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By Alex Lennane
Heathrow Airport says it is now ready to “transform cargo”.
The news comes as forwarders and shippers report that increased congestion and waiting times at the airport have added costs to their operations.
While there is no backlog as such, truck waiting times have increased and logistics companies say they have to counter this by using additional vehicles.
One major air freight shipper said: “Some import handling sheds are creaking badly, with long delays in collecting cargo from the horseshoe.”
The problem was exacerbated ...
Comment on this article
John Roberts
October 14, 2015 at 2:06 pmThe horseshoe is a complete disaster. Whoever designed it should never be allowed to design anything ever again and the handling sheds based their ought to up their game and stop keeping people waiting endlessly. We’re all in the same game and forwarders needs the airlines and handling companies just as much as the handling companies and airlines need forwarders yet we all seem to be make it as inefficient as we can for each other.
Knock it down and start again is what I say.
Gary Kendall
November 03, 2015 at 10:37 pmWhen the current facilities were designed the were leading edge 40ft trucks did not exist. Heathrow has not until this year taken an interest in cargo and like the airport itself we are now playing catch up. The individuals who designed the Horseshoe are long dead and that is the problem.