Asia Pacific
DB Schenker continues expansion of its own-controlled network
DB Schenker extends its own-controlled, global flight network connecting America, Europe, and Asia directly for the first time. ➤
Forwarders
Carriers
CEVA joins Hope Consortium for Covid-19 vaccine distribution
CEVA Logistics joins the Hope Consortium – the umbrella organisation of a UAE-based public-private partnership aimed at supporting global COVID-19 vaccine distribution. ➤
Airports
Singapore Changi air hub primed for Covid vaccine distribution
Singapore Changi Airport’s air cargo hub is ready for the transportation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, says the Changi Ready Taskforce. ➤
Europe & CIS
DHL Supply Chain to handle Covid vaccine for German state
Germany’s state of Lower Saxony commissions DHL Supply Chain to manage COVID-19 vaccine logistics. The division of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, is contracted to store nearly 2.2 million vaccine doses, and about 350 pallets ➤
Asia Pacific
DHL Global Forwarding helps ‘loneliest elephant’ to new life
Kaavan, the by-now famous ‘world’s loneliest elephant’, is now settling in his new home in Cambodia after the journey from Pakistan through the efforts of partners including DHL Global Forwarding. The 36-year old Asian elephant ➤
Airports
Qatar Airways Cargo returns to Pittsburgh Int’l
Qatar Airways Cargo and its freight forwarding partners resume flights to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) from 4 December. Connecting PIT with Bangladesh (DAC), the carrier will be conducting weekly flights into PIT for the next ➤
Africa
DSV Panalpina acquiring S.African courier company Globeflight
DSV Panalpina is acquiring Globeflight Worldwide Express, a South African based courier company. ➤
Africa
Cainiao partners Ethiopian for China’s Covid-19 vaccine transport
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network is partnering Ethiopian Airlines to launch a special cold chain air freight solution for temperature-controlled medicines from Shenzhen Airport (SCX), including Covid-19 vaccines. ➤
Asia Pacific
Source confirms Foxconn shifting some Apple production to Vietnam
Foxconn is now definitively planning to move some of its current China-based Apple assembly to Vietnam in a bid to minimise the impact of the ongoing US-China trade war. ➤
Cargo Handlers
Covid vaccine supply chains could see armed escorts: TAPA
Pharmaceutical supply chains are set to face their biggest security challenge in history as Covid-19 vaccines inch closer to reality. ➤