Volume 15, Issue 17


THE WE EKLY NEWS PAP ER FOR THE AIR CARGO PROF E S S IONAL


Ready to talk at Air Cargo China in June 2


AirAsia X


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EUGEN Egetenmeir, managing director of Messe München Inter- national – organiser of the highly successful bi- ennial transport logistic China – has high- lighted the importance of this year’s Air Cargo China Conference to the exhibition as a whole. A number of topical


issues will be discussed at the conference – to be held on 6 June dur- ing the transport logis- tic show that will run in Shanghai between 5 and 7 June. Subjects include Two-Way Traffic –


Air Cargo’s Balancing Act, which looks at issues such as the directional imbalance of air freight flows into and out of China, and Logistics Excellence


GLOBAL Infrastructure Partners (GIP), which operates the UK’s Gatwick and London City airports, is to acquire Scotland’s Edinburgh air- port from current owner BAA for £807.2 million (US$1.3 billion). BAA was ordered to sell either of its Glasgow or Edinburgh gateways by


Egetenmeir: “varied conference and forum programme”


German market is hit by


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in China, a confer- ence organised by the German Logis- tics Association (Bundesvereinigung Logistik). A number of


podium discussions will add to these conferences, cover- ing matters includ- ing The Cold Chain in China and China Domestic Logistics. Egetenmeir said:


“Complementing the exhibition in the


halls, transport logistic China thereby offers a varied conference and forum programme and highlights opportu- nities and risks for logistics regions and sectors. “The logistics industry has recog-


the EU Competition Commission after an investigation into whether its ownership of UK airports was anti- competitive. Noting that BAA was “proud of its


achievements” at Edinburgh, chief executive Colin Matthews said the sale is expected to close by the end of May.


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nised China’s potential and this is also apparent at the exhibition,” he added. Messe München is expecting exhibitors from 41 countries. There will be 33 percent more


transport logistic exhibition floorspace than there was in 2010, while Air Cargo China – an integral part of the whole event – will boast 20 percent more floorspace than when last held two years ago. As well as all the foreign visitors –


and nine countries will have their own pavilion, a record high for transport logistic China –more than 100 Chi- nese exhibitors are expected to be


there at the show in just a little over a month’s time. Held at the Shanghai New Inter-


national Expo Centre, transport logis- tic is now Asia’s most important event in the transport and logistics sector. Covering the land, sea and air transport modes, as well as all the var-


Intermodal South


ious aspects of the logistics support chain that go to support the move- ment of freight right around the world, transport logistic China 2012 “offers national and international companies and visitors a business plat- form where they can exchange views and network”, Egetenmeir concluded.


FedEx steps in to help sea otter orphan


GLOBAL EXPRESS in- tegrator FedEx has once again been in- volved in the move- ment of an unusual cargo, in the form of an orphaned sea otter found in Alaska during March. Having been


www.aircargochina.com Gatwick operator snatches Edinburgh airport from BAA portfolio Capable of handling up to B767-


size aircraft on its 2,560-metre main runway, Edinburgh processed some 10,250 tonnes of air cargo in 2011 on an average of 311 flights a day. Under the new owners, airport


users are hoping for an increase in direct flights to long-haul destinations.


looked after by resi- dents of Port Heiden and the Alaska SeaLife Center, the five-week old male pup was flown on a FedEx MD-11F to the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium on 19 April. A veterinarian and a representative from the zoo accompanied the baby


marine mammal on the flight to monitor its well-being and a specially de- signed transport unit was used to ensure the pup’s comfort during transit. “FedEx has a long history transporting rare and delicate cargo in co-op-


eration with zoos and animal preserves around the world,” noted Bruce Clemmons, manager of the FedEx Live Animal Desk. Other recent live animal shipments undertaken by FedEx include the


transportation of two pairs of giant pandas and the movement of three grizzly bears.


WORLD NEWS P2, 3 & 4 ● PEOPLE P4 ● TRADEFINDER P11


30 April 2012


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