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Urgent – The Ukraine Logistics Coalition with Ben Gordon

The Logistics of Logistics

The situation in the Ukraine grows more desperate every minute and the need for humanitarian aid is enormous and growing. Prior to 3PLex, Benjamin advised transportation and logistics clients at Mercer Management Consulting. Transportation companies that can deliver and track shipments, like SEKO Worldwide, Project44, and MEEST.

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Qatar Airways Cargo Prioritizes Transport of Essential Medical Supplies and Aid Relief

Airfreight Logistics

Qatar Airways Cargo has increased services around the world, operating freighters and freight-only passenger aircraft to ensure the continuity of global trade and transportation of essential supplies to where they are needed during this critical time. This equates to roughly 500 fully loaded Boeing 777 freighters.

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ALAN Assists in Humanitarian Relief

3PL Insights

One of the organizations currently assisting victims of Hurricane Harvey is the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), which was formed to provide humanitarian relief after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2004. Evans is proud to sponsor ALAN’s great work in humanitarian aid and disaster relief.

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Delivering Relief Aid at a Moment’s Notice

Airfreight Logistics

Behind the scenes of the Aid & Relief sector, work is continuously underway to make sure when a crisis occurs, supplies and teams are ready. The primary objectives of humanitarian aid are to save lives, alleviate suffering, and to provide materials and assistance to people in need. Mr. Stuart Smith. Handling it All.

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Logistics industry delivers HGV simulator to Zambia

Logistics Business Magazine

Four big names from the transport and logistics sector have come together to supply an HGV driver training simulator for the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Zambia, which Transaid has partnered with since 2008 to help meet the country’s growing demand for professional driver training.

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Fritz inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame

Logistics Business Magazine

The entrepreneur also pushed for initiatives to systematically train logistics personnel and evaluate humanitarian missions with the help of key figures. Fritz also founded the first association for humanitarian aid workers in the USA and established a consortium of companies that provide logistics experts and donate money when needed.

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Let’s fly with the wings that save lives in Mali

World Food Programme Logistics

We chat about the challenges people living in Gao have been experiencing since crisis erupted in 2012; the services provided by aid groups but also the difficulties of humanitarian access?—?one Here, a quick turnaround is necessary because the city is regularly targeted by non-state armed groups. Mali is a huge country.