FranceReport Paris CIN undergoes changes
Jean-François Bouilhaguet, the newly appointed president of the Cargo Information Net- work (CIN) at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, says: “We have changed the membership rules in order to speed up joining and avoid any financial default. The CIN cannot exist without financing and only those who contribute should benefit from its operational advantages.” At the operational level,
postal flows are being integrated into the network, with La Poste coming on board with the project. Bouilhaguet is also managing director of
express handler Sodexi. The company is the only integrated operator in the cargo arena that benefits from experience in all segments, from collection to loading onto an aircraft, and he feels this expertise is vital in managing the CIN. Sodexi is suffering from the general decline
in airport-to-airport traffic – but value-added, airport-to-door shipments are rising, he said.
For this year, Bouilhaguet intends to transfer
the Customs management of Sodexi’s facilities to the CIN, as well as eliminating paper docu- ments from the company’s administrative processes, bringing it in line with e-freight. Sodexi is also continuing to develop IT solu-
tions for various parts of the supply chain and constructing an automated facility at Charles de Gaulle that will guarantee a maximum transit time of 60 minutes. The centre is scheduled to open next year and will be completely paperless.
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FROM 4 JUNE, Air France will operate daily A330-200 flights between its Paris Charles de Gaulle hub airport and the Nigerian capital Abuja.
AÉROPORTS DE PARIS subsidiary ADPI, which provides consultancy, design, supervision and project management solutions for airport
development and other infrastructure projects around the world, saw its business in Libya suf- fer last year due to the political unrest in the North African country.
LYON-HEADQUARTERED forwarder Clasquin carried out 60,899 air freight operations last year, up by 5.7 percent on 2010.
Growth continues at southern gateway
Marseille-Provence airport in the south of France pro- cessed 53,019 tonnes of flown freight in 2011, the fig- ure representing an increase of 1.6 percent over the previ- ous year – and making 2011 the fourth consecutive record-breaking year for the gateway. With general freight falling
by 8.4 percent during the 12 months, it was the 3.2 per- cent growth in express freight (the mainstay of Mar- seille’s traffic) that buoyed the airport last year. TNT, DHL and FedEx all
“For now, things are going
well,” Boutigny continued. “So far this year, express freight has been stable at 7,260 tonnes. “It’s the oil and gas traffic to
Algeria that is boosting our business (284 tonnes, or a rise of 21 percent), as well as imports from Morocco (123 tonnes, up by 53 percent).” Furthermore, the ITER pro-
Boutigny highlights energy industry’s role at Marseille
saw their volumes rise, although UPS and other express carriers were less lucky. Jean-Marc Boutigny, cargo manager at the
airport, commented: “As at the end of Febru- ary, we are continuing to grow, with 8,359 tonnes processed – an increase of 2.1 per- cent” over the first two months of last year.
ject – which is working to demonstrate the feasibility of producing commercial ener- gy from nuclear fusion – has chosen France-based Daher as its official freight forwarder
for the next five years. Daher will move equip- ment from all 34 countries involved to the ITER site at Cadarache, 75km northwest of Marseille. “This is sure to bring freight to Marseille-
Provence airport during the 2012-17 period,” Boutigny believes.
Downward freight trend hits many French airports
According to a report issued by the Union of French Airports, flown freight across mainland France and its overseas territories dropped by 4 percent last year, following a rise of 16.8 percent in 2010. The report noted that the decline was rela-
tively evenly spread, although regional airports suffered most. Their throughput fell by 5.3 per- cent, while overseas gateways saw their traffic
slide by 3 percent. The capital’s airports, mean- while (Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly), reported a fall of 3.8 percent in their freight vol- umes last year. Unsurprisingly, it was Paris Charles de Gaulle
that saw the lion’s share of freight last year, with 2,087,952 tonnes processed (down 4,1 percent). Orly handled 94,590 tonnes, showing an increase of 2.7 percent.
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