12 Schiphol’s new Animal


Issue 2 2013


///NEWS Schiphol opens its new Animal Centre FORWARDING & LOGISTICS NEWS ROUNDUP Centre


handled its first horses on 2 March, when two chartered plane-loads carrying 43 show horses from the Middle East arrived at the new facility. “It all went perfectly,” says Edwin


Hofstede, director of general sales agent, European Cargo Services – one of the two partners in the new venture, which has been christened the Schiphol Animal Centre. His colleague, Gerard Kervezee, commercial manager at handling


company, Aviapartner Cargo Services, the other half of the joint venture, says the horse centre will help raises standards in this highly specialised sector of the business. While not the first such facility at


Schiphol - Netherlands flag carrier KLM also offers equine services - it will set new standards in handling, the two partners believe. On the inaugural flights, all the horses were unloaded from the plane and in their stalls within 30 minutes of landing.


Schiphol Animal Centre passengers can expect five -star treatment


The Novus Trust has set up what it says is a new type of degree to address the shortage of graduate talent in the supply chain and logistics industry. The four-year Logistics and Supply Chain BSc degree course, initially at Huddersfield University, is sponsored by companies in the industry. The course covers supply chain management, finance, statistics, organisational structure and methods, sociology, psychology, transport network design, warehouse design, inventory management, supply chain IT and HR management. The core course will also be supplemented with managerial ‘craſt skills’ such as leadership, people management and communication.


US signs groundbreaking trade deal with Europe


US President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address on 12 February that he would start negotiations for an ambitious free trade agreement with the EU. The


European Commission hopes to start talks during the current, Irish, Presidency of the EU on what is hailed as the most ambitious free trade pact in the world, covering


not only customs tariffs but also mutual recognition of standards on a range of products, public procurement and the oſten vexed issue of agricultural exports.


These include the EU’s ban on genetically-modified organisms and hormone-treated beef, both of which have caused major upsets to transatlantic trading in the past.


EU chiefs pledge to help cut trade red tape


EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht pledged


on 8 March that


they pursue a deal on trade facilitation for least developed countries at the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia this December. Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said: “Making it easier and cheaper to trade will help developing countries to better integrate


into the


regional and global trade system. This will contribute to facilitate trade development


and diversification, enhance job-creation and the wider sharing


of the benefits of


international trade.” According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD), on average, OECD countries demand five documents at customs and take ten days to clear goods at a cost of about €735 per container. In contrast, African countries require on average twice as many documents, up to 35 days to clear exports and 44 days to clear imports, at an average cost per container of


AMI goes for independence


Airfreight wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has become self-handling in Manchester after moving into a dedicated 8000 sq ft facility at Manchester Airport’s World Cargo Centre. The new base will improve


processing times for customer delivery vehicles and cargo received at AMI Manchester for flights departing from London Heathrow can now meet a wider range of next day services, thanks to AMI’s use of scheduled nightly road feeders operated by airfreight trucking specialist Ware Transport.. The refurbished on-airport facility incorporates new


security systems and X-ray scanning equipment. AMI regional manager Nova


Barker said: “AMI Manchester is becoming an increasingly important element in our UK operations, and we are very pleased that we can now extend similar levels of service to our north of England and Scottish customers, as those for which we are known in the south.”


AMI Manchester generates


22% of all the company’s UK bookings and 80% of this traffic uses flights from Manchester. Traffic through AMI’s northern operation has increased by 15% in the past six months.


€1,285 for exports and €1,535 for imports. The OECD estimates that reducing global trade costs by 1% would increase world- wide income by over US$40 billion, 65% of which would go to developing countries.


