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With no sign of Australia’s international borders reopening, time-sensitive shippers are increasingly turning to air-sea logistics to get cargo into the country.
Typically, shipments from Europe are transported via airfreight to Hong Kong or Singapore, where the cargo is loaded onto a container vessel for the final leg to Australia.
According to Joe Carbone, sales director of Melbourne-based airfreight specialist Magellan Logistics, air-sea solutions have gained traction amid the escalating freight rates experienced since the start of the Covid-19 crisis.
“With the reduction ...
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