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THE SOURCE FOR AIRFREIGHT LOGISTICS
International Edition • AirCargoWorld.com • Dec. 2015/Jan.2016
FEDEX CORP’S
DAVID BRONCZEK & FRED SMITH
EXECUTIVES 3 EXECUTIVES TO
WATCH IN 2016
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ANNUAL WORLDWIDE
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Contents
Volume 18 • Number 11 • Dec. 2015/Jan. 2016
EXECUTIVES
FEDEX CORP’S
DAVID BRONCZEK
& FRED SMITH
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News Inside:
8 UpFront
200 years of DHL; Emirates supports United for
Wildlife; Tiffany travels first-class
WATERS
3 CARGO LEADERS TO
12 Asia WATCH IN 2016
Cathay Pacific reins in expansion, expects peak
season to fall off after the first week of December
16 Americas
26
Miami charges forward with CEIV certification,
establishing itself as a leader in U.S. pharma handling
18 Europe
20
A tongue-in-cheek look at what may or may
not happen in 2016
Africa & Middle East
WORLDWIDE
Departments
Qatar continues meteoric rise as a cargo carrier
AIRFREIGHT
6
10
Editor’s Note
Cargo Chat: Joost van Doesburg, EVO, European Shippers Council
DIRECTORY
21 People & Places OUR ANNUAL GLOBAL GUIDE FOR
42
44
45
46
Marketplace
Bottom Line
Events/Advertiser’s Index
Forwarders’ Forum
AIRLINES, AIRPORTS, FORWARDERS
AND OTHER AIRFREIGHT PROFESSIONALS 30
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Editor’s Note
THE SOURCE FOR AIRFREIGHT LOGISTICS
SENIOR EDITOR
An overnight success for 45 years
David Harris
dharris@royalmedia.com
It’s not often one gets a chance to meet with a Steve
Jobs or a Thomas Edison or an Alexander Graham Bell at
EDITOR
Randy Woods the height of their game – but that’s a little like what it felt
rwoods@aircargoworld.com • (206)-801-8478 like a few weeks ago when I sat down and had a chat with
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express and, for all intents
Linda Ball
lball@aircargoworld.com • (206)-237-0799 and purposes, inventor of the air express industry. In that
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
one phone call, I probably learned more about the express
Roger Turney, Ian Putzger business from Smith than I’ve gleaned in the 12 months
COLUMNISTS that I’ve been editor of this publication. The man is a living,
Doug Brittin breathing air cargo museum, and I wanted to stick around
Brandon Fried
Ned Laird after closing hours.
More importantly, though, Fred Smith is still innovating
PUBLISHER
JJ Hornblass
in his role as president, CEO and chairman of the FedEx
Randy Woods
hornblass@royalmedia.com empire he founded nearly 45 years ago. In a year that
VP OPERATIONS opened with inflated volumes from the U.S. West Coast
Molly Stewart port crisis and ended with a stagnant market, labor unrest and fears about a decline in
CREATIVE DIRECTOR world trade, FedEx reported a record quarterly rise in operating income, reduced ex-
Alex Kwanten
akwanten@royalmedia.com penses significantly, made key strategic e-commerce moves, made a 50-aircraft order
from Boeing for new 767 freighters, and locked its pilots into a six-year contract that
won praise from all parties concerned.
MARKETING
Breanna Punzone Smith is also smart enough to know that he, alone, is not responsible for every-
bpunzone@royalmedia.com
thing that happens at FedEx and gave most of the credit for the stellar year to David
CIRCULATION Bronczek, CEO of the FedEx Express division, and considered him the true master-
circulation@royalmedia.com
mind behind the purchase of Dutch logistics firm TNT Express, which is expected
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to be completed in January 2016. For these reasons, Air Cargo World has named
(646) 837-5945 • Fax: (646) 304-7987 Smith and Bronczek as Air Cargo Co-Executives of the Year for 2015 (see page 22).
WORLDWIDE SALES Together, the team has guided an already wildly successful business toward an even
U.S. Sales & Emerging Markets more profitable future.
Sales Director
Tim Lord Of course, Smith and Bronczek aren’t the only top air cargo leaders. In our “Un-
tlord@aircargoworld.com • +1 678 775-3565
charted Waters” feature (see page 26), we also look at the leadership behind three
Europe, United Kingdom, Middle East
David Collison other successful air cargo companies that will have a huge impact on air logistics in
dci.collison@btinternet.com • +44 192-381-7731 2016. These executives are Denis Ilin, who keeps the industry guessing at high-flying
Hong Kong, Singapore, China, AirBridgeCargo; Dirk Reich, who has reversed Cargolux’s fortunes in dramatic fashion;
Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, India and Jeffrey Musser, the new CEO of forwarding phenom Expeditors International.
Michelle Li
michelle.li@publicitas.com • +852 2516 1510 Also this month, we have published our bigger and better Worldwide Airfreight
Japan Directory on page 30. We asked readers to upload the latest updates to their current
Mikio Tsuchiya
mikio.tsuchiya@worldmedia.jp • +81 45-891-1852 listings under the categories of freight forwarders, carriers, airports and more.
Korea
And respond you did, with more than 350 updated listings added to the website
Jung-Won Suh (aircargoworld.com/business-directory) and nearly 1,000 companies included.
sinsegi@igroupnet.co.kr • +82 2785-8222
Taiwan
Finally, I want to say thank you to all the loyal contributors and readers that have
Paula Liu been a part of the ACW family this year. We’ve made a lot of changes in terms of
paulaliu99@gmail.com • +886 2-2523-8268 content, design, style and commentary that we hope you have found compelling and
Thailand unique. In the coming year, Air Cargo World will continue to make more improvements,
Anchana Nararidh
anchana@worldmedia.co.th • +66 26-412-6938 add more commentary, and produce more video and audio content. We also want to
Marketplace
hear more from our readers, so feel free to reach me at rwoods@aircargoworld.com
Alyssa Stebbins with suggestions about how to make this publication even better in 2016.
astebbins@royalmedia.com • +1 212 991-6735
And so I exclaimed, as the freighter flew out of sight, “Happy Peak Season to all, and
to all a good night!”
