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Energy spearheads CEVA expansion in Africa, Asia


Global supply chain management company CEVA Logistics has expanded in West Africa and Central Asia in response to its growing customer base in the energy sector. It is setting up its own offices, and has recently incorporated its own subsidiaries in Angola, Congo and Nigeria. In Central Asia, CEVA has


also created its own network of offices, in particular in Kazakhstan with a headquarters in Almaty and a branch in Aktau. Almaty will also function as the coordination point for Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and


Uzbekistan, complementing the services provided through the existing hubs, and enhancing responsiveness. CEVA has extensive global experience in the energy sector in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Northern Europe and the Middle East, and will apply its global best practices to these new locations. In both regions, CEVA


will offer origin services such as warehouse and hub management, air and ocean international transportation, charter solutions, heavy lift services and turnkey project management along with


Wise move as NVOCC opens up in Heathrow


US-owned NVOCC Ocean World Lines (OWL) has opened a dedicated UK airfreight office and warehouse at Hayes, near Heathrow Airport to supplement its UK head office in Ipswich. The new 10,000 square foot


Paula Bellamy


office and warehouse offers full air freight services, including cargo pick-up and consolidation, trucking, warehousing, cargo packing and crating, cargo insurance, cargo de-consolidation and distribution. Staff are Department for Transport security certified and the facility is X-ray equipped. OWL, a subsidiary of North


American logistics provider Pacer International, previously used other consolidators for airfreight. OWL is subletting premises from another company but has the use of its warehousing and X-ray equipment. Heading up the new office is Paula Bellamy who brings 23 years in


the freight industry to the position, including six years with OWL in sales, warehouse operations, and management. She said: “We opened OWL Air UK with a very knowledgeable team who have a huge amount of airfreight experience.” Bellamy added: “We carry cargo worldwide for all types of touring companies, including symphony orchestras, film and video production crews, circuses and museum exhibits.” Bellamy added: “With the rapid growth in airfreight, OWL is investing


heavily into opening offices around the world and the location in London is key to meeting our clients’ shipping and security needs. In September last year, OWL opened a new office in Singapore to handle air, ocean, cargo management, and Asia regional distribution.


Wine to flow more freely


Beverage transport logistics specialist JF Hillebrand has launched an expanded distribution network in Europe - European Transport Solutions. It offers not only more routes across more countries, but also rail, barge and coastal shipping in addition to road transport. ‘VinLiners’ – the multipurpose insulation system, designed by JF Hillebrand for the beverage industry- are also available to protect products from temperature fluctuations and other hazards, and the company also offers expert handling of all legal and fiscal formalities. All movements are supported by JF Hillebrand’s Axis online system.


destination services such as customs brokerage, domestic distribution and ship’s agency and husbandry services. CEVA regional president Gianfranco Sgro, said: “These investments are a great opportunity for us. We also have a unique knowledge of local countries and the specific requirements of our energy customers which will be crucial factors in our goal of becoming the most admired energy logistics provider in these countries within three years.”


Senior vice president for the


global energy sector, Marcelo Franceschetti, added: “We have a deep knowledge of the specific characteristics of all these countries and their policies, such as local government requirements and restrictions for the importation of particular goods. “


Ogiermann steps down from TIACA role


The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has chosen Michael Steen, executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings as its new chairman. He was previously vice chairman under Ulrich Ogiermann, former president and CEO of Cargolux Airlines International who has is retiring from TIACA due to personal reasons. Last year, Ogiermann was convicted by a Miami Grand Jury


for conspiring to fix surcharges on air cargo shipments to and from the US. He has already stepped down from his airline post to become a special advisor. Steen described Ogiermann as an “outstanding” chairman


who had been instrumental in forging closer relationships with several industry organisations, work that would be continued under his stewardship. TIACA has also announced Oliver Evans, chief cargo officer at


Swiss International Air Lines, and Jason Foote, VP international air operations at UPS Airlines as new board members.


Russia and EU discuss congestion-busting plan


EU commissioner for taxation and customs union Algirdas Semeta discussed a strategic framework for customs cooperation with Russia during a visit to Moscow on 25 November. It covers ‘fluid and safe trade lanes’, risk management, fraud and customs modernisation and there would be an “early warning mechanism” to avoid long queues of trucks on Russia’s borders with the EU. The EU and Russia agreed on


a three-point joint strategy to address border congestion back in 2007, but Russia’s customs reforms have proceeded only slowly. Lately, the picture has been further confused by a plan to transfer customs clearance


and control activities away from cities to border regions along with a draft decree restricting the imports of containers by road into Russia. The customs moves come as


Russia signed an agreement with the EU on export duties on raw materials on 24 November, removing one of the main remaining barriers to Russian membership of the World Trade Organisation. While many issues remain to be discussed, including animal health and phyto-sanitary rules, along with a potential veto by Georgia, hopes are rising that Russia may join the WTO as early as 2011, bringing an end to negotiations that have dragged on since 1993.


