Global logistics provider GEFCO has transported 30 tons of medical equipment for a multinational healthcare provider, including COVID-19 testing kits, from France to destinations in Algeria, Tunisia and the Antilles to support hospitals and private laboratories with increased demand.
GEFCO’s Air & Sea team has been managing the shipments on a week-by-week basis throughout the critical pandemic period.
This has required a number of challenges to be navigated including the closure of Paris Orly Airport, which required the team to transfer all activity to Charles de Gaulle Airport.
The customer will be using the equipment to support with new screening tests for COVID-19.
This project is one of several recent time-critical shipments in the pharmaceuticals space for GEFCO, including delivery of a large shipment of medical supplies on special charter flights from Shanghai to Bratislava to help PENTA tackle COVID-19 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
