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Coronavirus Update - August 18
Allyn International is committed to providing you with the latest updates during this very fluid and everchanging period. Our goal with the information provided below is to give you at a high-level, a current overview of the most heavily impacted regions.
Global Updates
- Qatar Airways plans to resume flights to London Gatwick Airport on August 20.
- Hong Kong’s Kwai Tsing Container Terminals has enhanced their COVID testing and results show an increase in infections. 57 dockside laborers tested positive and the Union of Hong Kong Dockers have asked container companies to expand their accommodations.
- Beginning August 29, airports in Nigeria will reopen for non-essential international flights.
- Auckland, New Zealand announced a 12-day lockdown when 29 cases were linked to the region. The country had gone 102 days without a single community transmission. Essential businesses in the region may remain operational but work-from-home is strongly encouraged when possible.
- In addition to 1,200 passenger flights offering cargo services, American Airlines will operate 1,000 cargo-only flights in September.
The following tables will provide the current cargo transport operational status and capacity levels for heavily affected countries.
* Source: Freightos Baltic Index
• Limited capacity from Australia to the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. Minor container shortages.
• Capacity is available from Japan and UAE
• Capacity is available from South Korea across all trade lanes except the Americas, where capacity is tight.
• Capacity is limited from India to APAC, Europe, Middle East and the US.
• Capacity is low from Brazil across all trade lanes. Medium container shortages.
• Capacity is available from Singapore across all trade lanes except the Americas; where capacity is tight.
Please note: The table above displays road and rail operational updates and does not include carrier capacity data
United States of America Domestic Trucking Overview – Updated 08.18.2020
• The total US truck freight recovery index peaked on August 6 and it currently positioned at 36.4 higher than seasonally-adjusted pre-pandemic spot volume levels.
• Refrigerated spot loads led the pack with a 9.9% week-over-week increase, dry van spot loads saw a 8.9% increase while flat bed jumped only 1% during that same timeframe.
If you have any questions regarding the impact of the coronavirus to your supply chain or would like additional research and market intelligence, please contact our Americas Consulting and Sourcing manager Mitchell Turiel at Turiel.m@allynintl.com or (239) 219-7179.