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Issue 5 2019 - FBJNA


ABC reports 10% growth of ‘nose door’ loaded shipments


AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has seen demand for its ‘abc XL’ product for oversized and heavy cargoes continue to grow in the first four months of 2019, with volumes up 3% year- on-year to more than 11,000 tonnes. To reflect its growing


position in this specialist part of the air cargo market, and to increase brand awareness, AirBridgeCargo has now rolled out its first ‘abc XL’ aircraſt livery on one of its iconic Boeing 747 freighters. “For the first four months the growth in


of 2019, ‘abc


XL’ shipments also included a more than 10% increase in out-of-gauge cargoes being loaded


through the swing-


up nose cargo door of our 747 fleet, amounting to more


Volumes are up 3% YOY for ABC’s ‘abc XL’ product. (ABC photo.)


than 2,000 tonnes. We are excited to have our first ‘abc


XL’ branded further freighter


within our modern fleet to support our


growth.


The Boeing 747 freighter’s capabilities and efficiency – including its nose cargo door loading feature – significantly


ramps up the volume of different oversized and heavy shipments we can transport across our international network,” highlighted Vasiliy Zhukov, Global Director, Heavy & Outsized Cargo at AirBridgeCargo Airlines. The


airline registered the


highest upsurge of oversize and heavy shipments on trade lanes from Europe to North America and vice versa, with around a two-fold increase ex-Europe and a growth of 45% from North America. Much of this growth is attributed to the reinforcement of the dedicated ‘abc XL’ product and the proactive approach of its international team, as well as the strengthening of three-party relationships featuring ‘carrier- freight forwarder-OEM’ to guarantee all the requirements and conditions for safe and intact delivery are met. The ‘abc XL’ liveried


freighter will complement the existing ‘abc pharma’ branded freighters within ABC’s fleet and will be another eye- catching plane for ‘spotters’ across the globe.


///NEWS ATA welcomes proposal


for non-military younger drivers pilot program


The American Trucking Associations applauds the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for taking a first step toward a new pilot program to allow non-military commercial drivers under the age of 21 to operate in interstate commerce. “ATA supports FMCSA’s


efforts to expand on its current work examining younger commercial drivers,” said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. “Right now, 18-, 19-, and 20-year-old drivers are


driving United States.


trucks in the What these


pilot programs will do is set out a path for these drivers to fully participate in our industry by allowing them to drive interstate.” In a Federal Register Notice,


FMCSA announced it was seeking comments on what “training, qualifications,


driving limitations, and vehicle safety systems that FMCSA


should consider


in developing options or approaches for a second pilot program for younger drivers.” This would become FMCSA’s


second younger driver pilot program, following a program announced last July to allow younger veterans to drive in interstate commerce. “Allowing younger drivers,


who are already moving goods intrastate, to drive interstate is a commonsense step that has support not just from the trucking industry, but from a broad coalition,” Spear said. “Between FMCSA’s proposed pilot project and the bipartisan support for the Drive SAFE Act in Congress, we hope we will soon create a path for more young people to fully participate in our industry.”


Volga-Dnepr Airlines has supported the construction of a 32-turbine renewable energy wind farm in Australia with the timely delivery of 80 tons of energy equipment from Cologne-Bonn, Germany, for its longstanding partner, General Electric. The size of the iconic


Antonov 124-100 cargo hold, 36×6.4×4.4 m, allowed the 4-meter long, 36-ton wind turbine hub and three 12.6-ton generators to be seamlessly positioned inside the airplane using


the loading freighter’s system and


own the


external crane. Volga-Dnepr’s in-house professionals were able to efficiently expedite the shipment on the whole route organizing road transport to Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany and then to the constructing place near Hallett in the Mid North region of South Australia aſter its arrival to Adelaide. “This delivery is a very


good example of how the long-term cooperation and permanent dialogue can result in saving time and money for


acquires core transport


Descartes technologies Descartes Systems Group,


the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired Core Transport Technologies NZ Limited (CORE), an electronic transportation network that provides global air carriers and ground handlers with shipment scanning and tracking solutions. CORE has been connecting


Volga-Dnepr’s Antonov 124-100. (Volga-Dnepr photo.)


our customer,” said Ekaterina Andreeva, Deputy Commercial Director of Volga-Dnepr Airlines. “Working closely with Volga-Dnepr’s longstanding partner GE, we could combine the urgent shipment of the wind turbine hub needed for the replacement and the


transportation of three


generators for new installations at the wind farm according to the project schedule.” The


carrier has been


moving heavy lift cargo for some three decades. Given such long-term knowledge of such moves, Volga-Dnepr employees were able to move the entire load on a single


An-124-100 flight and make fast road transport solutions in Germany and Australia to halve the typical end-to-end transit time for a delivery like this. “This demonstrates our


commitment to always meeting our customers’ needs and providing value-added services when required,” Andreeva said.


commercial airlines, ground handlers and the wider logistics community with trading partners and government postal authorities around the world for more than 10 years. Customers use CORE’s network to accurately track international mail, parcel and cargo shipments as well as


US domestic mail and parcel shipments. CORE’s solutions leverage mobile technologies


and data analytics to help customers automate processes and increase operational efficiency.


“As US domestic


and international ecommerce continues to grow, more demands are being placed on carriers and their partners to deliver efficiently and report events in real-time,” said Ken Wood, EVP of Product Management at Descartes. “The CORE acquisition complements our recent investment in Velocity Mail, helping us to better serve the logistics service provider community working with postal authorities around the world. CORE’s solutions also extend beyond mail and parcel shipment tracking, with air cargo tracking solutions that we can add to our Global Logistics Network.”


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