Gefco has organised time-critical shipments of protective equipment for a regional supplier of dental clinics and a large multinational distribution group in Romania.
Six tons of freight were transported from Shanghai to Frankfurt by air and on to Romania by truck in three consignments, containing a total of 1.25m masks and 5,100 protective goggles.
Go deeper with GlobalData
Discover B2B Marketing That Performs
Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.
Around 1m masks will be available on the market, while the remaining 250,000 and the protective goggles will be distributed commercially to dental clinics and laboratories.
“I’m proud of our team, who managed to develop and implement a unique solution for customers in these turbulent times,” said Gefco Romania Branch Manager Air & Sea, Radu Adascaliei.
“Besides finding the right transport capacity, we used our know-how and international presence to provide customs and tax services through Gefco’s Frankfurt hub, which considerably speeded up delivery of this vital cargo.”
Gefco has been managing urgent deliveries worldwide to help customers cope with particularly high demand for critical medical and protective equipment amid the COVID-19 crisis. For example, the company has been transporting around 1,000 medical beds weekly from France to several European destinations.
Gefco added it remains committed to supporting customers from every industry, particularly car manufacturers. Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, the company has operated multiple critical shipments for the automotive sector to prepare for the relaunch of manufacturing.
Gefco operates in multimodal supply-chain solutions and maintains it is the European leader in automotive logistics.