The Global Air Cargo


Advisory Group (GACAG) is


calling for international


procedures to play a key part in


trade customs talks


and, if necessary, for trade facilitation to be dealt with separately from other, more controversial aspects of the ongoing discussions. GACAG said


it welcomed


an agreement reached on 25 February by the World Trade


Organisation (WTO) aimed at restarting the stalled Doha Round of negotiations. The international talks aimed at lowering trade barriers and streamlining trade rules have dragged on for years without tangible result, but WTO chairman Pascal Lamy was able to report that negotiators are focusing on “deliverables” for the Ninth Ministerial Conference in Bali, and he urged WTO members to redouble their efforts to reach a deal. However, many commentators see bilateral deals such as the recently launched transatlantic trade deal between the EU and US as less fraught and more likely to yield results.


AV Dawson rail terminal open for business


North-east logistics operator AV Dawson has opened the first £2.6m phase of its Tees Riverside Intermodal Park (TRIP) on the banks of the River Tees. The terminal is the first phase of a £10m infrastructure expansion programme and follows a 25% increase in its container business at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Park. It offers a direct link to the


East Coast Main Line as well as to Dawson’s existing freight facilities, which include its Ayrton Railhead, North Sea Supply Base and Dawson’s Wharf quays on the adjacent River Tees. The rail sidings can handle trains carrying


up to 80 containers at any one time with 54,000 square metres of operational area and storage for up to 1,200 loaded containers. Dawson has also gained AFSO


accreditation to handle goods through the Channel Tunnel to and from mainland Europe. The development has been


part-funded by the Government’s Regional Growth Fund, which has contributed £1.2m to the development. On the adjacent riverside, piling works have begun the new £3.2m deep water development which will increase quay depth from 4m to 8.5m and lengthen it by 150m.


Kuehne + Nagel Group CEO Reinhard Lange is to step down on 7 May because of health reasons. He will support the group in a consultancy role until the end of his contract on 31 December 2013. A search has already started for his successor but in the interim a management team led by chairman of Kuehne + Nagel International Karl Gernandt will take over.


Schenker Limited, the UK arm of DB Schenker Logistics, has completed a re-investment programme at its Nuneaton UK land hub. It follows the opening of a dedicated contract logistics site in Tamworth, releasing capacity at Nuneaton. The 7,960sq m facility now has 21 loading bays, and offers daily departures to and from all European destinations - 730 locations in 36 countries as well as air and ocean freight services.


K Line Logistics and Yusen Logistics have pleaded guilty and agreed to pay fines for their part in a fuel surcharge and security fee-fixing case in the US. K Line will pay $3.5m and Yusen $15.4m. It brings to 16 the number of firms that have pleaded guilty in the case and total fines to over $120m.


Logistics specialist GEFCO has set up a new subsidiary, GEFCO Middle East Fze, in Dubai’s Jebel Ali free zone. It has identified the location as one of the strongest-growing markets with the automotive sector, in which Gefco has its roots, growing by 20% a year, along with oil and gas. As well as logistics, Gefco can offer customs and tax representation, allowing customers to concentrate on their core business. The subsidiary is managed by Stefano Pollotti.


Japanese-owned forwarder Nippon Express(Europe) is to acquire Italian-based logistics company Franco Vago. Florence- headquartered Franco Vago’s main business is apparel-related forwarding and logistics for high-end fashion brands and other companies. It has locations across Italy as well as in China, the US and elsewhere around the world.


Yusen Logistics has opened four new warehouses in India - in Lucknow, Ludhiana, Patna, and Bhopal. The forwarder said it would offer a broad array of logistics services including packing, sorting, storage, inventory management, distribution processing for mainly consumer electronics products, consumer goods and apparel. Further expansion and improvement of new and existing warehouses is promised by the end of 2013.


Agility has opened a logistics centre in Melaka on the Malay Peninsula. The bonded 47,500sq ſt, 5,000 pallet position warehouse will support a variety of industry sectors, including automotive and renewable energy industries.


Warehouse and transport company Torque has appointed Shaun McKenna as business development manager for the North East and Scotland and Ian Winstanley as business development manager based in Wigan. Their combined expertise includes the international air and ocean markets, parcels, European road freight, transport and warehousing, processing as well as import/export in Central and Eastern Europe and North Africa.


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