Humanitarian Logistics

As global logistics managers know, the world is seeing the greatest displacement of peoples for over half a century. Indeed, millions are fleeing from war, persecution and poverty, while the proliferation of crises and needs is becoming extraordinary as are the dramatic humanitarian consequences.

Triton International Ltd. has launched special edition refrigerated containers as intermodal billboards to support the work of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Humanitarian logiistics is getting a big boost from FedEx Logistics, Inc. these days as the subsidiary of FedEx Corp., provides essential support for the fight against COVID-19.

As COVID-19 continues to challenge freight flows, a longtime logistics relief group is fighting back with an advanced visibility dashboard that it’s releasing free of charge to all U.S. businesses and non-profit organizations.

As global logistics managers know, the world is seeing the greatest displacement of peoples for over half a century. Indeed, millions are fleeing from war, persecution and poverty, while the proliferation of crises and needs is becoming extraordinary as are the dramatic humanitarian consequences.

As this year’s CSCMP EDGE conference came to close, The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) announced the 2019 winners Humanitarian Logistics Awards.

Logistics Management readers are asked to help recognize and honor businesses and individuals whose contributions improve humanitarian outcomes through unique or creative supply chain solutions.