E-COMMERCE volumes being transported through Helsinki Airport have grown rapidly over the past year following the startup of parcel firm Nordic Parcel Express.
The company started operations in August 2023 and has been importing/exporting e-commerce volumes that would have previously flown through European hubs such as Amsterdam, Paris and Liege.
The company said that since starting up operations, e-commerce volumes transported through the airport have increased from around 50 tonnes per month last year to 650 tonnes in July.
It is aiming to reach 1,000 tonnes per month by the end of the year, reports London's Air Cargo News.
The company started in the air cargo handling terminal of ASR Cargo Centre, one of three GHAs operating at HEL airport, but it was later decided that the company would be a separate entity specializing in customs clearance and handling of the low-value e-commerce goods and coordination with other supply chain members.
Operations began with just one employee, but the team has since grown to eight members of staff.
Chief executive of ASR Cargo Centre and also a board member of Nordic Parcel Express, Samuli Naskali, said that technology was key to the company's success.
Nordic Parcel Express has been utilizing software firm Feeport's x7trade service for customs clearance and Qstep for handling e-commerce shipments at an item level.
'In our board meeting in 2023 we decided to pursue e-commerce side of cargo business,' said Mr Naskali.
'Close cooperation with airlines, cargo handlers and the neutral technology providers such as Feeport and Qstep, gave us the technology tools to start pursuing this endeavour.
'A lot of work followed and I'm now happy to say that we have accomplished what we set out to do. Bringing in more volume to Finland by making Helsinki more attractive for e-commerce than ever and making our portfolio bigger by claiming e-commerce as one of our expertise.'
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The company started operations in August 2023 and has been importing/exporting e-commerce volumes that would have previously flown through European hubs such as Amsterdam, Paris and Liege.
The company said that since starting up operations, e-commerce volumes transported through the airport have increased from around 50 tonnes per month last year to 650 tonnes in July.
It is aiming to reach 1,000 tonnes per month by the end of the year, reports London's Air Cargo News.
The company started in the air cargo handling terminal of ASR Cargo Centre, one of three GHAs operating at HEL airport, but it was later decided that the company would be a separate entity specializing in customs clearance and handling of the low-value e-commerce goods and coordination with other supply chain members.
Operations began with just one employee, but the team has since grown to eight members of staff.
Chief executive of ASR Cargo Centre and also a board member of Nordic Parcel Express, Samuli Naskali, said that technology was key to the company's success.
Nordic Parcel Express has been utilizing software firm Feeport's x7trade service for customs clearance and Qstep for handling e-commerce shipments at an item level.
'In our board meeting in 2023 we decided to pursue e-commerce side of cargo business,' said Mr Naskali.
'Close cooperation with airlines, cargo handlers and the neutral technology providers such as Feeport and Qstep, gave us the technology tools to start pursuing this endeavour.
'A lot of work followed and I'm now happy to say that we have accomplished what we set out to do. Bringing in more volume to Finland by making Helsinki more attractive for e-commerce than ever and making our portfolio bigger by claiming e-commerce as one of our expertise.'
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