Brazil-based transportation company Modern Logistics says that last year’s acquisition of three 737-800 NGs has allowed it to take advantage of its home country’s burgeoning e-commerce growth in recent months, with the segment advancing from 2% to 25% of its total business volume.
As well as offering last mile delivery, it is also offering middle mile services, namely the transportation of large volumes between distribution centers and marketplaces.
The company has expanded its land fleet, invested in its own aircraft and established strategic partnerships in port and airport terminals. It is also offering sea-air service, a model that it says is unprecedented in Brazil and which combines sea and air transport to ensure faster and more reliable deliveries.
The model, common on the Asia-US route, was adapted by Modern Logistics to the Brazilian market during the serious water crisis in the Amazon, when the Amazon River levels threatened the supply of the Manaus Free Trade Zone. Modern Logistics designed an operation in record time. Containers came from China to Fortaleza and, from there, were transported by aircraft to Manaus, preventing the collapse of production at factories with more than 200,000 workers.