Randy Woods,
Editor, Air Cargo World
rwoods@aircargoworld.com
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UpFront
AA’s VIP pooch
A rare Dutch Smoushond named
Tiffany became the first dog and
first-ever live animal to fly from the
Two centuries of DHL
Netherlands to the United States
on American Airlines Cargo. The
VIP dog is only a puppy, so she
Way back in 1815, Louis Danzas established a yellow-branded logistics company required additional specialist han-
called “Danzas.” He may not have known it then, but his company would become dling and care, provided by special-
the worldwide brand that we know today as DHL Global Forwarding, one of four ist animal forwarder, Animals to
operating divisions of Deutsche Post DHL. Danzas’ history began with goods be- Fly. Animal-loving team members
ing transported by horse and wagon via the important trade lane between Basel Patrick Smidt and Benny Bekker
and Mulhouse. Later, after the invention of railway and steamship, new transpor- were assigned to take care of Tiffa-
tation routes were developed, and Danzas took advantage of the new opportuni- ny on her October journey to Phila-
ties to offer overseas deliveries to New York. To mark this jubilee, Amadou Diallo, delphia. After a walk and playtime,
CEO, DHL Freight, published the retrospective book, “200 Years of Logistics – she was flight ready and reunited
Danzas and DHL Shape an Industry,” a history of the company. with her owners nine hours later.
Clean and lean
FedEx has come up with a new fuse-
lage cleaning procedure for its 13 air-
craft that serve Europe from its Paris-
CDG hub. Not only is it more visually
pleasing, it’s also helping FedEx to be
A livery to save living creatures
more environmentally conscientious,
while contributing to create local jobs
and reduce costs. Called “Eco-Shine,”
the product is anti-static, biodegrad- In early November, two Emirates A380 aircraft took to the skies wearing a
able, non-toxic and non flammable. special livery in support of United for Wildlife, a global collaboration that
Cleaning crews can apply Eco-Shine unites the efforts of the world’s wildlife charities in the fight against the illegal
with brooms equipped with microfiber wildlife trade. One aircraft featured six endangered species, while the other
rags. The carrier said it makes the featured rhinos and elephants. Entirely designed, produced and applied by
surface of the fuselage smoother, Emirates’ in-house staff, both are the largest decals the airline has put on any
which makes the aircraft more aerody- aircraft. It took a team of 28 people two and a half days to apply per plane, or
namic, reducing fuel consumption. about 900 man-hours per aircraft.
Breaking wind false alarm
A Singapore Airlines 747-400F on its way from
Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur was diverted to Bali
Denpasar in late October following an urgent
announcement of a possible fire onboard.
When the aircraft landed safely with its crew
Dolphins take wing of four, emergency services boarded the air-
craft and inspected the cargo deck. There was
no trace of the reported fire, heat or smoke,
A pod of three dolphins were flown from Athens International Airport to
only the precious cargo: A herd of goats. It
Lithuania under the care of Goldair Handling in October. A two-year-old
turns out the smoke alarm sounded due to the
female and two mature females were flown to Siauliai Airport on a
“exhaust gasses” and manure emitted by the
Lithuanian Air Force Alenia C-27J Spartan aircraft, which carried two
herd – or to use a technical term, “goat farts.”
water tanks for the three dolphins. Each adult dolphin weighed about 250
The gassed-up flight reached its final destina-
kilograms; with the water, the total weight was about 3.5 tonnes.
tion two hours later than scheduled.
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CargoChat
Joost van Doesburg: A voice for shippers moves on
If you’ve been to an air cargo logistics conference in the last seven years and you heard a Dutch-
accented voice from a tall, dapper gentleman asking a probing questions about why the industry is
so woefully behind regarding data transparency, then you’ve probably become acquainted with Joost
van Doesburg, the airfreight policy advisor representing EVO (the Dutch Shippers Council) and the
European Shippers Council.
Since 2007, van Doesburg has been politely – but firmly and fearlessly – pointing out the many flaws
in the current state of the airfreight industry from the perspective of the ultimate cargo customers – the shippers. At the end
of October, however, this important voice of the shipper (some might say “thorn in the industry’s side”) stepped down to take a
new position as public affairs officer at Vereniging Nederlandse Verkeersvliegers (VDV), the Dutch airline pilots’ association.
Over the years, van Doesburg has been a tireless advocate for the needs of shippers, calling for more widespread use of
digital technology to keep up with consumer demand and to find ways to simplify the supply chain. Before he left EVO/ESC,
Air Cargo World spoke with him about what it’s been like to speak truth to power in this industry and whether he feels he
made a difference.
What do you consider your greatest triumphs Is there more that shippers can do to improve
at EVO/ESC? airfreight performance?
In some ways, our greatest triumph was one of my first Yes, the shippers aren’t entirely blameless; they have con-
victories – although it was a very negative chapter. It was tributed to communication problems. The impression has
our role in exposing the illegal price-fixing scandal in 2007. been that shippers are only concerned with price, while
I started telling carriers, “this has happened, so let’s make forwarders and airlines can only offer a better price. But
sure it never happens again.” On the express side, one of really, price should be one-third of total service. The rest of
my most special moments was helping to stop the merger of the focus should be on meeting the shippers’ quality speci-
UPS and TNT. While everyone was just assuming it would fications as the main priority, followed by speed – getting it
happen, the only one to stop it was the European Commis- there reliably on time – followed by price.
sion. We’re much happier that TNT could merge with FedEx What has the air cargo industry done right so far?
instead. FedEx is not nearly as active in intra-Europe
express as UPS is. FedEx would be a much stronger player I am hopeful that the new C2K team is at least focusing on
that could challenge UPS and DHL. transparency of quality standards now. There has to be one
accepted way of measuring quality. IATA is also doing well
What are the most important problems that the air with the CEIV-Pharma program. This will ensure that for-
cargo industry needs to solve? warders work with many more airlines – and over the last
Air cargo is still considered a “black box” for many ship- seven years, they have started to communicate more with
pers. The industry needs to stop talking about each other each other. When I started, the number of shippers was low
and start talking with each other. Every component of the at air cargo events, but that has really changed now. I have
supply chain keeps the rest of the components hostage. always believed that air cargo was a resilient industry.
