Six global forwarders will ultimately determine the rates paid to airlines by Unicef for vaccine distribution. Yesterday, 16 airlines announced they had signed MoUs with Unicef to support its global vaccination plan. The agreements, which last five years, do not include pricing, according to the UN children’s organisation. “Pricing is outside the scope of...
Transport Intelligence‘s Thomas Cullen writes: The distribution of vaccines for Covid-19 will be a task of some, but not overwhelming, size and complexity. It treads a familiar path for inoculation programmes in both the developed and the developing world. The logistics solutions are familiar and will use resources that are widely available...
THE HEISENBERG writes: Right, but when? That’s the question the whole world wants answered when it comes to the vaccination push. The last several weeks have delivered plenty in the way of encouraging data on Covid-19 vaccines, contributing to a powerful pro-cyclical rotation across assets, even as the US long-end refuses to join in on...
The focus of vaccine distribution so far has been on airline capacity and the ability to deliver at the correct temperature – but security will also be crucial, with armed escorts and convoys expected to be used. In fact, it will be “the biggest security challenge for a generation” according to the...
The good news of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid vaccine has been tempered by the requirement that it needs to be stored at -70C or below – a tough challenge for the logistics business. A recent survey by phamra.aero and Tiaca found that only 15% of respondents said they could handle vaccines that require...
