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Postal Registration No.: DL (S)-17/3372/2019-2021 VOL XII ISSUE VIII july 2021 | `20
WPP No.: U(S)-81/2019-2021
Posted at Lodi Road HPO, ND on the 4th-5th same month
RNI No.: DELENG/2009/31040
Published on the 2nd of the same month
Apparel Supply Chain
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og i st ic s s er v ice terventions, and so on. Additionally, to team to arrange charter aircraft, mobil-
p r ov ide r s h ave help seamless imports, the government ise customs at origin and destination to
rushed in to rescue on April 24 exempted Oxygen and Oxy- fly in 6,000 Oxygen Cylinders from
the nation reeling gen-related equipment from customs Shanghai, China in eight chartered
under a mammoth duty, along with COVID-19 vaccines. flights to ease the Oxygen supply situ-
Oxygen crisis. Af- Several logistics start-up founders ation in the NCR region.
ter a severe short- and investors started mobilising What- Allcargo and ECU Worldwide were
age of med ica l- sApp groups to pool resources, dona- responsible for arranging flights at ori-
grade Oxygen that tions and essentials alike as part of the gin in a period of high demand at short
crippled hundreds of hospitals in the Action COVID-19 Team Grants (ACT notice, landing rights permissions from
northern and western states at the start Grants) initiative to import Oxygen and the Chinese Civil Aviation Ministry in
of the devastating second wave—stabi- Cryogenic Containers from abroad. coordination with the Indian Embassy
lised to quite an extent at the moment— Some groups are trying to put together in Beijing, clearance at origin and desti-
an array of domestic and multinational delivery resources to help optimise Oxy- nation and final delivery to site, entirely
companies quickly devised strategies to gen Cylinder supplies across the country. on a not-for-profit basis. The project was
beef up Oxygen supply and save thou- For instance, Delhi NCR-based logis- supported by Give India Foundation, a
sands of patients struggling for breath. tics unicorn, Delhivery has flown in leading NGO, and Luxfer Uttam India.
Meanwhile, corporate India has been more than dozen chartered cargo planes International container and integrat-
largely successful in its efforts to con- to the country from international loca- ed shipping giant, AP Moller - Maersk
tinue to address both the issues—related tions including China, in the beginning had shipped more than 6,000 Oxygen
to supply of Oxygen as well Concentrators, 500 Oxygen Cylinders and
as its logistics—by contract- several medical supplies and ventilators.
ing airlifting of more Cryo-
genic Containers, Oxygen Logisticians
Concentrators and other
medical items. Many corpo- rise stronger
rate honchos have been tak-
ing to social media seeking together to
ideas to help the needy. A
ramp up
Oxygen
long list of companies which
includes Tata group, Reli-
ance Industries Limited
(RIL), Adani Group, Vedanta
Group, Larsen & Toubro,
Jindal Steel and Power (JSP),
ITC, Bharat Forge, among distribution
many others have stepped in
with offers. Most of these
companies are supplying
capacity During the efforts, Maersk offered its
liquid Oxygen at zero cost to ocean transportation service to institu-
hospitals. At the same time, they have of May itself, following which 38,444 tions and organisations participating in
been working with customers and part- more Oxygen Concentrators arrived. The medical relief at a nominal rate of $1 per
ner organisations to distribute supplies company’s officials, including the man- container. All commercial air freight
throughout the country and also serve agement has reached out to businesses shipments facilitated by Maersk India are
community health centres. Public sector seeking to help companies in need of being done on a zero-profit basis.
companies such as Indian Oil Corpora- essentials from abroad. It has also 15 of the company’s top executives
tion (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corpo- reached out to businesses wanting to from different functions voluntarily got
ration (BPCL) also diverted Oxygen pro- import Oxygen Concentrators and other together in the early days of the second
duced at their refineries to augment the essential supplies for collaborations. wave and put together ‘Project Oxygen
availability of medical Oxygen across Mumbai-based domestic topper, All- War Room’, or POWR as they called it,
the country. cargo Logistics initially offered to ship to help society fight the virus.
The Confederation of Indian Indus- 500 Oxygen Concentrators from Singa- The logistics activities undertaken
try (CII) has already formed a Task Force pore. Later on, they went in to transport by Maersk in order to support the med-
on Oxygen Supply Chain to work with 2 million masks for Maharashtra gov- ical aid into the country involve facilitat-
central and state governments to aug- ernment from Singapore, while another ing shipments coming in from countries
ment Oxygen supply by working on do- million was also brought in later. such as Ireland, Finland, China, Ger-
mestic capacity enhancement and im- In addition, responding to requests many, UAE, Qatar, Israel, South Africa
ports; logistical issues between states from the Delhi state government, All- and Singapore with more shipments
including issues of transportation, non- cargo and its subsidiary ECU World- from China, Turkey and Dammam still
availability of cylinders, policy-level in- wide set up an emergency response in progress.