ISSUE 1 2011


AIRFREIGHT & EXPRESS CONTINUED


FedEx has launched a Deep Frozen Shipping Solution as part of its HealthCare Solutions portfolio of services for customers in the life sciences and biopharma industries. It uses liquid nitrogen dry vapour technology that maintains a temperature under -150 degrees Celsius for up to 10 days using the CryoPort Express Dry Shipper. Unlike dry ice, the technology is classified as non-hazardous.


The European Commission has now put all Afghanistan-based airlines on its safety blacklist, which was updated on 23 November, with three more carriers joining already-banned Ariana Afghan Airlines. Mauritania Airways has also been blacklisted, as have two new carriers in Gabon (Afric Aviation) and Kyrgyzstan (CAAS) since all airlines from these states are subject to operating restrictions. However, restrictions on Air Lift International (Ghana) have been


partly lifted and the carrier will be allowed to resume operations in the EU with an additional aircraft, “under strict conditions and subject to continuous monitoring of member states,” said the European


Commission. The full list is available at ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban


Kuehne + Nagel is to take over three South American perishables specialists, Translago SAS and Agencia de Aduanas Excelsia of Colombia and Mastertransport in Ecuador. Translago and Agencia de Aduanas Excelsia Ltda, headquartered in Bogota, between them employ 160 staff and are the market leaders in exports of flowers and other perishables, mainly to Europe, the US and Asia Pacific, while Mastertransport employs 30 people. Together, the three companies control about 75,000 tonnes of air export perishables a year.


Airfreight general sales agent ECS Group is planning to open five new offices in the Far East as well as India and further expand in Africa during 2011. Senior vice president for sales Adrien Thominet said that African destinations were very strong and its clients Brussels Airlines and Africa West’s flights were operating full. During 2010, Garuda Indonesia awarded ECS a Europe-wide GSA contract for its bellyhold freight capacity and it also now represents US Airways in the UK.


General sales agent ANA Aviation Services is returning to Ireland after an absence of five years with the opening of a Dublin office under the NAS brand. The company will manage the air cargo activities of nine carriers including Aerolineas Argentineas, Allied Air, Astral Aviation, Bangladesh Biman and Yemenia, offering destinations in Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Latin America.


Volga-Dnepr and AirBridgeCargo are among Russia’s most prepared carriers for new EC standards, said the director of emission trading scheme verification, Gido Harling, as the two airlines successfully completed a pre-audit of their monitoring system. The Community will introduce its mandatory Emissions Trading System for the aviation industry from 2012. Meanwhile, AirBridgeCargo has added an 11th leased Boeing 747 freighter to its fleet.


Iberia Cargo has committed to join the Cargo 2000 quality management system. It brings the quality organisation’s membership to 76 members including 29 airlines, freight forwarders, ground handlers, trucking companies and IT providers.


TNT Post has reached agreement in principle with the Dutch trade unions on compulsory redundancies during impending reorganisation of its business due to the decline in mail volumes. Around 11,000 operations jobs will go, of which around 4,500 will be compulsory redundancies although this number will now be reduced by retaining 1,700 jobs in then parcel service and elsewhere in the company. It has also agreed to sell its Belgian addressed mail and Italian unaddressed mail interests to NPM Capital. Parcels activities in Belgium were not included in the sale.


UPS is now asking its retail customers worldwide to present a government- issued photo ID, unless they are using a pre-printed shipping label. The requirement will apply at The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc locations as well as authorised shipping outlets worldwide.


Deutsche Post DHL is offering customers a carbon footprint report - a detailed overview on the CO2 emissions generated by their shipments per trade lane. It takes into account the individual shipment weight, volume and route and is available monthly, quarterly or annually. DHL Global Forwarding is also offering carbon offsetting of shipments.


American Airlines has appointed Tristan Koch as managing director of cargo sales for Europe and the Middle East. He comes to AA Cargo from British Airways World Cargo (BAWC), where he was most recently key global account manager and was previously sales manager for the UK and Ireland.


US-based World Courier has opened its third wholly foreign-owned office in Guangzhou, China. The company already has its own offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The new facility is expected to cater especially to the pharmaceutical, automotive industry and high-tech manufacturing industries.


Airfreight wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has appointed Stephen Koller to the new post of Executive VP. Based at Heathrow, he retains his post as a main board director of parent company, Menzies Aviation, with specific responsibility for AMI and IT.


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