World Cargo News reports on the keynote sessions from our recent Containing COVID-19: Containerisation’s Role in Global Vaccine Logistics online seminar.
With keynote sessions from Maersk and DHL Global Forwarding, the seminar highlighted some of the key issues around the role of reefer containers in global vaccine logistics.
With reefer containers and ocean freight not yet being used for vaccine logistics, how long will it be before alternatives to costly air freight are looked at?
With 1-2% of the temperature controlled cargo moved by sea today already pharma related cargo and with advances in ocean freight technology, is confidence in the supply chain the real problem in moving towards ocean freight for vaccine logistics?
Since the 1st of April refrigerated transport to China has resumed. It was put on hold over concerns about the transmission of the coronavirus via containers. Chinese rail companies are now fully back on track with the cold chain, to the delight of the European industry.
SeaCube Container’s CEO Robert Sapphio talks ocean shipping and the impact of the Suez Canal blockage on the global food supply chain
Interest in agritech is at an all-time high, accelerated by the pandemic
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