News / Specialised Covid partnerships strengthen airline and forwarder relations

The Covid crisis, in PR terms anyway, appears to have strengthened specialised partnerships between carriers and forwarders, as they try to keep supply chains moving.

Two such partnerships have been announced in the past two days, both focusing on Covid-related shipments.

DSV Sea & Air is working with United Cargo to move pharmaceutical materials, including blood plasma, a “fragile” product that requires specialised handling.

Frozen, it needs to remain at -20 degrees or less throughout its journey and United is using va-Q-tec temperature-controlled ...