Tagged with logistics

Puerto Rico Basil Khalil, with an impressive 28-year career at FedEx, discusses the significant investments the company has been making to its infrastructure and the implementation of innovative solutions in Puerto Rico to meet the needs and complex logistics of the pharmaceutical industry. Khalil also addresses the evolving demands of the pharmaceutical…

Puerto Rico José F. Oramas, Caribbean GEO Country Manager for UPS, highlights the company’s strategic role in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, particularly within the life sciences and logistics sectors. With nearly four decades of experience at UPS, Oramas shares his perspectives on navigating challenges, leveraging Puerto Rico’s unique geographic and economic…

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico leads all US jurisdictions in biopharmaceutical exports, shipping to over 120 countries. With a rapidly expanding life sciences sector and growing pharma logistics capabilities, the island is positioning itself as a global hub—but industry leaders say there’s still work to be done.   Life Sciences and Logistics Dynamo…

Puerto Rico Tom Vincent, Vice President of Prime Air Cargo, shares insights into the company’s journey as a global logistics leader headquartered in Puerto Rico, the challenges and opportunities in serving the life sciences sector, and the strategic innovations driving its success. Vincent discusses how Prime Air Cargo has adapted to evolving…

Puerto Rico Sascha Herzig, President and CEO of E.T.H. Cargo, provides valuable insights into the company’s journey over the past five years and its key developments since COVID-19. He discusses the evolving logistics landscape in Puerto Rico, highlighting the critical role of the island as a hub for life sciences and the…

Morocco DHL’s Tina Manoukian lays out how the global logistics giant helped ensure the safe and timely distribution of medicines and vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, outlines the scope and scale of DHL operations in Morocco, and explains why the country is well positioned to become a distribution and logistics hub…

Morocco Younes Lamarti of Africa Global Logistics (AGL) explains the impact of the company’s recent acquisition by MSC, the world’s leading shipping line, how it is partnering on biopharmaceutical distribution and logistics projects across both Morocco and Africa, and some of the key supply chain trends at play in the country…

Belgium The newly merged Port of Antwerp-Bruges is the world’s first GDP-compliant seaport. CCO Tom Hautekiet explains the significant role the Port is playing in global healthcare supply chains – leveraging Belgium’s positioning as Europe’s leading producer of vaccines -, how it is adapting and driving the green transition, and the…

Brazil Renata Mihich, a 25-year DHL veteran, recently took on a new role as Head of LatAm for Italian healthcare logistics specialist BOMI GROUP. At a moment of career transformation, BOMI GROUP is also on the verge of a big change with UPS Healthcare acquiring the company earlier this year. Mihich…

Italy Pierluigi Petrone outlines family-owned Petrone Group’s wide-range of outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical industry, how its international footprint has evolved over time, and his key priorities as president of Italy’s main primary pharma distribution association, ASSORAM.   My dream is that Italy, thanks to its infrastructure and location, can become…

Saudi Arabia Khaled Harb, general manager of Saudi distributor Abdulrehman Algosaibi, highlights the changing distribution landscape in Saudi Arabia, the importance of offering comprehensive solutions that go beyond traditional services, what the updated role of procurement body NUPCO means for the industry, and shares his perspective on the Vision 2030 transformation.  …

Turkey Turkish Cargo, the global air cargo arm of Turkish Airlines, has the world’s largest direct cargo flight network excluding express carriers which has enabled them to deliver 320 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to more than 55 countries around the world. Turhan Özen, its chief cargo officer, explains their services for…