AdvtAdvtHospitals could run low within weeksIndustry is coping for nowJoin the community of 2M+ industry professionals. Sea routes were not practical due to longer journey times, as well as closure of the critical Strait of Hormuz by Iran. Dorothee Becher, in charge of air logistics for healthcare at freight company Kuehne+Nagel, said carriers were flying into Jeddah, Riyadh and Oman and using land routes to reach final markets. "It's not always a shortage of the medicine itself," said David Weeks, who follows the supply chain industry for ratings agency Moody's. "In some cases, it's the little stopper on the vial where the dosage is extracted."
