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SEP 23, 2003 (newstodate): Air cargo belongs to an airport! says a senior Copenhagen Airport official.
-We consider the off-airport cargo trucking company, Haugsted Aircargo Trucking, to be a serious and trusted provider of airline trucking, which is however not the same as a cargo handling provider. I take it that forwarder and airline customers at the terminal are aware that their shipments, delivered or consolidated at Haugsted's premises, must be screened for security clearance at the arrival point at continental airports in order to become ready for carriage, says Lars Korup, Copenhagen Airport manager cargo.
-According to EU's directives on airport secutiry, only on-airport facilities can provide cargo handling. Air cargo does belong to an airport, not to a trucking terminal, he says.
Haugsted was earlier located the former Novia cargo terminal at the airport, but moved to off-airport premises in 2001, taking an increasing number of airline clients with them including Cargolux.
A debate is now raging in the Danish cargo community over the security issues involved in off- and on-airport cargo services.
-We consider the off-airport cargo trucking company, Haugsted Aircargo Trucking, to be a serious and trusted provider of airline trucking, which is however not the same as a cargo handling provider. I take it that forwarder and airline customers at the terminal are aware that their shipments, delivered or consolidated at Haugsted's premises, must be screened for security clearance at the arrival point at continental airports in order to become ready for carriage, says Lars Korup, Copenhagen Airport manager cargo.
-According to EU's directives on airport secutiry, only on-airport facilities can provide cargo handling. Air cargo does belong to an airport, not to a trucking terminal, he says.
Haugsted was earlier located the former Novia cargo terminal at the airport, but moved to off-airport premises in 2001, taking an increasing number of airline clients with them including Cargolux.
A debate is now raging in the Danish cargo community over the security issues involved in off- and on-airport cargo services.