Forwarders aren’t the only problem, but as the middlemen, What has the general reaction been to your
they used to make sure there was little contact between announcement?
carriers and shippers. Every part of each vertical should be
designed completely to shippers’ specifications, and imple- I got a lot of emails and calls from the leaders of the indus-
mented from start to finish, from consigner to consignee. try, saying, “You kept us shipping-focused.” A lot probably
Just look at the integrators – our members like them be- were happy to see I’m leaving, since I was a pain in the ass
cause there’s always a fierce competition on service. to some of them. Sometimes I was even verbally attacked
at conferences. But I always tried to represent shippers the
Why do you feel that the airfreight industry has been best way I can. Generally, the response from most people
so slow to modernize? has been supportive.
I still remember my first air cargo event – they talked a lot Has a successor been chosen? Can you offer any
about how “e-freight” was still coming. This was 2007, but parting advice?
they were still talking about “Cargo 2000.” Today, they’ve
changed the name to “C2K,” which is a little less embar- We’ve already started our process of finding a new Joost
rassing, but they can probably use those same slides [from – they’ll probably have a name by January. All I can say is,
2007] over and over again! There has always been this I hope he likes a good struggle. To shippers, I recommend
excuse I heard from forwarders that many countries do getting more involved with their supply chain – perhaps
not allow [them] to use electronic air waybills [e-AWB]. In create a sub-department just for the supply chain. To the
reality, it’s only a very small part of the truth. Forwarders air cargo industry, I say those who invest in digital booking
do not offer such service in any active way. By not modern- will be the ones to survive. And finally, if you pay people
izing, [forwarders] are creating a hurdle that is beneficial to peanuts, you will only get monkeys.
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ASIA
Photo: ©Alex Kwanten
By Roger Turney
Cathay sees possible halt to expansion
By Ian Putzger
By Ian Putzger
A
year ago, Cathay Pacific Cargo In accordance with the historical pat- Stan Wraight, senior executive
was going full throttle. With the tern, rates have also gone up, but not in director of Strategic Aviation Solutions
peak season in full swing and the a magnitude that used to be associated International, predicted that this sec-
problems at U.S. West Coast ports with peak-season hikes in past years. tor will remain a freighter domain. “You
making shippers twitchy, the airline was Even this is not likely to last. Sutch ex- have a lot of new widebody bellyhold
filling its planes to the rafters and gen- pects demand to fizzle out after the first capacity coming on there as well, but
erating good yields to boot. Buoyed by week of December. “I think it will fall off it’s a drop in the bucket in terms of the
a strong peak season, Cathay emerged a cliff before Christmas,” he said. volumes that continue to come out of
from 2014 with a 12 percent increase Predictably, the Asia-Europe sector Asia,” he noted.
in tonnage over the previous year. has been the weakest area for Cathay. Cathay’s capacity has kept climbing
Moreover, load factors and yields also According to Sutch, there has been a as the carrier replaced 747-400 freight-
advanced, as a 10.4 percent boost in seasonal spike in demand, but not to a ers with747-8Fs, but this curve is near-
capacity was easily outstripped by 15 point where additional capacity would ing its finale. The airline is due to get
percent growth in revenue per flown be needed. Characteristically, the air- one more 747-8F next August. “That’s
freight mile. line has not even bothered to beef up where we really want to be with freight-
But as we all know, expansion at that its maindeck capacity on the sector. ers,” Sutch said.
pace can’t last forever. Twelve months “We stick with our schedule of nine If anything, there is a chance of some
later the Hong Kong-based airline is weekly flights. In the past we may have contraction. As new widebody passen-
filling its freighters again, but the yields taken it up to 11, but we don’t want to ger planes are deployed on intra-Asian
are a far cry from a year earlier and the undermine our profitability,” Sutch said. sectors, some 747-400Fs will be with-
party is not likely to last. He added that all Cathay’s passenger drawn from that arena. “We will either
“From a tonnage point we have a flights to Europe use 777 aircraft, which move them to the trans-Pacific or see if
peak,” remarked Mark Sutch, general offer ample cargo capacity. the fleet is too big,” Sutch said.
manager of cargo sales and marketing. Across the Pacific, Cathay was going Cathay stands to receive twelve
He added that Cathay had received a to push its weekly freighter frequency A350s in the coming year. These planes
fair amount of inquiries about charters, up from 37 to 42 flights. “To North will offer 17 to 18 tons of cargo capabil-
which it could not meet due to commit- America is where we are really going to ity, Sutch pointed out.
ments on scheduled flights. see the major peak,” Sutch said. “I don’t think we will open any new
freighter destinations,” he remarked.
I don’t think we will open any new freighter destinations. In the U.S., “In the U.S., we have all the big gate-
ways covered, and some more. In Eu-
we have all the big gateways covered, and some more. In Europe, rope, we have lots of belly capacity.”
