HONG KONG's cathay Pacific director of cargo Tom Owen has outlined the current ULD challenges the airline faces, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Mr Owen declared that Cathay Pacific is currently battling a unit load device (ULD) shortage on the transpacific while being affected by the recent Covid cases among its pilots.
'Unfortunately, the recent positive cases recorded among our flight crew require adjustments to our European schedule, but we will continue to work hard to find solutions to replace this capacity at the earliest opportunity,' he said.
'Above all, we are continuing to work with the Hong Kong SAR Government to operate with the highest degree of safety and compliance in order to safeguard public health,' said Mr Owen.
He also reported ongoing issues on the transpacific trade lane with the availability of ULDs.
'Global constraints in the supply chain are also impacting our operation to some degree, particularly on the transpacific routes around the availability of pallets and ULDs,' he said.
'It is taking much longer for units to be delivered back to our warehouses in the US after collection by the consignee,' said Mr Owen.
'Backlogs in both our and consignee warehouses, along with shortages of trucks and labour issues, are combining to make this very challenging,' he said.
'We're doing our best to ensure we have sufficient supplies in Hong Kong. These efforts have included leasing more units, incentivising faster turnarounds in the US, and accelerating the repair process,' said Mr Owen.
'Our regional teams remain focused on this and we will be getting more containers back into the system quicker.' he said.
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Mr Owen declared that Cathay Pacific is currently battling a unit load device (ULD) shortage on the transpacific while being affected by the recent Covid cases among its pilots.
'Unfortunately, the recent positive cases recorded among our flight crew require adjustments to our European schedule, but we will continue to work hard to find solutions to replace this capacity at the earliest opportunity,' he said.
'Above all, we are continuing to work with the Hong Kong SAR Government to operate with the highest degree of safety and compliance in order to safeguard public health,' said Mr Owen.
He also reported ongoing issues on the transpacific trade lane with the availability of ULDs.
'Global constraints in the supply chain are also impacting our operation to some degree, particularly on the transpacific routes around the availability of pallets and ULDs,' he said.
'It is taking much longer for units to be delivered back to our warehouses in the US after collection by the consignee,' said Mr Owen.
'Backlogs in both our and consignee warehouses, along with shortages of trucks and labour issues, are combining to make this very challenging,' he said.
'We're doing our best to ensure we have sufficient supplies in Hong Kong. These efforts have included leasing more units, incentivising faster turnarounds in the US, and accelerating the repair process,' said Mr Owen.
'Our regional teams remain focused on this and we will be getting more containers back into the system quicker.' he said.
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