service between US and Europe

Dachser USA has recently announced a new dedicated weekly Frankfurt-Chicago-Frankfurt flight service in response to ongoing demand for increased air freight capacity between Europe and the US.

UPS Readies Freezer Farms to Ship Virus Vaccine — If We Get One

United Parcel Service is building two giant freezer farms capable of super-cooling millions of vials of a COVID-19 vaccine, preparing for the day when it will need to deliver the medicine at high speed across the globe.

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How Technology Is Helping a Family-Owned Forwarder to Expand

A small forwarder in Puerto Rico had big dreams of expanding its services to meet the need of multimodal shippers, while complying with all document-filing requirements by government regulators.

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Descartes and Dnata Expand Network for Real-time Air Cargo Tracking

Descartes Systems Group, a provider of logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Dnata, a world air service provider, is deploying Descartes Core Bluetooth Low Energy readers across its global cargo operations to support the tracking of international mail, parcel and cargo shipments.

The World’s Supply Chain Isn’t Ready for a COVID-19 Vaccine

The industries that shepherd goods around the world on ships, planes and trucks acknowledge they aren’t ready to handle the challenges of shipping an eventual COVID-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people.

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How Will Pandemic Reshoring Affect Transportation Providers?

Here's what we might see if the U.S government decides to take a more active role in driving supply chains away from China.

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Historic EU Recovery Plan Has Green Strings Attached

Meeting the climate-neutrality goal is a key pillar of a 750 billion-euro ($824 billion) economic recovery plan unveiled by the European Commission.

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Amazon Prime Air Seen Surging Fivefold, Rivaling UPS

Amazon’s Prime Air fleet will grow to about 200 planes — up from 42 now — in the next seven or eight years, creating an air cargo service that could rival United Parcel Service Inc., according to a study.

An Amazon Air cargo jet sits on a tarmac. Photo: Bloomberg.

Cargo-partner Launches Business Unit for High Tech Logistics

Cargo-partner, an international transport and info-logistics provider, has set up a dedicated department for high tech logistics at its headquarters near Vienna Airport.

American Airlines Expands International Cargo Operations

American Airlines has expanded its cargo schedule in May to provide 140 weekly flights to 15 cities in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Caribbean, up from 80 flights last week.

DACHSER adds charter flights from China to U.S.

As the airfreight capacity crunch continues, Dachser is adding dedicated charter flights from China to the U.S.

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