Instead of boosting its lift, the airline
we have lots of belly capacity. is looking to raise its game in terms of
service capabilities. One piece in that
—Mark Sutch, general manager of cargo sales and marketing, Cathay Pacific puzzle will be a new reservation system
Continued on page 14
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Continued from page 12 Cathay will pursue Indian traffic, also traffic from forwarders with package
that is due to come online this coming both to other Asian destinations and consolidations,” Sutch said.
summer. The system should enable the to the U.S. Unlike some carriers that are
carrier to act faster in terms of pricing Perishables have established them- experimenting with more direct forms
and booking. “The system we are replac- selves as another growth segment, no- of involvement in e-commerce, Cathay
ing is 30-odd-years-old,” noted Sutch. tably flows into China. Cathay has been is concentrating on cooperation with
Like other carriers, Cathay has been carrying large amounts of chilled and postal agencies in this arena, particular-
honing its capabilities to handle special frozen beef and dairy products from ly with Hong Kong Post, China Post and
types of cargo, with pharmaceuticals Australia to China. “We also see a lot of the Royal Mail in Britain. The carrier
a particularly fast-growing sector. The growth in perishables from Mexico and has introduced mail scanning capability
airline had done particularly well on its the U.S.,” he added. across its network, which should help
routes to Europe and to Australia. Another major focus will be on mail, its efforts in this area. ACW
“We will put a lot of focus on India in namely in conjunction with
2016 and 2017,” said Sutch, adding that e-commerce. “We see a spike in mail,
Singapore Airlines
Peak season hit by Chinese charter ban
Photo: ©Xi Zheng/Dreamstime.com
cautious about future
With uncertainty about China’s eco-
nomic conditions, Singapore Airlines
(SIA) said that the “outlook for both
passenger and cargo traffic is cau-
tious,” following the release of its first-
half result for its 2015-16 fiscal year.
The carrier’s cargo arm reported
a loss of US$8.5 million for the six-
month period, which ended Sept. 30.
But that is still brighter than the $24
Just as peak season demand was first place – especially at the beginning million loss it experienced in the first
beginning to grow, the Civil Aviation of peak season?” half of fiscal year 2014-2015. Cargo
Administration of China has imposed The official answer, or as close to an yield for the first half of 2015-16 de-
a ban on charter flights from three of official answer as is available, appears to clined by 8.5 percent, largely due to
the country’s major airports for the be that the three airports in question lower fuel surcharges, while cargo traf-
entire month of November. suffer from poor punctuality, and cannot fic was flat, resulting in a $61 million
While the 2015 peak season is not cope with additional flights. Unofficially, decline in revenue, which was more
shaping up to be a record-setter, it is two other reasons have been floated. than offset by a $76 million reduction
at least a real peak, and the CAAC’s in expenditures, mostly fuel costs.
• One rumor is that executives at the
charter restrictions at Shanghai, Tianjin,
Photo: ©AeroIcarus/Flickr
three airports (and possibly at the
and Shenyang accelerated the growth CAAC itself) are under investigation
of backlogs that were already begin- for abuse of their power in granting
ning to build. Just days after the ban traffic rights. Air Cargo World has
was imposed, The Loadstar reported no knowledge of the truth of this
that forwarders in the region noted a rumor, but a massive crackdown on
sudden surge in demand for air servic- corruption has been the hallmark of
es in several cities as shippers sought the President Xi Jinping’s tenure.
to switch from ocean to air and get
their merchandise to Europe and the • The other rumored explanation is that
the CAAC wants to protect Chinese For the second quarter, SIA Cargo
U.S. in time for the Christmas holiday reported an operating loss of $2 mil-
spree. Backlogs began to form in early carriers. Again, Air Cargo World does
not know if there is any truth in this lion, which was an improvement over
November, especially in Shanghai. Q2 2014-2015’s loss of $11 million.
rumor, and in any case, it is not clear
While Shanghai and Tianjin are whether such a ban would help Air Cargo traffic in the quarter was flat
major origin points for ex-China air- China, China Eastern, and China with the previous year’s quarter, while
freight, the ban also affects other Southern, or whether it hurts them capacity grew by 2.6 percent. SIA’s sec-
airports, as shippers try to shift cargo just as much as it hurts foreign carriers. ond-quarter load factor fell 1.7 points
away from the restricted cities. to 60.3 percent.
Whatever the reason for the ban,
But the real question is not how The carrier said it plans to increase
it came at the worst possible time
big the backlogs are, or where to shift for shippers who want to move goods frequency to destinations in the Ameri-
cargo that would normally leave China from China to the rest of the world cas, Europe, South West Pacific and
from Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenyang; ahead of the traditional holiday North Asia in the fiscal third quarter to
but rather: “Why impose the ban in the shopping season. meet higher demand during the year-
–David Harris
end peak season. –Linda Ball
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AMERICAS
Left to right: Leandro Moreira, life sci-
ences director for Brink’s Global Servic-
Miami joins CEIV-Pharma community
es; Juan Kuryla, director of the Port of
Miami; Peter Cerda, IATA regional vice-
president; Carlos Gimenez, mayor of
Miami-Dade County; Emilio González,
director of Miami-Dade Aviation Depart-
ment; and Joseph Napoli, chief of staff
By Linda Ball for Miami-Dade Aviation Department.
U
ntil now, Brussels Airport has carried a CEIV program. “Miami is a natural nior manager network and operations, are
the torch as the only airport hosting choice because of its vast global con- IATA instructors for the CEIV program.
an entire cargo community that has nections,” said Leandro Moreira, the In parallel to the CEIV certification
been certified under IATA’s Center of life sciences director for Brink’s Global program at MIA, Brink’s Global Services
Excellence for Independent Validators Services. He added that this is only the has also spearheaded the formation of
for Pharmaceutical Handling (CEIV- first round of companies going through a new nonprofit organization called The
Pharma) program. But that is about to the training. “When you look at Brus- Health Technologies Distribution Alli-
change. At Air Cargo Americas in Miami sels, in the second round they had a ance (HTDA). The group was formed
in early November, IATA announced that waiting list,” Moreira said. So, indeed, in September 2015 to help address the
Miami International Airport (MIA) has he expects more companies to recog- need for increased innovation, standard-
become the first airport in the United nize the importance of the certification. ization, and compliance in the areas of
States, and only the second in the world, “It’s all about the patient at the end of drug development, manufacturing and
behind Brussels, to adopt a community the supply chain – it’s a positive for the distribution.
approach to CEIV certification. patients.”
