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Issue 4 2012


Don’t let others make decisions for you, says Turkish freight expert


More importers should take control of freight purchasing themselves, says a Turkish logistics expert. Sacha Gemili, sales and marketing manager at Daily Groupage Services, based at Erith in Kent, says that many buyers underestimate the cost of letting sellers in Turkey take care of the freighting arrangements while overestimating the complexity and difficulty of appointing a freight forwarder themselves. She told FBJ: “A lot of British


companies tell the manufacturers to deal with freight and purchase on a CIF basis, but they don’t realised that it could cost them literally thousands of pounds. And also we have experts on hand with up to 25 years’ experience


who can take the headache out of the process and ensure that everything runs smoothly.” Many shippers did not realise that


overseas exporters often loaded freight charges, she said. “We know there is a lot of CIF business out there that could be converted.” Daily Groupage Services works


in partnership with one of Turkey’s biggest hauliers, Ikra Logistics, to provide frequent services from all parts of Turkey to all parts of the UK and Ireland. Sacha Gemili said: “We are a British company that specialises in groupage and many other operators, including the big names, use our services.” The service operates from


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Heathrow-based airfreight trucker Circle Express has entered into a company voluntary arrangement. It has appointed turnaround specialist KSA Group to find ways of continuing the business while Circle repays debts over five years. Circle blamed rising road fuel costs for its troubles, as well as weather disruption and the Icelandic Ash Cloud. It has closed its Bristol and East Midlands depots and frozen wages and recruitment.


The European Commission has concluded that a €130 million deal to restruture state-owned airline Air Malta is in line with EU state aid rules. The measures, which include a significant capacity reduction and the sale of assets, should ensure long-term viability without continued state support and without distorting competition, it said.


throughout Turkey via main gateways at Istanbul, Adana and Izmir and agents provide delivery to all parts of the UK, although sensitive shipments are delivered direct. The company operates a total of over 300 trucks, all GPS and satellite connected,


and it also has its own customs deferment, which greatly smooths the flow of trucks through Dover, says Sacha Gemili. It also offers warehousing at its Erith


site, as well as customs clearance, an export service and seafreight.


BIFA unfazed by new US rules


The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced a 3 December deadline for passenger air carriers to carry out 100% screening of cargo on US-bound international flights as part of the move by the US and the EU to recognise each others’ security regimes. The EU and the US formally


agreed to recognise each other’s air freight security requirements under a mutual recognition agreement signed on 1 June. The deal by the European Commission and the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), aims to eliminate duplication in security controls as well as the need to subject cargo to varying screening requirements and US-bound cargo, for example, will no longer need to be subjected to TSA controls at EU airports if it has already cleared EU controls. The agreement also includes Switzerland. However, the UK’s existing


screening regime already meets the new US requirement, says the British International


Freight Association


(BIFA). “It will be business as usual for us from the deadline date,” it said in a


statement. BIFA added that TSA has worked


closely with other governments, international organisations and industry partners to increase the security of air cargo without restricting the movement of goods and commerce. BIFA said that the new measures


also build additional risk-based, intelligence-driven procedures into the pre-screening process, with enhanced screening for shipments higher risk shipments. It agreed completely with TSA administrator John Pistole’s statement that harmonising security efforts with the US’s international and industry partners is a vital step in securing the global supply chain. By making greater use of intelligence, TSA can strengthen screening processes and ensure the screening of all cargo shipments without impeding the flow of commerce. In the US itself, all cargo on


passenger aircraſt - both domestic and international departing US airports - is screened, either by the air carriers themselves or those voluntarily participating


in the Certified Cargo Screening Programme, under strict regulatory oversight of TSA. ASM chairman Peter MacSwiney


said however “We have yet to see reciprocity translated into real benefits and I rather doubt that goods will be cleared through US ports any quicker. Aſter all, customs in each US port guards its independence jealously.” Meanwhile, The International


Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has called on more countries to follow the signatories’ lead in pursuing mutual recognition agreements for air cargo security. Chairman Michael Steen, said: “We strongly support efforts to enhance security of the air cargo supply chain without unduly disrupting vital commercial flows. Mutual recognition of robust security regimes is an important way to further this goal.”


Box scanning – deferred but not dead unworkable”


Exporters to the US will now not be hit by the 100% container scanning requirement from July 2012, but the requirement has only been deferred for two years by the Department of Homeland Security, warns Croke Consulting. The


Ireland-


based experts says that while the deferment will give some breathing space for traders, “in the meantime there is always the possibility that this legislation will be visited again by the legislature in the US”. But the widely held view at the moment is that the measure is “completely


and, following


extensive engagement by the Department of Homeland Security with interested bodies and from the experience already gained from 100% scanning pilots it was decided to introduce the deferment. There are still strong reservations


in many quarters, both in the US and in the EU, about the feasibility of this whole programme although the legislation still remains on the books. But most commentators so far have said that the whole programme may not workable at all.


UPS launched its $6.77 billion takeover bid for TNT Express on 22 June. It ends on 31 August unless extended.


US forwarder Expeditors International said that it would not appeal against the $5.5 million fine imposed by the European Commission last March for its part in a forwarding price cartel. The company was one of a group of 14 international forwarders that allegedly operated four cartels. Expeditors told the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it did not agree with the EC decision, but there was no real possibility of completely overturning the decision. So far, Panalpina is the only one of the 14 forwarders that has said it would contest the decision.


Lufthansa Cargo and Shenzhen Airlines have abandoned plans to restructure their Jade Cargo joint venture. The carrier, which had already suspended operations at the end of 2011, was unable to reach a deal with Wuhan-based Uni-Top Airlines and will return its three leased 747-400 freighters.


Emirates Airline has introduced a second daily non-stop flight from Glasgow to Dubai. Emirates is also to launch A340-300 passenger flights from Dubai to Erbil in August its third Iraqi destination after Basra and Baghdad. The plane offers over 13 tonnes of cargo capacity.


Virgin Atlantic Cargo has launched four flights a week between London Heathrow and Vancouver. Flights depart London on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.


Cargolux launched twice weekly scheduled flights to Chongqing on 14 May. Flights operate from Luxembourg via Doha and Sharjah to Chongqing’s Jianbai International Airport, returning to Luxembourg via Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Baku. The second weekly service is routed via Tbilisi, Baku and Singapore and returning via Baku. Cargolux has also added Manaus, Brazil, to its network. The weekly service departs Luxembourg on Saturdays at 18:00 arriving, via São Paulo at 05:20 the next day. It then operates via Quito, Bogota and Maastricht.


Afriqiyah Airways applied to the UK Department for Transport to restart direct services between London Gatwick and Tripoli from 15 May. The service will use a Nouvelair Tunisia Airbus A320 as the EU has currently banned all Libyan-based aircraſt from its airspace. Onward connections from Tripoli to Africa will be resumed later.


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