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Road gets rough for logistics firms amid Covid restrictions

Open container full of cardboard boxes and forklift truck lift up a stack of packages on pallet isolated on white background. Getty [Courtesy, Images, iStockphoto]

Supply chain costs for logistics businesses have shot up by 83 per cent even as trade volumes reduced.

This is according to a survey that assessed the Covid-19 impact on the logistics key areas such as service provision and distribution, commercial supply chains, humanitarian aid and consultancies.

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