Moreira said discussions about form-
“The CEIV pharma certification pro- Once the MIA community members ing the HTDA began two years ago, with
gram ensures the participants in the earn their CEIV certification, the air- stakeholders ranging from scientists
air cargo value chain have the tools to port’s entire cargo operation will be able involved with the initial discovery of
operate at the highest standards for the to tell customers that pharmaceutical medical treatments all the way to the
transport of what in many cases are life- goods transported through the hub will airport operators, shippers, forwarders,
saving drugs and medicines,” said Peter be handled – at every stage in the pro- ground handlers and airlines that make
Cerda, regional vice president for the cess – in accordance with the very best up the supply chain.
Americas at IATA. practices. The ability to make this claim
could lead to substantial benefits in this Although HTDA is headquartered
The Miami Dade Aviation Department in Miami, Moreira said it is a global al-
seems to agree, and has sponsored six of rapidly growing field.
liance formed to facilitate safety for
the major cold-chain players at MIA to The total value of pharma products the patient, who is ultimately the main
undergo the extensive training program transported through MIA has increased beneficiary of all this attention to detail.
required to gain certification. As was the by 79 percent since 2010, and in 2014 From clinical trials, to promoting regula-
case at Brussels, these include not just MIA handled pharmaceutical shipments tory compliance, identifying needs and
airlines, but also forwarders and road worth US$3.28 billion. This is a signifi- emerging markets, HTDA plans to ad-
transport providers. The six companies cant amount of business, but Miami- dress the needs of people in areas with
that have committed to training for Dade Aviation Department director rapidly growing patient populations.
CEIV certification in Miami are Amerijet Emilio González said he expects CEIV
International, Brink’s Global Services, certification will allow the airport to The group recognized that, like Brus-
Centurion Cargo, Consolidated Aviation attract new pharma business from “un- sels before them, the many links in the
Services, LAN Cargo and Liaison Can/US. tapped markets across the globe.” pharma chain at MIA all had to work
together as a tight-knit community and
Why Miami, and why now? As a major Two of Moreira’s colleagues at Brinks, learn with each link in the chain com-
freight hub for goods flowing into and Michelle Valsega, senior manager quality mitted to maintaining temperature and
out of the U.S., MIA is an ideal hub for and compliance, and Helcio de Araujo, se- quality protocols.
ACW
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Radiant continues acquisitions
Photo: ©Alex Kwanten
In a year full of logistics mergers
and acquisitions, U.S.-based Radiant
Logistics has acquired privately held
Minneapolis firm, Copper Logistics. Ra-
diant paid approximately 50 percent of
the purchase price at closing, with the
balance to be paid in subsequent peri-
ods, based on the future performance
of the acquired operation. The total
purchase price has not been disclosed.
FedEx, UPS expect busy holiday season Copper will move to the Radiant brand,
serving as its Midwest gateway near
the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP).
Better watch out. UPS said it expects For its part, UPS said it plans to deliver Both logistics companies are non-asset
to deliver more than 630 million packages 36 million packages on its peak delivery based domestic and international freight
between “Black Friday” and New Year’s day, Tuesday, Dec. 22 – up from 35 million forwarders, offering warehousing and
Eve, which would mark an increase of last year – and double the normal daily air, ocean or ground shipping for retail-
more than 10 percent over 2014. Com- average of 18 million deliveries. UPS also ers and manufacturers.
petitor FedEx is predicting it will deliver cites e-commerce as a reason for the pre- Radiant’s founder and CEO, Bohn
a record-breaking 317 million packages dicted boost. Crain, said he has “particular interest
globally between Black Friday and Christ- “Consumer preference for online in continuing to build density in stra-
mas Eve. If achieved, that would be a 12.4 commerce is driving tremendous growth tegic markets like MSP, where we al-
percent increase over last year. for UPS,” said Alan Gershenhorn, ex- ready have company-owned operations
“FedEx expects to see a record num- ecutive vice president and chief com- that we can leverage in driving both
ber of shipments move through our mercial officer. revenue and cost synergies.” Based in
global network between Black Friday and UPS plans to hire 90,000 to 95,000 ex- Bellevue, Wash., Radiant has company-
Christmas Eve,” said Fred Smith, CEO. tra drivers, handlers and helpers for the owned operations in 15 markets across
“The shift in consumer shopping patterns, season. The company said that its busiest North America, he said. With the ben-
fueled by the rise of e-commerce, contin- tracking day will be Dec. 15 and that de- efit of US$65 million in assets that are
ues to drive our volume.” liveries were expected to spike on “Cyber “virtually untapped,” the company is
FedEx Ground will run seven-day sort Monday,” Nov. 30. in a good position to on-board a signifi-
operations during peak season, and cant number of new operating partners
The U.S. National Retail Federation
FedEx Express will run expanded as it has the opportunity, he added.
expects sales in November and December
operations with additional hub sorts based to grow 3.7 percent, compared to last Radiant reported revenue of $502.7
on customer needs. The integrator is year, to US$630.5 billion. It also predicts million for the fiscal year ended June 30,
adding more than 55,000 temporary e-commerce sales will continue to grow at 2015, with net revenues of $123.7 mil-
positions throughout its network to cover a faster rate than brick-and-mortar sales, lion and an adjusted EBITDA of $17.3
the busy holiday season. This includes rising between 6 and 8 percent year-over- million – an increase of $2.5 million, or
package handlers, drivers and other year, to as much as $105 billion. 16.9 percent, over the prior fiscal year.
support positions. –Linda Ball –Linda Ball
Cargojet suffers loss despite Purolator contract
Although Canada-based Cargojet slight improvement over the $1.73 mil-
took over the Domestic Air Cargo Net- lion Q3 loss recorded in 2014.
