Covid-19 a timely wake-up call for Singapore logistics
New capacity-building solutions may enable it to take on a larger role on global supply chain stage
Add BT as a preferred sourceLIKE the rest of the world, Singapore is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic. The circuit breaker has been extended to June 1, even as some countries including China and Vietnam are already easing restrictions and allowing businesses - and life in general - to resume some form of normalcy.
We have been reading for weeks about a marked reduction in air and ocean cargo from and to China and the rest of the world affecting supply chains globally.
To compound this, with the rise in Covid-19 infections among Singapore's foreign worker population, labour flows have also been impacted.
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