FEaTuRE Logistics
Cargo Crunch
the air cargo dilemma
By Barry Elliott and Chris Catto-Smith
ver the past mand - particularly for products double that of the previous six
O
month a huge sourced in China - capacity across months), as domestic shipments
backlog in air the region is in short supply. have competed for capacity with
cargo has de- cargo originating in China.
veloped that No more space available: Over the last two weeks there
is affecting many Asian airports, Most recently, all available air was a backlog of 3,500 tonnes
leaving forwarders and export- cargo capacity out of China has at Hong Kong Air Cargo Termi-
ers struggling for space, mainly been backlogged until the New nals (HACTL), the equivalent of
on flights to Europe. The prob- Year, creating opportunities for 35 Boeing 747 freighters - which
lem reflects surging demand for transshipment of cargo through meant freight was waiting seven to
Chinese products which has out- other hubs such as Korea, Sin- 10 days for uplift.
stripped the available air cargo ca- gapore and Thailand. According
3,500 tons
pacity required. to several reports from Inforam Surging volumes out of Thai-
(equivalent of 35
After a year in which a de- Cargo and International Freight- land:
B747 freighters)
pressed global economy has kept ing Weekly (IFW), from which “We saw volumes jump by 20% in
Backlog at Hong
many businesses operating on this article is largely drawn, rates October over September and No-
Kong Air Cargo
minimal inventories, airlines had out of Thailand have increased to vember has been very busy and is
Terminals removed or consolidated cargo around $4 per kilogramme dur-
projected to be 9% up on Octo-
on Nov 20. capacity. Now with increasing de- ing the last two months (almost ber,” said Stewart Sinclair, man-
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