work Services contract for the Canada The carrier said that rising volumes from
Post group of companies (mainly over- the Canada Post contract, coupled with shipping, continued to grow in the third
night express delivery for Purolator) lower-than-expected costs in preparation quarter in advance of the upcoming peak
this past April, the carrier reported for the contract, gave the carrier a shot in shipping season. The carrier also saw
a loss for the third quarter this year. the arm during Q3. But currency effects an increase in ACMI lease revenue and
This is the third consecutive quarter and higher operating costs incurred due to benefitted from higher fuel surcharges.
that Cargojet has reported a year-over- an increase in block hours, plus the signifi- Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before
year loss. cant expansion in fleet size to accommo- interest, taxes, depreciation and amorti-
Total revenue was up 59.5 percent date Canada Post volumes, partially offset zation), and before one-time costs, was
over the third quarter of 2014, rising any gains during the quarter. $10.4 million, an increase of 133.9 per-
from US$35.6 million to $56.8 million Ajay Virmani, president and CEO of cent over the previous year. Including
this year. However, Q3 ended up with Cargojet, said customer volumes, par- one-time costs EBITDA was
a loss of $1.66 million, which was a ticularly those related to e-commerce $8.6 million. –Linda Ball
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EUROPE
2016 Predictions: The near-future of European cargo?
By Roger Turney
A
fter a long and winding 2015, FedEx said Liège would continue to cargo arena, for sure, but for the mo-
which was generally a downbeat be a “significant operation” once the ment they are still on the same level
time for the European airfreight deal goes through, but the integrator as the revival of airships in terms of
community, many logistics profes- also has substantial operations in cranky water-cooler talk. One of the
sionals are looking ahead for signs to Cologne and Paris Charles de Gaulle. more recent UAV proponents, Swiss
offer hope for a brighter inbound year. In 2009, FedEx had renovated the WorldCargo, continues in its quest to
At the moment, the planned FedEx Paris-CDG facility with a US$158 harness the concept via the Matternet
purchase of TNT seems to be the deal million expansion, so it is not likely to One vehicles. This may be ironic to
that has the most people in the indus- leave that location anytime soon. But some observers, given that the Swiss
try talking about better times ahead, questions remain about how long the already have some of the strictest
but there are other positive signs on combined companies can continue to environmental constraints in the
the horizon, as well. Here’s a crystal- operate two hubs that are just 275 world. Truck movements, for
ball look at a few of the topics the kilometers apart. example, are banned on its roads at
industry is likely to be talking about in Over in Germany, the mood is a bit night and on high days and holidays.
2016 and beyond. darker. Lufthansa Cargo continues to It’s unclear how much more of an
Once of the first items likely to be swallow its pride after not being al- environmental difference these whirly-
signed off soon after the calendar lowed to build its planned mega-hub birds can make buzzing around the
turns to 2016 will be the FedEx/TNT for cargo, the LCCneo, at Frankfurt cantons of Switzerland.
purchase. There may be a few more Airport, due to budgetary restraints at Another trade media darling, phar-
bureaucratic caveats put up by the Eu- the mother airline. Farther east, news maceuticals, will no doubt be held
ropean Commission, but for the most comes that the opening date for the up as the prodigal savior of air cargo,
part the regulators appear to be stay- much-delayed new Berlin airport has with at least two conferences a month
ing out of the way of this marriage. been pushed back – again. Next year on the subject. In the meantime, the
The only imminent cloud on the is shaping up to be a race against time shipping lines will quietly be filtering
horizon for the new combo is where between LH Cargo and Berlin to see away more and more of this premium
exactly FedEx/TNT will call home. which facility will not open first. business. In a similar way, the impact
The Netherlands will be the corporate It will no doubt be another tough of the trans-Siberia rail link between
headquarters in Europe, but then year for DHL Global Forwarding as it Asia and Europe will continue to be
comes the trickier task of identifying seeks to extract itself from its largely debated and continue to be dismissed
where the main operational hub for the self-inflicted wounds, most of which as a genuine alternative to airfreight –
newlyweds will be located. TNT would emanated from attempts to install an this despite the fact that several major
obviously favor its current Belgian overly ambitious new IT system. The European airfreight forwarders con-
nerve center in Liège. According to forwarder promises a new beginning tinue to develop and invest in a service
Liège Airport, after TNT doubled the and says it will not be dragged further concept which apparently holds no
size of its operations there in 2007, it down with its new upgraded system. threat to the industry.
has become a major cargo presence, The subject of drones will undoubt- Cargolux will continue to write its
accounting for more than half of the edly be high on the agenda through own headlines again, as it adds further
400,000 tonnes that passed through much of the year, although there will chapters to its ever-evolving narra-
the air hub between January and Au- likely be more talk than action on the tive. There is the challenge of starting
gust of this year and employing 2,000 subject. Drones will come into the a new joint venture carrier in China,
of the airport’s 3,500 jobs. trying even harder not to give the im-
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pression that Cargolux Italia is a low-
Photo: ©Tony Hisgett/Flickr
cost breakaway, and ongoing efforts
to appease its unions back at base in Heathrow makes ambitious
Luxembourg.
IAG Cargo will most likely continue cargo expansion plans
to cement its relationship with Qatar
Airways Cargo, further extending the
purchase of block space on the Gulf
carrier’s freighters and belly holds.
Also, given the recent statements from
CEO Akbar Al Baker regarding the
Doha-based carrier’s recent interest in
Heathrow airport is the origin of Additionally, the project will in-
the e-commerce business, Qatar may
four out of five of all U.K. long-haul clude a facility on the airfield for han-
focus more next year on serving some
flights. With that in mind, Heathrow dling aircraft-to-aircraft cargo, which
of the highly populated areas in the CEO John Holland-Kaye announced
U.K., such as London, Manchester and will help reduce trans-shipment times
a plan with a 15-year vision to invest that currently average about six hours.
Edinburgh, that are already in the car- US$275 million in improving the hub’s
rier’s network. The expansion plans at Heathrow were
ability to transport both cargo and
created with input from businesses,
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo will likely people.
