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The Final Word 2021: Logistics Challenges Abound

Captain Andrew Kinsey, Senior Marine Risk Consultant, Allianz Global

Corporate & Specialty, recently discussed with MR TV some of the trends that will shape 2021 for the maritime, ports and logistics world.

Watch Captain Andrew Kinsey

Survey on Maritime Reporter TV at: bit.ly/369z22a

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MR TV: As we come to the end of to the recipient in tional suppliers 2020, talk now turns not simply to good order, at for this who are

COVID-19 and a potential vaccine, temp, within the well-vetted and but to the supply chain logistics and timeline. understand the challenges that come with distribut- risks and chal- ing those vaccines. How does the lenges, but as picture look from where you sit?

in any supply

MR TV: This The picture looks and demand free

Andrew Kinsey: issue transcends just the maritime complicated. It’s a global demand. It’s market economy, portion of the pro- a global logistics problem. So in its you’re going to have gram.

scope and complexity, it is unmatched new people popping up. for what we’ve ever faced before, and So we speak with assureds

Andrew Kinsey: it’s multifaceted. We have a tremen- From the deliv- often about vetting their supply dous theft potential because of the ery standpoint, with so much of the chains; making sure (you know who’s) value of (the vaccine). And then also current air capacity grounded, it’s a carrying your cargo, and make sure the theft is augmented by the current problem, because we are so used to it’s not being subbed out without your economic conditions globally; we having air cargo on passenger vessels, knowledge.

have seen an uptick in pilferage of not just cargo. So with so many ? ights

MR TV: Obviously the pandemic has cargoes throughout North America. grounded, our air capacity for transport created in? nite challenges across

But then we also have the cold chain is limited. And then (you have to con- all industries. In the maritime world, complications of any form sider) hotspots (and ask) are there are many, including in re- of shipment. So the the truckers available? gards to global survey attendance. chain of custody, It’s complex and it’s

What have been the challenges, and the shipment, the keeping a lot of us perhaps more importantly, what have packaging; can up at night to try been some of the lessons learned we effectively to stay on top of that you’ve seen?

and ef? ciently it and make sure transport this in that we preplan,

Andrew Kinsey: the timeframe and we talk with Well on the sur- required? That the assureds. vey attendance for global, it has been comes down Because one access; access to sites, to vessels, to to that last mile of the biggest equipment, to workers. So, with that challenge, as (the challenges on this is access and the lack thereof, we also are

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