COVID air freight demand

Vaccine logistics a huge hurdle — Freightonomics (with video)

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Zach Strickland and Anthony Smith lay out challenges COVID-19 vaccine distribution poses to the supply chain

Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland talk about the importance of vaccine logistics.

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Christmas tree sales are up around 10% this year, according to tree farm owner McKenzie Cook. 

Drivers are making more money hauling trees, with Texas premiums hitting $500 per load and California premiums seeing a $200 increase. 

The big boom in container imports is forecast to last into spring of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/vaccine-logistics-a-huge-hurdle-freightonomics-with-video

Boeing says e-commerce, trade shifts drive future demand for freighters

Looking straight at nose of cargo jet, painted gray on top half, white on bottom, with side cargo door open and loading a container of freight.

The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) on Tuesday marginally downgraded its 20-year outlook for air cargo because of an uncertain economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis and adjustments to its model, but the aerospace giant still projects the global freighter fleet will expand 60% to support projected growth in international trade and the explosion in e-commerce shipments.

Cargo traffic, led by East Asia, is expected to average 4% annual growth through 2039, spurring deliveries of 2,430 all-cargo...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/boeing-says-e-commerce-trade-shifts-drive-future-demand-for-freighters

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