IATA and other stakeholders to fully
continue to confound the industry. It The plan includes a proposal for a implement e-freight, reduce paperwork
is obviously in an expansionist mood, pharmaceutical storage area, to sup- and become one of the first airports
and all eyes will be on its U.K.-based port airlines in moving temperature- to become 100 percent digital,
startup surrogate, which, for some rea- sensitive and valuable cargo, as well Holland-Kaye said. Heathrow also
son, its ultimate parent, Volga-Dnepr, as better infrastructure to reduce developed this plan after talking with
still declines to fully admit as its off- congestion and create smoother pro- freight forwarders, government and
spring. Then, of course, there is the cesses. The goal, Holland-Kaye said, exporters. The improvements are in-
small matter of those twenty 747-8Fs is to enable freight to flow better tended to encourage airlines to bring
ordered on behalf of ABC. One won- through the facility and cut processing cargo-friendly aircraft with greater
ders if, through the course of the year, time roughly in half, from eight or nine freight capacity to the airport, which
the make-up and actual content of that hours to just four. are more modern, greener and quieter.
contract with Boeing will become any –Linda Ball
clearer. But remember that this is Rus-
sia, so don’t hold your breath.
Finally, TIACA has decided that “in-
Norwegian adds Jan de Rijk feeder service
novation” is going to be the watchword Norwegian Cargo has signed an wegian, including Amsterdam, Brussels
of the biennial Air Cargo Forum to be- agreement with Dutch trucking firm and Frankfurt. Delivery of airfreight in
ing held in Paris in October, the site of Jan de Rijk Logistics to provide road- this expanded network will be made
so many strike actions by Air France feeder services at more than 50 air within 48 hours of departure, Jan de
workers over austerity cuts imposed hubs around Europe. Rijk said. “Norwegian Cargo can give
by the French carrier. Let’s hope the Under the terms of the deal, Jan de forwarders even more peace of mind
industry comes together to find inno- Rijk will perform road-feeder services as Jan de Rijk’s extensive trucking net-
for Norwegian for airfreight arriving work, significant expertise and fleet of
vative ways to help European carriers
from the United States to London’s specialist vehicles will efficiently sup-
solve labor problems such as these and
Gatwick Airport. The trucking firm will port our cargo operations,” said Bjørn
puts the industry on a more profitable Erik Barman-Jenssen, head of cargo at
path for 2016. also provide surface transport to sever-
ACW al European cargo hubs served by Nor- Norwegian. –Randy Woods
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2015/JANUARY 2016Around the worldAFRICA
&MIDDLE EAST
Photo: ©Alex Kwanten
Qatar unveils cargo ambitions for 2016
By Randy Woods & Linda Ball
A
lready one of the “Big Three” Gulf The pharmaceutical lift from India According to the Freight 50 listings,
carriers in terms of passenger builds off the success of Qatar’s “QR published in September by Air Cargo
traffic, Qatar Airways is intent on Pharma” express product, which World, Qatar ranked No. 10 on the list of
becoming a much larger player in launched last January with Brussels- top cargo carriers by tonnage (1.16 million)
the cargo business, including the highly Basel-Doha service. QR Pharma is an and No. 11 by freight tonne kilometers
lucrative pharmaceuticals trade, as the airfreight service designed specifically (6.04 billion), based on 2014 data from
calendar changes. for pharmaceutical and healthcare IATA. This week, however, Qatar claimed
products, offering temperature-controlled it has risen to the third spot on IATA’s
In late October, the Doha-based car- list, in terms of FTKs carried, excluding
rier unveiled plans to build a new air- containers that can maintain a constant
temperature throughout transit. the integrators.
freight terminal at Hamad International
The carrier said its rate of expansion
Airport (DOH) that will be able to The Indian pharmaceuticals market is
– 25 to 30 percent each year, for the last
handle 4.4 million tonnes of cargo per the world’s third-largest in terms of vol-
four years – is showing “no signs of slowing
year by 2018. Future expansions, the ume and 13th-largest in terms of value, down.” Five new freighter aircraft – a
carrier said, could possibly boost the according to a report by Equitymaster. mix of A330-200Fs and 777-200Fs – are
total capacity to 7 million tonnes per The Indian subcontinent is becoming scheduled for delivery the next year,
year. Currently, the airport can handle an important market for pharma airfreight, according to a Qatar statement, as well
about 1.4 million tonnes annually. and Qatar Airways Cargo is growing its as “network enhancements” to destina-
Then, in mid-November, Qatar presence in India to meet the growing tions such as Durban, Boston, Adelaide
began a pharma express route from demand, with 27 freighter frequencies and Sydney in the coming months.
Mumbai via Ahmedabad to Doha on per week now serving seven destina- “Our cargo capability is a major com-
Tuesdays and Fridays. The return leg tions. In addition, the carrier serves an- ponent in driving our group success
flies through Hyderabad to Doha on other 10 Indian destinations via passen- and growth,” said Qatar’s CEO Akbar
Wednesdays and Saturdays. ger aircraft belly holds, flying to more Al Baker. “It will remain a focus of our
than 10 other destinations in India. expansion in the coming years.” ACW
Ethiopian’s exit from Brussels could sting
Although freight volume at Brussels request for an extension of fifth-free- the coming merger with FedEx. TNT
Airport (BRU) was up by 7.3 percent in dom traffic rights. Ethiopian wanted serves the same destinations from
October, compared to the same month to have the ability to fly onward from Liège that Ethiopian does.
