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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

Normally this means airport-to-airport delivery within three to five days with UPS acting as a “freight forwarder” to transport the goods using space available on commercial (passenger) airlines or dedicated cargo flights to the destination. Asky Airlines : Stopped flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone on July 29.

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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

Elementum

More than a dozen cases have been reported in Florida, prompting the logistics companies to heighten their mitigating measures against the disease. African Minerals Limited in Sierra Leone had to stop operating as there is an insufficient number of working capital. In, ArcelorMittal S.A.’s In, ArcelorMittal S.A.’s