COVID supply chain

Transport Can Drive The World From The Brink Of Recession!

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  • COVID-19 highlighted the world’s reliance on the transport sector.
  • Moving people, goods and services, the transport sector plays a crucial role in global economies.
  • Transport workers and their unions are calling for action on six demands: safety, sustainability, corporate accountability in supply chains etc.

Transport workers move the world. The COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on this. As the world shut down, transport workers were more visible than ever...

https://mfame.guru/transport-can-drive-the-world-from-the-brink-of-recession/

US, China, Europe grapple with container shipping bottlenecks

The world’s largest regulatory agencies overseeing international container trades met remotely to discuss rampant supply chain disruptions as carriers and their customers brace for more turmoil during the fall peak shipping season.

The fifth biennial meeting of the Global Regulatory Summit, hosted on Tuesday by the European Commission, also included the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission and China’s Ministry of Transportation.

According to the FMC, the meeting focused on three areas:

  • Sectoral...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-china-europe-grapple-with-container-shipping-bottlenecks

Mass production of COVID vaccines — Medically Necessary

Medically Necessary is a FreightWaves podcast about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to medical providers and patients.

FreightWaves’ Matt Blois talks to executives steering their companies through the pandemic and researchers with ideas to make health care supply chains more efficient.

In this first episode, Blois explores the rapid changes medical supply chains underwent to keep up with the COVID-19 vaccine production demand. Blois speaks with Robert...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-production-of-covid-vaccines-medically-necessary

GSCW chat recap: Brooke Sutherland on industrial and manufacturing landscape

Craig Fuller and Brooke Sutherland discuss the industrial and manufacturing landscape.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 1 focuses on the military, aerospace and manufacturing.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Overview of the industrial and manufacturing landscape.

DETAILS: A wide-ranging look at the biggest topics of the industry, including ways in which the private sector can make COVID-19 vaccinations more efficient.

SPEAKER: Brooke Sutherland, Bloomberg columnist. (The chat was conducted by FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller.)

BIO: Sutherland is...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/gscw-chat-recap:-brooke-sutherland-on-industrial-and-manufacturing-landscape

Biden readies critical supply chain review

President Joe Biden is preparing to make good on a campaign promise to review critical supply chains and reduce American dependence on imports for pandemic-related equipment and materials.

In July 2020, while he was officially still the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Biden laid out a plan to help the U.S. prevent shortages of critical products needed in times of crisis. The plan was in response to what he and others saw as failed efforts of the Trump administration during...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/biden-readies-critical-supply-chain-review

US takes extra measures to secure COVID vaccine shipments

Armed guard on tarmac in front of a FedEx plane getting loaded with COVID vaccine.

COVID-19 vaccines are literally worth more than gold. That’s the kind of value that criminal elements and other bad actors like to exploit.

Behind the scenes, governments and industry are adding new layers of security to prevent them from stealing the new biologic medicines or their digital recipes. The most visible sign that COVID vaccines are no ordinary shipments is the presence of armed U.S. marshals on the floor of distribution centers and in vehicle escorts.

“Throughout the process we’ve...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/us-marshals-help-safeguard-covid-vaccine-shipments

Contingency planning guides Pfizer vaccine distribution flow

Officials touring a UPS warehouse with special freezers for storing drugs.

With lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines finally en route to state administration sites, the guiding principles for officials in charge of managing the supply chain are adaptability and maintaining a consistent flow of doses to health care facilities.  

Army Gen. Gus Perna, the chief operating officer for the Operation Warp Speed partnership between government and industry, said Saturday that Defense Department logisticians held back 500,000 doses so they can adjust deliveries for potential...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/contingency-planning-guides-pfizer-vaccine-distribution-flow

The Daily Dash: COVID supply chain bumpy; Mnuchin says YRC loan was ‘risky’

UPS truck stock images

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, shipments made to test the COVID supply chain have resulted in some delivery performance issues. Plus, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he would not have made a $700 loan to YRC Worldwide and trucking safety groups have concerns about possible exemptions for vaccine deliveries.

Gaps in the COVID supply chain?

Mock shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine to test the federal government’s...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-daily-dash-covid-supply-chain-bumpy-mnuchin-says-yrc-loan-was-risky

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