CONTENTS
ISSUE 3 / VOLUME 3 JUNE 2020
5 Editor’s welcome
Is there anything good coming out of
the ongoing pandemic, asks the Editor
7 Logistics update
Imperial in Turkey; forwarder fortunes;
and Bolloré’s green initiatives
10 COVID-19 response
The Editor notes that the sector
stakeholders have been quick to rally
and offer help to a world in need
14 World analysis
How did the US and Canada fare during
2019? According to responses, it was a
mixed year, finds Alwyn Brice
18 Africa and COVID-19
From Kenya, Ruth Nduta of Siginon
reports on the continent’s situation
since the virus took hold
20 Supply chain focus
Chris Lewis declares that we now know
more about the supply chain than ever
24 Freighter conversions
A hot topic today, if ever there was
one, believes Max Gosney, who talks to
some of the leading exponents
28 COVID-19 analysis
Consultant Simon Miles reminds us that
the aviation sector is more than just
freight - and offers some advice
32 Pharma freight
An update from Max Gosney, who
interviews Dominic Hyde of Credo on
Demand at Peli Bio Thermal. What has
been the effect of the coronavirus on
the pharma sector? And what can the
pharma sector expect going forward?
34 Cargo crime
Pandemic notwithstanding, this is one
area of the industry that is booming,
writes TAPA’s Thorsten Neumann
37 Digitalisation
In which the Editor talks to Freightos’
Camilo Garcia Cervera about the status
quo of digitalisation
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