Pfizer is briefing the press aggressively about its prospective COVID-19 vaccine. A heavily publicised open letter from the company’s CEO strongly implied that it is expected to be shipping the vaccine in the last week of November.
The next iteration of TV shopping channels is heading westwards from China and it is called ‘Live Streaming’, so what, if any, are the implications for logistics operations in the future?
The Port of Antwerp, one of Europe’s leading container ports and its largest chemical logistics location, has reported that business for the past three quarters declined by 4.4% measured in volume terms.
In July 2020, the UK Government granted development consent for the re-opening of Manston Airport in Kent, closed since 2014. Although it’s proven controversial, in economic terms, there is a very strong case for a dedicated global air cargo hub for the UK.
One of the salient trends in logistics over the past five years has been the transformation of both operations and strategy by digital technology.
In September 2020, Project Sunrays was launched by Pharma.Aero and TIACA to support the airfreight industry to get ready for this unprecedented challenge.
The automotive sector is in profound crisis, both cyclical and secular and the specialised logistics companies that serve the sector have been having a challenging year too. New research from Transport Intelligence reveals the global automotive logistics market will contract by 20.4%.
In line with much sentiment in the container shipping industry, Maersk articulated a sense of optimism about profit growth in the near future even as it described weaker volumes in the third quarter and announced substantial redundancies.
Volatile demand patterns, capacity constraints and low diesel prices have all influenced European road freight pricing over the course of 2020.
The global contract logistics market will not escape the deep impact of Covid-19 and is set to contract 4.5% in 2020, according to new research by Ti.
Boeing is trying to be optimistic about the future of air transport, but even it has to admit that the short-term prospects are looking difficult.
The warehouse market continues to adapt to the explosion in e-commerce. Reports from Colliers, have underlined how warehousing is changing but also growing.