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By John Miller
ZURICH (Reuters) - Joern Schneemann thought he would be helping manage logistics for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this year. Then, the COVID-19 crisis intervened, pushing the event back to 2021.
Instead, the head of Swiss logistics company Kuehne + Nagel s European Expo & Events unit has been setting up vaccination centres in convention and sporting venues in Germany s North Rhine-Westphalia state, the nation s most-populous with 18 million residents.
Schneemann s pandemic pivot illustrates how logistics firms like Kuehne + Nagel, Germany s Deutsche Post DHL, Denmark s DSV Panalpina and Spain s Grupo Logista have turned COVID-19 disruption into opportunity, grabbing a share of the burgeoning vaccine economy while managing record demand in traditional businesses.
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Logistics companies reap ‘vaccine economy’ benefits as EU gears up for rollout 24 Dec 2020 / 00:57 H. An employee at the pharma and healthcare logistics department at Kuehne+Nagel Group checks a container capable of being conditioned to be used for the transport of Covid-19 vaccines, in Machelen, Belgium. Picture taken on Nov 17. – REUTERSPIX
ZURICH: Joern Schneemann thought he would be helping manage logistics for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this year. Then, the Covid-19 crisis intervened, pushing the event back to 2021.
Instead, the head of Swiss logistics company Kuehne + Nagel s European Expo & Events unit has been setting up vaccination centres in convention and sporting venues in Germany s North Rhine-Westphalia state, the nation s most-populous with 18 million residents.