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All Roads Lead to Delay in the Time of COVID-19

Land, sea or air – the supply chain is being hard hit by shortages, delays, rising costs and lack of workers due to the coronavirus.

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A recent Reuters article discusses the breakdown of the Western supply chain as the coronavirus sweeps the globe, resulting in lockdowns and difficulty moving freight through any means.

Air freight has been hit the hardest as airlines shut down services, cutting off an estimated 85% of US air freight capacity that was previously transported in passenger plane cargo space. The result is increased freight costs and delayed transports, with some companies being forced to divert shipments to other methods such as sea freight, in order to avoid paying these increased costs.

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