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and skills development , as


well as


supporting sustainable and inclusive growth in these communities.” Chief operating officer at Forth


Ports, Stuart Wallace, added: “The Scottish Government’s Greenport policy dovetails with our vision - using the best of the private sector to create new, green-focused jobs and economic growth for Scotland.”


Scottish


The British Ports Association’s Ports


Group also


welcomed the announcement, saying that it understood that the Greenports concept would be based on similar principles and mechanisms to freeports in England. However, questions remain, it


added: “We do not yet know all of the mechanisms that Greenports will include at this stage, nor how many sites will be established in Scotland.


Cargo chiefs to leave Schiphol


Amsterdam Airport Schiphol head of cargo Bart Pouwels and director of business development, Ferry van der Ent are to leave Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in March under a restructuring plan. The airport is bringing cargo


into its new Aviation Business Development Division under the umbrella of the Airport Operations and Aviation Partnerships business unit. Miriam Hoekstra-van der


Deen will step down as director of airport operations and will be succeeded by Patricia Vitalis, senior manager process, development and capacity


management. A manager for the new Airline


and Cargo Partnerships team will be appointed over the coming weeks. The move will put all airline and


cargo commercial and operational business into a single division under the leadership of Anne Marie van Hemert, senior manager aviation business development,. Airport cargo information


platform Cargonaut, recently acquired by Royal Schiphol Group, will also be part of the new Aviation Business Development Division. A modernisation programme will take place over the next 24 months.


While the world’s airlines have lately been focussed on moving the Covid vaccine around the globe, the movement of medicinal cannabis promises to be more of a long-term cargo market. All around the world,


governments and medical regulators have been granting licences for cannabinoid drugs which are used to treat conditions such as chronic pain, the effects of chemotherapy or multiple sclerosis. Evidence of their medical benefits is growing and they are becoming increasingly accepted as a beneficial treatment by doctors and clinicians in all parts of


Europe, the UK and the Americas. Multi-national cannabis firm


Clever Leaves which cultivates and processes pharmaceutical- grade cannabis at sites including Colombia and Portugal predicts that such drugs could develop into a major airfreight commodity over the next few years. Chief regulatory officer, Julian


Wilches, says that while airlines and the authorities may have initially shown some reluctance to carry them, cannabis-based drugs are ultimately “just another controlled substance” that should


Even at the height of the global PPE crisis, delays were no more than five days or so, he says. In the early stages of the


industry, at least, cannabinoids will probably be produced in just a few regions of the world with the right climate for year-round outdoor crops, such as Colombia or Portugal. This should ensure that it will need to be transported over relatively long distances, by air.


Clever Leaves has been the world, including


be routinely flown around the world. Other examples of controlled substances include opioid-based painkillers, which have been known to medical science for the last 200 years, for example. Unlike vaccines, cannabinoid


drugs are unlikely to require temper a ture-co ntro l led airfreight, so will be relatively straightforward to transport, although like any high-value item they will need good levels of safety and security. The products have up to now been shipped in


fairly small quantities, but


are now beginning to move in complete pallet-loads. Despite the recent Covid- inspired upheavals in world


airfreight, Clever Leaves has not experienced any undue problems in getting its product to market, says supply chain director Mauricio Peñaranda.


exporting its products all over the world, to countries including the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and the US.


Brussels boss joins Nallian


Former Brussels Airport director of cargo and logistics and current TIACA chairman Steven Polmans is to join cargo community network Nallian. As chief customer officer, he will be responsible for accelerating the expansion of Nallian’s global network of cargo communities


that operate the Nallian Cargo Cloud. At his previous employer, he set up the BRUcloud Brussels Airport Cargo Cloud, a model that has since been adopted by numerous other airports. Polmans was also the founder of Air Cargo Belgium industry association.


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