AIR CARGO is straining under the twin pressures of high demand and disruption from lower capacity and labour shortages, as Covid restrictions, reports London's Loadstar.
air cargo executives have cited problems across major hubs in Europe, including Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Frankfurt and Liege as well as in the US.
'It's crazy out there right now,' said one cargo handling executive.
'There are different situations at different airports, and handlers have different issues. But there has been a huge upturn in freighters, and passenger freighters, which has caused congestion.
'Forwarders said customers were unhappy with sky-high rates, combined with delays.
'LHR is facing significant delays, as sheds are unable to cope with the growing demand; waiting times are anything from five to 10 hours,' said Lee Alderman-Davis, global product and development director for Ligentia.
'We are aware that some sheds are moving units to LGW for breaking, then returning loose cargo to LHR, which in theory should help ease the pressure, but in practice is adding further delays, and cargo is being misplaced.
'At Ligentia, we are routing cargo via other UK airports to keep our customers' goods moving, as well as clearing cargo in the airline and moving to general purpose warehousing for processing, to alleviate the congestion through the ETSFs [external temporary storage facilities].'
SeaNews Turkey
air cargo executives have cited problems across major hubs in Europe, including Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Frankfurt and Liege as well as in the US.
'It's crazy out there right now,' said one cargo handling executive.
'There are different situations at different airports, and handlers have different issues. But there has been a huge upturn in freighters, and passenger freighters, which has caused congestion.
'Forwarders said customers were unhappy with sky-high rates, combined with delays.
'LHR is facing significant delays, as sheds are unable to cope with the growing demand; waiting times are anything from five to 10 hours,' said Lee Alderman-Davis, global product and development director for Ligentia.
'We are aware that some sheds are moving units to LGW for breaking, then returning loose cargo to LHR, which in theory should help ease the pressure, but in practice is adding further delays, and cargo is being misplaced.
'At Ligentia, we are routing cargo via other UK airports to keep our customers' goods moving, as well as clearing cargo in the airline and moving to general purpose warehousing for processing, to alleviate the congestion through the ETSFs [external temporary storage facilities].'
SeaNews Turkey