Fresh start for DSV


DSV Air & Sea in the UK has launched


DSV a full Fresh, an


international distribution service for perishable products, including


airfreight


operation based at London Heathrow airport. The forwarder is setting up a new specialised perishables air hub and has appointed


George Mead as


national head of perishables. He brings 25 years of cool chain experience, most recently has head of periahsbles at DB Schenker UK. “Globally,


DSV has great


experience in temperature controlled air and sea freight services, but traditionally this has not been promoted in


the UK,” said DSV’s managing director, Michael Hansen. “In order to highlight this service and our global experience with perishable products, we have decided to launch DSV Fresh.” The new centre will use


the facilities at Heathrow’s Perishables Handling Centre and two operational staff will be


recruited to provide cover from 06.30 to 18.30. Outside those hours, PHC staff will provide cover, ensuring that there are qualified staff to deal with incoming shipments 24 hours a day. As new markets develop DSV


aims to expand the operation. See Cool Logistics page 15


Deal brings Manchester centre a step closer


Manchester Airport Group’s plans for a new cargo centre came a step closer on 14 October when it announced an investment joint venture agreement with Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG), Carillion PLC and the Greater Manchester Pension


Fund (GMPF) for the £800 million Airport City project, which includes the new logistics area. The south side of Airport City


– which will also include offices, hotels and manufacturing facilities – incorporates a new World Logistics Hub offering full range


of air-to-road transfer, assembly and processing activities. It will be adjacent to the airport’s existing cargo centre at Junction 6 of the M56 and would include 1.4 million sq ſt new logistics space in a mix of medium- and small-sized units ranging from 7,500 to 200,000 sq


ſt. It would create 1,800 new jobs. Outline planning for the


development was secured in November 2012. A spokesman for MAG said that that building will start in 2014 and the whole Airport City project will take 10-15 years to complete.


Saudi Airlines chooses Manston


Saudi Airlines Cargo is to operate twice-weekly 747 freighter flights from Kenya to Manston Airport in Kent from 1 October. The flights will


import fresh produce and flowers for onward transport by road to distributors and wholesalers and the flights will also cater for export cargo from the UK to Saudi Arabia and beyond on the airline’s worldwide network. The flights will operate Nairobi-Jeddah- Manston-Saudi Arabia. Group manager freight


development at Manston Airport, Allan McQuarrie, said: “We are delighted that Saudi Airlines Cargo has shown such confidence in the airport. It is a great boost for us and emphasises Manston’s capabilities


in the dedicated freighter cargo market.” Peter Scholten, vice-president


cargo commercial at Saudi Cargo Airlines said that “Manston was the airport of choice for our clients in Kenya for perishables exports to the UK, and there is a growing demand for main-deck cargo from the UK to Saudi Arabia. This combination of two different markets is a perfect fit for our network.” McQuarrie said: “The fastest


we’ve got a pallet of a plane and onto a truck is nine minutes. I’d


like to see them manage that at Heathrow.” Manston Airport is also the


destination for a new freighter joint venture between UK-based ANA Aviation Services and Astral Aviation of Kenya. A wet-leased Atlasair 747-400F will operate initially twice-weekly from Ostend to Lagos, Port Harcourt and Malabo, from where it will fly empty to Nairobi and then upliſt perishables for Manston and Ostend. The 747F will also provide a link to Astral’s intra-Africa network.


IAG Cargo, the freight business of British Airways and Iberia, has opened a new pharmaceutical centre at Heathrow airport, as the latest step in the expansion of its Constant Climate service for temperature-sensitive medical material. The new Constant Climate


Centre handles and stores IAG Cargo’s Passive and Active Constant


Climate products. It includes two temperature controlled zones – one at 2-8˚C and the other at 15-25˚C – and accommodates 28 intact pallet positions or 56 AKE loading units at any one time. IAG Cargo now has over 80


Constant Climate stations across the globe, with the most recent additions including Lisbon and Latin America.


No let-up in London demand


Demand for air travel to and from the UK is likely to continue to rise over time, and much of it is likely to be in London and the south east, says Airports Commission chairman Sir Howard Davies. In a speech to the Centre for


London on 7 October, he said that more new routes needed to be opened up from the UK, including to emerging markets and more take-off and landing slots would be needed – but Heathrow is already


operating at capacity, and Gatwick is close to doing so. The Airports Commission was


created in November last year to consider airport capacity in south-east England and how to maintain the UK’s position as a hub for international air traffic. It is due to issue an interim report by the end of the year, including a shortlist of potential expansion schemes. A final report is due in summer 2015.


IAG opens Heathrow pharma centre


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