COVID-19 IMPACT ON CARGO SERVICES IN DUBAI

Wed, 20 Apr 2022
COVID-19 IMPACT ON CARGO SERVICES IN DUBAI

Covid-19 has adversely affected all sorts of businesses across the world. The pandemic had caused a decline of nearly 30% in the commodity movement across the globe. Being the fastest-growing business hub, Dubai was into sudden hikes in the logistics business. In the pandemic, the entire logistic industry began to experience the scenario, where everyone got on halt at various points.

While most regions across the world are expected to see double-digit trade declines between 12 to 17%, the Middle East countries like UAE witnessed a nearly 15% decline. The restricted movements due to lockdowns had affected the quality of freight forwarding companies with land, air, and sea routes, etc., impacted cargo services in Dubai. Though the flow of goods was reduced by up to 60 percent in the peak pandemic period, thorough hard work and proactive approaches of the companies into cargo services in Dubai worked on mitigation strategies to ease capacity limitations and many Covid-19 protocols in the frame. 

Though the air cargo businesses in UAE was initially oppressed by pandemic, the crisis began throwing opportunity as well. Air cargo services in Dubai and other emirates have been playing a vital role in medicine and healthcare supplies. In addition to the general cargo services, UAE’s global interventions to support food and medicine for people across the globe have been done through dedicated cargo freighter operations in the country.  

        

On the other end, the boom in E-commerce caused a huge demand for freight forwarding companies across the emirates. Both domestic and overseas cargo services in Dubai and other emirates got more opportunities., which in turn boosted the cargo movement systems at all major ports. As cargo services got more demand, the hurdle to jump was an only concern was to build a strategy that could counter the pandemic scenario.

Embracing technology- Cargo services in Dubai jump over the pandemic crisis!

The demand for production and consumption continues as long as mankind exists. With the global attempt to get on through the financial shock of the pandemic, the global consumption industry is again getting saturated. As the world is entering the post-pandemic period, companies in cargo services in Dubai, started rejuvenating themselves with advancements in technology. Adapting with technology could help overcome the shock the pandemic had given to the cargo industry. With enormous opportunities ahead, utilizing social connectivity and innovation in new business models, advanced supply chain and logistic applications and systems, etc., will offer sustainable future freight models for the companies into cargo services in Dubai and other emirates.