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Issue 8 2018 - Freight Business Journal


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New system speeds up Heathrow cargo, says CCS UK


The CCS-UK User Group says its AIS (Advance Information System) is bringing real results at Heathrow Airport, and helping to reduce congestion at the UK’s busiest airfreight gateway. Two years ago, CCS-UK


User Group – the body which represents clients of


the UK’s


air cargo community computer system, CCS-UK – announced that it was starting work on a new module to enable freight agents, and transport companies working on their behalf to pre-alert handling agents of loads being delivered and picked up, to House AWB level, as well as submit Electronic Consignment Security Declarations (e-CSDs). The advance information –


including vehicle, driver, cargo being delivered, handling agent and ETA – would be submitted either through a web portal or messages sent direct from the forwarder’s own system. The information would then be accessible to all relevant parties in the supply chain. AIS decided to go it alone in developing the system, aſter


Heathrow airport itself dropped out of the project. CCS UK says that AIS has now


been live for around a year and – although still subject to ongoing development – is already in use at a growing number of hauliers, handlers and forwarders. One of the early adopters was


Mixed Freight Services, which provides off-airport security screening for air cargo exports, and then feeds the screened cargo to Heathrow’s cargo sheds. As one of the largest operators at Heathrow, it had been suffering unacceptable delays for some years. Director, Steve O’Keeffe recounts: “On one occasion, one of our trailers was turned away five times over one weekend due to the handlers’ inability to cope with the volume of trucks already queued, and their warehouse facilities being at capacity.” O’Keeffe said: “We can’t change


the Heathrow infrastructure, so we realised we would have to change the way we worked. So we focused on capacity management: collating cargo off- airport, and then delivering just


in time, ideally between 12 and 24 hours ahead of the flight. “AIS is enabling us to work


more efficiently with the ground handlers; we screen the cargo, submit the e-CSD and manifest to the handler, and then deliver. It has dramatically simplified and streamlined our process, giving the handler visibility of pending export cargo which is security screened and ready for delivery.” Lawrence Cockburn, business


systems manager at dnata, Heathrow’s largest independent handler, was


involved in the


original concept and design of AIS, and is reporting significant reductions in dwell time for 75% of the vehicles it processes. He said the handler “has led innovation with its gatehouse concept, streamlining the delivery and collection process. AIS is now building on this,


giving us the


ability to further enhance our gatehouse and counter processes. We no longer have to capture data: we just verify it.” Dnata


is now incentivising


greater take-up of AIS with a ‘Blue Lane’ for truckers and agents,


giving them priority over all other vehicles, regardless of the order in which they arrived. Carl Aspital, director of


forwarder Air & Cargo Services, one of the AIS pilot testers, also reports: “We were dnata’s first Blue Lane-approved operator. We have noticed a significant difference, particularly with night- time deliveries. As we use AIS, dnata has nothing to input, so the payback is faster handling: our driver is given a door immediately on arrival. “Forwarders can oſten suffer up


to five hour waits at every shed. So, if everything else is equal, we would always now favour a carrier whose handler uses AIS. With a 20 minute turnaround, we can save £200 in driver costs alone. We need all of the shed operators to adopt AIS, so we can programme vehicles to visit multiple sheds.” The AIS module is free of charge


for all CCS-UK subscribers but has still to gain full take-up within the UK air cargo industry, says CCS-UK user group chairman, Steve Parker: “All AIS requires is a modest change to ways of working. It’s hard to understand why many are still holding back, as AIS is free of charge, and its widespread adoption will help everyone in the community.”


Spring comes early for BUD


Budapest Airport (BUD) processed a record total of 13,313 tonnes of airfreight last month, its largest figure ever for the month of October. The figure, which represents both trucked and flown freight, is a 22.9% increase over October 2017. The period from January 2018


to October 2018 saw a 16.3% year- on-year increase in air cargo - a total of 120,603 tonnes - and, by mid-November, the figures for 2018 had already overtaken the entire year of 2017 of 127,145 tonnes, says executive director property and cargo, René Droese.


Quick move for Kuehne + Nagel


Kuehne + Nagel (KN) has acquired New York-based Quick International Courier, a specialist in tailor-made solutions to the aviation and pharma and healthcare industries, for an undisclosed sum and subject to clearance by merger authorities. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Jamaica, NY, Quick has about 550 employees and specialises in urgent shipments. It consists of Sterling Aviation, QuickSTAT, Quick Healthcare and Quick Logistics, all


of which will continue to operate as independent brands. KN chief executive Dr Detlef


Trefzger said: “The acquisition of Quick is another accelerator to drive network growth and to enhance our global customer solutions portfolio.” Board member responsible for


airfreight, Yngve Ruud, added: “With its unique expertise in time- critical shipments in aviation and pharma, the company perfectly complements our existing global portfolio. ”


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