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Stranded lorry drivers scuffled with police on Wednesday after a deal was struck to allow traffic to move from the English port of Dover to mainland Europe.
Several thousand lorries were parked near the port when France imposed a 48-hour travel lockdown after a fast-spreading mutation of coronavirus took hold in southern England. Angry drivers left their cabs in the morning, jeering and whistling at authorities, with many shouting open the borders and we want to go home . Drivers shelter from the rain as they block the road by the entrance to the port in Dover in protest against a blockade. AFP.
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By John Miller
ZURICH (Reuters) - Joern Schneemann thought he would be helping manage logistics for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this year. Then, the COVID-19 crisis intervened, pushing the event back to 2021.
Instead, the head of Swiss logistics company Kuehne + Nagel s European Expo & Events unit has been setting up vaccination centres in convention and sporting venues in Germany s North Rhine-Westphalia state, the nation s most-populous with 18 million residents.
Schneemann s pandemic pivot illustrates how logistics firms like Kuehne + Nagel, Germany s Deutsche Post DHL, Denmark s DSV Panalpina and Spain s Grupo Logista have turned COVID-19 disruption into opportunity, grabbing a share of the burgeoning vaccine economy while managing record demand in traditional businesses.