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Volga-Dnepr opens
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Maximusissafetyhost
new logistics centre
Maximus Air Cargo is putting its full
weight behind the UAE General Civil
Aviation Authority’s (GCAA) drive for
safety and will host a meeting of the
Gulf Flight Safety Committee (GFSC) in
V
olga-Dnepr Group has launched a new air charter transportation for outsize and project Abu Dhabi in April. It is also a sponsor
Engineering & Logistics Center (ILC) which will cargo will be arranged using the group’s own fleet at the World Food Programme’s two-day
specialise in two major logistics areas that of AN-124 and IL-76TD-90CD freight aircraft and, global safety conference.
combine the group’s primary and secondary where necessary, airplanes of third-party operators,
products. The first area, Charter +, offers such as the smaller AN-26. Scheduled and charter UAEbansAN-12
value-added services to existing customers. This will cargo services will be operated by B747 freighters AN-12 aircraft have been banned from
include providing solutions such as autocranes at using the AirBridgeCargo route network and UAE airspace in a move that the UAE
airports for loading and unloading large, heavy partner airlines. ILC will deal with arranging General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)
pieces of cargo, pick-up from warehouse and/or multimodal logistics packages, including land and states is “aimed at raising safety
manufacturer locations, and transport to the airport. sea transport, as well as providing assistance with standards in the civil aviation sector in
Charter + will also arrange and supervise the Customs clearance and insurance. the UAE”.
design and production of special mechanical According to Konstantin Vekchine, project
tooling necessary for specific cargo loading and coordinator, implementation of this business EU‘fixing’charge
transportation projects. ILC’s additional services initiative will enable Volga-Dnepr to expand its A Statement of Objections relating to a
will include advice on various modes of transport, niche in the transport and logistics market. He price-fixing investigation of air freight
including expert evaluation of cargo packaging for said: “As the key markets for integrated logistics forwarding activities has been sent by
air carriage. services are situated in the USA and Europe, the the European Union to a number of
The second area will be the provision of a wide ILC will be based at the Volga-Dnepr UK prominent forwarding companies.
range of door-to-door delivery services. Integrated headquarters at London Stansted.”
Chapman Freeborn delivery
C
hapman Freeborn has
successfully completed an
Antonov 225 charter to
transport four giant pieces of oil
and gas equipment totalling
almost 150 tonnes from Houston,
USA, to Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Loading the aircraft with 100 tonne cranes.
The four valves, each
weighing 37 tonnes, will form bring the AN-225 to South
part of a Petrobras refinery America and will use the
project in Paulinia, in the state of experience and lessons learned
Sao Paulo. Andre Rodrigues, in this successful charter in
country manager of Chapman future projects.”
Freeborn Brazil, said: “We are ●For more on the South
proud to be the first company to America market, turn to page 49.
Ruslan flies Haiti relief
R
uslan International has earthmoving equipment and
undertaken nine flights to tents from Sendai, Japan, via
Haiti carrying urgent relief Fairbanks and Edmonton,
supplies for the Japan Ground Canada, to Port au Prince, Haiti.
Self-Defence Force (JGSDF), In a separate move, Antonov
working on behalf of the Airlines operated an AN-225
Japanese Government. flight carrying heavy
The nine AN-124 flights each earthmoving equipment and
carried 65 tonnes of tents.
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