24 | CargoConnect July 2021
Multinational transport and logistics quest an Oxygen Concentrator through
firm, Bolloré Logistics India received the Ola app by providing a few basic
and delivered 3,600 Oxygen Concentra- details. The request will be validated
tors for one of India’s leading multina- and the concentrators will be provided
tional medical technology company. The to the patients at their doorsteps within
company fully chartered a Boeing 747- 30 minutes of the request made.
400 from Hangzhou Airport in China, Contributing to the ongoing COVID
taking charge of customs formalities, relief operations, one of the country’s
receipt at Delhi Airport and last-mile Delhi NCR-based logistics unicorn, top freight forwarder Continental Car-
delivery to the customer’s warehouse. Delhivery has flown in more riers handled another charter uplift of
This operation was carried out by
than dozen chartered cargo three 20 ft International Organisation
planes to the country from
Bolloré Logistics India, in close collabo- international locations including for Standardisation (ISO) standard con-
ration with Bolloré Logistics China. Set- China, in the beginning of May itself. tainers weighing 33.5 tonnes. These ISO
ting a new record, that was biggest-ever containers will help in removing the
Mumbai-based domestic topper,
single consignment of Oxygen Concen- Allcargo Logistics initially transport constraints for medical grade
trators that landed in New Delhi. offered to ship 500 Oxygen liquid Oxygen in the country.
Amid all the significant develop- Concentrators from Singapore. The shipment was flown on an Air-
ments, what came as a surprise was Later on, they went in to transport BridgeCargo (ABC) plane that took off
2 million masks for Maharashtra
Oxygen export data from the Depart- government. from China’s Tianjin Airport to reach
ment of Commerce that showed India Kolkata Airport on Wednesday evening.
exported twice as much Oxygen to the International container and Earlier, Continental Carriers had
integrated shipping giant, AP
world during the first 10 months of FY21 Moller - Maersk had shipped chartered a B747-400 ABC freighter to
more than 6,000 Oxygen transport 190 pallets of ‘Zeolite’ weigh-
Concentrators, 500 Oxygen ing 109 tonnes to Delhi from a factory in
Cylinders and several medical South of Italy.
supplies and ventilators.
The shipment was road transported
Multinational transport and logistics using dedicated trucks over two days
firm, Bolloré Logistics India and moved to Milan airport for clear-
received and delivered 3,600 ance. Post-clearance, it was transported
Oxygen Concentrators for one of
India’s leading multinational medical over 900Km in bonded trucks to Liège
technology company. Airport in Belgium for ULD build-up
and on-forwarding to Delhi Airport.
One of India's largest crowd sourced
logistics platforms, Shadowfax Upon arrival, Continental Carriers
associated with GiveIndia prioritised clearance of the shipment
and Ola to enable delivery of through customs and delivered it in
Oxygen Concentrators in 100 perfect condition to the customers lo-
cities across India.
cated in Delhi NCR and Ahmedabad.
Continental Carriers had Small-sized firms like Active Freight
compared to FY20. India had exported chartered a B747-400 ABC freighter Logistics (AFL) have also been facilitating
to transport 190 pallets of
9,301 metric tonnes (MT) of Oxygen 'Zeolite’ weighing 109 tonnes to the logistics and supply chain of medical
across the world between April 2020 and Delhi from a factory in South of Italy. relief. The company handled 1269 kg of
January 2021 compared to 4,502 MT of COVID-related cargo flown in to the
Oxygen in FY20. Small-sized firms like Active country by a Qatar Airways Cargo flight.
Freight Logistics (AFL) have also
During the first wave, the demand been facilitating the logistics and The relief cargo included Oxygen Con-
for liquid medical Oxygen (LMO) in- supply chain of medical relief. centrators and other relief materials do-
creased from 700 metric tonnes per day nated by the Jain Society of North Texas-
(MTPD) to 2,800 MTPD. But during the USA that arrived at Bangalore Aiport.
second wave, it has jumped to 5,000 ers in the following weeks. The said cargo was bonded at the
MTPD, according to research firm Crisil. Through its pan-India network, Menzies Aviation Bobba – Customs Bond-
One of India’s largest crowd sourced Shadowfax is enabling the storage, sani- ed Warehouse where customs examina-
logistics platforms, Shadowfax associated tisation, delivery and reverse-logistics of tion and other formalities were completed
with GiveIndia and Ola to enable delivery Oxygen Concentrators for this thought- in a short span of time and the cargo was
of Oxygen Concentrators in 100 cities ful initiative. Through its expansive loaded and moved out of the warehouse.
across India. O2ForIndia—an initiative to hyper-local dark store facilities, deep AFL successfully cleared the shipment
deliver Oxygen Concentrators to the door- tech capabilities, and staff trained in within 15 minutes from customs and read-
step to those in need via Ola app is being COVID Safety Precautions, Shadowfax ied it for dispatch within 30 minutes from
expanded to over 100 cities including Ban- is supporting the delivery of crucial life the warehouse, supported by the Menzies
galore, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, saving equipment for those in need, in COVID Relief Task Force team involved in
Pune, Nagpur, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, partnership with GiveIndia and Ola. handling of the shipments and facilitating
Coimbatore and Puducherry among oth- O2ForIndia lets people in need re- the swift clearance.
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