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Challenge Group reports ongoing demand for end-to-end services

14 / 07 / 2023

By Damian Brett

Source: Challenge Group

The Challenge Group benefitted from an increase in demand for end-to-end services that started at the height of the Covid pandemic but that has continued even after the easing of the crisis.

Challenge Group chief commercial officer Or Zak said that the demand was fuelled by difficulty in securing transport service providers during the pandemic.

“The supply chain faced significant congestion, with seafreight experiencing prolonged delays and a lot of trade shifted to airfreight, causing difficulties for the freight forwarding industry in securing third-party providers for additional ancillary services,” he said.

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