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Issue 8 2013 Freight Business Journal


///SCANDINAVIA Copenhagen’s Kastrup on the up


Copenhagen’s Kastrup Airport is becoming the air hub of choice for Scandinavia – and even some parts of northern Europe, says spokesman, Lars Korup. “We did very well on cargo last year and that has continued into the first six months of this year. And while we don’t have complete figures for the past few months yet, all the indications are that the growth has continued.”


Cargo was up 6.4% in 2012 compared with


the previous


calendar year to 354,000 tonnes, for instance. Significantly, 70% of


it was transfer cargo, much


of it to Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia but some of it to northern Europe. “There is quite a bit of traffic from Asia to Scandinavia, Finland, Germany, Holland and Poland, for example,”, Korup says.


Copenhagen lies directly on the flight path from Asia to much of Europe and many shippers and forwarders prefer


to tranship


in uncluttered Copenhagen rather than bigger hubs like Frankfurt. Other advantages are a complete freedom from curfews and slot constraints. The airport’s CEO, Thomas


Woldbye: said; “August of this year was the busiest ever at Copenhagen Airport...and that is a good sign that the Danish economy is recovering and that growth is slowly returning.” He added that air cargo was up by 6.2% last year. “The increased volume of air cargo is a clear indication that growth is picking up; and this is good news for Denmark and Danish business,” said Woldbye. Around two


thirds There are of


Copenhagen’s traffic is bellyhold.


some


important freighter operators, including China Cargo which


flies up to four times a week, Singapore Airlines, Korean Air and Emirates. The latter operates with a mixture of 777 freighter and 777-300 bellyhold capacity. The freighters operate a Dubai-Copenhagen-Chicago- Copenhagen-Dubai routing with around 10-20 tonnes of capacity reserved for Copenhagen itself. Major bellyhold airlines include the Scandinavian flag carrier SAS, Qatar Airways and Air Canada. SAS is now thankfully emerging from a difficult period and offering a range of long- haul routes including several in the US, plus Japan, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai and, seasonally, Bangkok. It currently uses A330 or A340 aircraſt but new-generation 330s will join the fleet in 2015, to be followed by eight A350s in 2018, which will enhance bellyhold capacity. Another interesting addition


is Norwegian, a low-cost carrier that is starting flights from Copenhagen to Fort Lauderdale in November and which apparently will offer some cargo capacity, at least on its longer-


haul flights. The other Kastrup success


story has been the integrators. DHL moved a lot of its operation to its new Leipzig megabase a few years ago leaving Copenhagen with only a regional role, but as that has become busier, around 20 flights a night are moving back from early November. Copenhagen is now the centre of a web of DHL flights connecting all of Scandinavia, plus several other European hubs including East Midlands Airport, Cologne and Leipzig itself.


Fedex Express has also stepped up its operations and is turning Copenhagen into an important regional hub. Korup says that air cargo


capacity at Copenhagen will be sufficient for the foreseeable future. Most of the main handlers, which include Swissport – a new arrival last year


– WFS and local SAS


subsidiary Spirit – have room for expansion in their existing cargo centres and there is space to build more, should the need arise.


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Scandinavian groupage and full load carrier Ntex – which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary – reports brisk business out of the UK to the region, particularly to Sweden and Norway. “UK exports are quite buoyant,” says UK managing director Steve Havercroft. “The groupage trailers are handling all sorts of goods, while for full loads the big commodity is waste which is destined to be burnt in incinerators.” This has taken over from steel as the bulk traffic out of Britain, he says. Traffic out of Scandinavia – which used to be the dominant


flow


until around three years ago – is a little more subdued. The Swedish Krone has been fluctuating, which doesn’t help sales of the lower value commodities like timber, although high quality goods from Swedish


manufacturers are less affected. Ntex is currently moving around


250 trailers a week between the UK and Scandinavia with daily departures on the DFDS ferry service from Immingham. Ntex was involved with, and was a major supporter of, the North Sea Ro Ro ferry that started up in competition from nearby Killingholm but with the end of that service it has “come to a mutual agreement” with DFDS. Ntex has three UK offices, in Immingham, Basildon and Bristol.


It has also recently opened up in Trelleborg, although this office will focus mainly on the trade between Scandinavia and Poland and Central Europe rather than the UK. Ntex in the UK also hopes to develop its non-Scandinavian business, especially since joining the World Net Associates freight network. Transhipment traffic between the Nordic region – including Finland – and other parts of the world via the UK is also another possibility.


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