Zimbabwe growers appeal for air cargo capacity – or will switch to ocean
Zimbabwe’s fruit and vegetable growers are searching for airfreight capacity to Europe – or will ...
This week’s TOC Container Supply chain event in London has thrown up a few interesting titbits for the troubled airfreight industry. Notably, that shippers are deeply unhappy with shipping lines.
Modal choice is becoming critical to the airfreight market. With just 2-2.5% of all transported volumes carried by air (IATA figures state 0.5%, but that includes bulk which will never be carried by air) airfreight only needs to catch a tiny percentage of market share to make a tangible difference.
Its problem, ...
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Comment on this article
Nico
June 27, 2014 at 2:56 pmGreat article Alex.
It is clear that there is a market for both transport modes in the industry and decisions will be driven by cost and service expectations.
Ed Kerwin
June 30, 2014 at 6:37 pmThe comment about an intermediate option between all ocean and all air begs the next question, where is sea-air these days?
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