Freight’s Global 100 Tatiana Arslanova President, AirBridgeCargo T


atyana Arslanova joined Volga-Dnepr in 1995 as a trainee, after graduating from Ulyanovsk State University.


She rose quickly through the ranks and is now


responsible for implementing AirBridgeCargo’s scheduled operations development strategy and operational management. She is one of the youngest people to feature on this list. Her primary focus is on improving quality and she has responsibility for the overall strategy of the group.


Issa Baluch FIATA & TIACA stalwart and industry veteran


Dubai in 1973. In 1989, he founded the Swift Group, now one of the


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leading logistics providers in the UAE, with a strong focus on Africa. Baluch was president of FIATA from 2003 to 2005


and is an honorary member of the board. He is also on the board of directors of TIACA, a


ndustry veteran Issa Baluch is credited with helping develop the sea-air business in the UAE after beginning his career at the Gulf Agency Company in


member of the advisory board of Dubai Logistics City and has written two books on transport logistics, which have been translated into a variety of different languages. Lauded as one of the most innovative thinkers in


freight, Baluch currently acts is Chairman of air cargo carrier Africa West Cargo with hubs in Liege, Dubai and Lome; and he was also instrumental in the development and judging of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year award.


Michael Berendt CEO, Hapag-Lloyd


fifth largest container shipping line in the world, and while considerable uncertainty hangs over its future, Berendt currently wields quite a lot of influence. Freight rates have been under immense pressure for


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about a year, primarily due to significant overcapacity, but rates are also determined by sentiment, something far more difficult to calculate.


here are, arguably, figures in the global logistics industry that wield more power than Hapag- Lloyd’s Michael Berendt. But the carrier is the


The line’s parent company, TUI, is keen to offload its


remaining 38% stake, and rumours of a possible bid by Singapore’s NOL have resurfaced, while the recent tie- up between CMA CGM and MSC indicates further industry consolidation is underway. In that respect, the Hapag-Lloyd CEO finds himself in


a position of considerable power, as what happens next to the German line is likely to shape the future course of liner shipping, and he will be at the centre of that.


IFW-Lloyd’s Loading List | Freight’s Global 100 | 2012 5 The Volga-Dnepr Group has become a world leader


in the heavy cargo market and has initiated several key projects, including modernising the IL-76 freighter, relaunching production of the AN-124 aircraft and developing a cargo hub at Sheremetyovo Airport, the first of its kind in Russia. AirBridgeCargo was the first Russian cargo airline to


operate the Boeing 747 freighter and it hopes to acquire a series of 747-8Fs. Key clients include Panalpina, DHL, CEVA, Schenker, Dachser and Hellmann.


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