last year, and the full-freighter segment BRU to Dubai World Central, Instead, Ethiopian bolted for the
was strong, with 27.1 percent growth, Hong-Kong and Shanghai. Dutch city of Maastricht, which it will
year-over-year, the exit of Ethiopian Logistics firm TNT and Liège serve with six weekly 777F flights,
Airways from the Belgian hub is ex- Airport were opposed to the rights carrying mostly African flowers for
pected to have a negative effect on the renewal, on the grounds that the the European market. Two of the
airport’s growth in the coming months. destinations weren’t covered by Bel- flights will stop over in Dubai. One
Ethiopian moved its cargo operations gium’s bilateral air services agreement flight will continue to Addis Ababa
from BRU to Masstricht-Aachen (MST) with Ethiopia. Because Ethiopian and two will operate between
in the Netherlands Nov. 1, citing impa- Cargo’s flights are operated in concert Maastricht to Shanghai.
tience over the Belgian governments’ with rival DHL Express, TNT feared –Linda Ball
delays in respond to the carrier’s the added competition could impact
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People&Places
People
PP
Third Parties truckload (LTL) business. He will have
executive responsibility for XPO’s LTL
is an aviation management graduate of
the International University of Applied
Alan Chimène has been appointed to operations in North America, recently Sciences in Bad Honnef, near Bonn.
the newly-created position of manag- acquired as part of the Con-Way, Inc., Alban François has
ing director, air and seas division, for transaction. Brooks is a 30-year career been appointed vice
the Ziegler Group to strengthen its transportation and logistics executive president of global
air and ocean freight activities. Prior who has managed complex networks cargo at Brussels
to Ziegler, Chimène was regional vice in large companies, including 11 years Airlines, effective
president for Europe, Middle East and with LTL long-haul carrier Roadway Jan. 1, 2016. François
Africa at Geodis Freight Forwarding. Express, Inc. is currently Brussels
Andy Taylor has been appointed Philip Blumenthal has joined Airlines’ strategic
Freightos, as its first U.S. employee. Alban François sourcing and procure-
as network director for U.K. courier
company, APC Overnight. Previously Blumenthal comes to Freightos from ment manager, where he has been close-
Taylor was the managing director of DB Schenker, where he held a vari- ly involved in several strategic acquisi-
Inpost. Colin Raann, formerly of FedEx, ety of roles both in Germany and the tion files. A civil engineer, he started his
has been named operations director United States, lastly as manager of the career in the Belgian Air Force.
for APC Overnight. Both will report to New York region. In his PhD thesis, he Alex Cruz has been chosen to replace
CEO Jonathan Smith. developed a product to secure ocean retiring CEO Keith Williams when Wil-
freight rates with financial derivatives. liams retires in April 2016 after 18 years
Andrew Austin has
been appointed group Michel Dubois has been appointed at the helm of British
operations director the new global head of Energy Solu- Airways. Currently,
for Priority Freight. tions for Panalpina, replacing Hans Cruz is chairman and
Austin, who joins the Toggweiler. Dubois, a long-standing CEO of Vueling. Ad-
board of directors, has employee with more than 30 years of ditionally, Steve Gun-
spent his entire career experience, has held various positions ning, the current CEO
in logistics, with over in Australia, France, Gabon and Swit- of IAG Cargo, will
30 years of experience Andrew Austin zerland. Since 2013 he has been the become CFO at British
across multiple mar- regional head of energy solutions for Airways, replacing Nick Steve Gunning
kets, including the U.K., U.S. and con- Europe and MEAC. Swift, who is leaving
the airline to pursue other opportuni-
tinental Europe. Austin joins Priority
Freight from The Keswick Enterprises
Group, where he worked as senior
Airlines ties. At press time, no new successors
for the Vueling or IAG Cargo executive
Mark Szewczyk, Cathay Pacific’s positions had been made.
executive officer. Austin previously
cargo manager NSW/ACT, will fulfill the
worked for Priority Freight as chief ex-
ecutive officer from 2010 to 2013.
role of cargo planning manager for
one year. He will be based in the car- Organizations
Thomas Blank has been appointed as rier’s Sydney office. Murray Cassar Kevin Richardson has been appoint-
managing director, Europe, for Kerry will move from his present role of cargo ed the new CEO of The Chartered
Logistics Network Ltd. Blank will business development executive, Aus- Institute of Logistics and Trans-
operate from the Frankfurt am Main tralia, to cargo sales manager, NSW/ port in the U.K. Previously, Richard-
office, bringing more than 35 years ACT, for the same period. son was the logistics director for XPO
of experience in logistics and freight Logistics. Richardson was preceded at
Jason Holt has been
forwarding. Prior to this appoint- the institute by Steve Agg, who is step-
appointed executive
ment, Blank held senior positions in a ping down after nearly 10 years in the
vice president, flight
number of major logistics companies, role on Jan. 1, 2016.
operations, at Car-
including managing director of South
East Asia for Panalpina, senior vice
president at UTi, managing director at
golux Airlines. Holt
succeeds Wieger
Ketellapper, who will
Manufacturers
Geodis, and CEO, central Europe, for Oliver Evans, formerly the chief
fully concentrate on
Agility. cargo officer at SwissWorldCargo,
the development of the Jason Holt
and the chair of TIACA, has become
Francesco Violante, CEO of air planned joint-venture
the head of global business develop-
transport communications and IT airline in Zhengzhou, China. Holt joined
ment for Matternet, which provides
solutions at SITA, is stepping down Cargolux from Easyjet Airlines, where
unmanned aerial vehicle delivery ser-
in the second half of 2016 after more he held the position of head of Gatwick
vices for groups like the World Health
than 13 years at the operations and operational strategy for
Organization and Doctors Without Bor-
company. A search for the airline.
ders. Evans is charged with making the
his successor is under-
Caroline Werf has been promoted to market aware of Matternet’s products,
way.
managing director of the Frankfurt op- building customer relations and work-
Tony Brooks has eration at Air Charter Service, ahead ing with regulators. He will remain in
been appointed as of its move to larger premises. Werf Switzerland, although Matternet is
president of XPO originally worked at ACS’ London head- based in Menlo Park, U.S.
Logistics’ less-than- Tony Brooks quarters before taking this new role. She
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