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A Surprisingly Sad Yet Insightful Shipment
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Could one shipment really encounter several force majeure events along the way? They say lightning never strikes the same place twice — ours struck three times!
At the end of March, we confirmed a shipment from Belgium to Moscow.
Route: Belgium — Egypt — Dubai — Moscow
It was already late March — the period just before the Muslim holidays, when everyone tries to ship their cargo as early as possible. However, flight cancellations and the cargo that had already accumulated caused delays.
The shipment departed, but it was still in Egypt when the holidays began.
So, force majeure No. 1: the holidays.
Next, the cargo was being prepared for departure, but then… Iran launched drones toward Israel. The airspace was closed, and naturally, the shipment could not depart.
Force majeure No. 2.
Once the situation had more or less stabilized, the cargo finally departed and reached Dubai. But then… Dubai was hit by severe flooding. Airports were closed, roads were not operating, and people were unable to work as usual.
Force majeure No. 3.
And the flooding happened immediately after the Muslim holidays, creating an even larger backlog. Naturally, it took quite some time for the situation to normalize and for cargo operations to resume. It also took a considerable amount of time before our shipment could finally depart from Dubai.
The cargo has now reached the consignee, and the total transit time came to one month. That is a fairly long time for an air freight shipment.
From our side, we did everything possible — and even what seemed impossible — to speed up the shipment. We genuinely regret that we were unable to meet the originally stated transit time.
With this story, we want to show just how unstable the world has become.
The last year of relatively predictable logistics was 2019, when rates mainly increased during peak season, while at other times it was often possible to fix a rate for an entire year.
Today, we do not know what tomorrow will bring.
Longer supply chains, extended transit times, rising costs, unstable exchange rates, flight cancellations, airline closures, payment difficulties, sanctions, restrictions, wars, closed borders, pandemics, natural disasters — unfortunately, this is the world we live in today. And all of us have to adapt.
Unfortunately, these events are beyond our control. But it is important to remember that the most important thing in all of this is always the person 💗
sales@alfa-aviation.ru
Could one shipment really encounter several force majeure events along the way? They say lightning never strikes the same place twice — ours struck three times!
At the end of March, we confirmed a shipment from Belgium to Moscow.
Route: Belgium — Egypt — Dubai — Moscow
It was already late March — the period just before the Muslim holidays, when everyone tries to ship their cargo as early as possible. However, flight cancellations and the cargo that had already accumulated caused delays.
The shipment departed, but it was still in Egypt when the holidays began.
So, force majeure No. 1: the holidays.
Next, the cargo was being prepared for departure, but then… Iran launched drones toward Israel. The airspace was closed, and naturally, the shipment could not depart.
Force majeure No. 2.
Once the situation had more or less stabilized, the cargo finally departed and reached Dubai. But then… Dubai was hit by severe flooding. Airports were closed, roads were not operating, and people were unable to work as usual.
Force majeure No. 3.
And the flooding happened immediately after the Muslim holidays, creating an even larger backlog. Naturally, it took quite some time for the situation to normalize and for cargo operations to resume. It also took a considerable amount of time before our shipment could finally depart from Dubai.
The cargo has now reached the consignee, and the total transit time came to one month. That is a fairly long time for an air freight shipment.
From our side, we did everything possible — and even what seemed impossible — to speed up the shipment. We genuinely regret that we were unable to meet the originally stated transit time.
With this story, we want to show just how unstable the world has become.
The last year of relatively predictable logistics was 2019, when rates mainly increased during peak season, while at other times it was often possible to fix a rate for an entire year.
Today, we do not know what tomorrow will bring.
Longer supply chains, extended transit times, rising costs, unstable exchange rates, flight cancellations, airline closures, payment difficulties, sanctions, restrictions, wars, closed borders, pandemics, natural disasters — unfortunately, this is the world we live in today. And all of us have to adapt.
Unfortunately, these events are beyond our control. But it is important to remember that the most important thing in all of this is always the person 💗
sales@alfa-aviation.ru