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Nov 3, 2008 (newstodate): Is air cargo slowly winning back shipments from maritime transportation, driven by the global economic slowdown?
-We are, maybe, seeing the first signs of this, says Jan Ditlevsen, Billund Airport cargo manager.
-Although total cargo volumes are below last year's levels, import volumes seem to be slowly rebouncing in September and October.
-In contrast to export volumes that continue to decrease year-on-year, import volumes actually rose by 0.8 percent in September and were unchanged against last year in October after a a systained period of decline.
-This might indicate that importers are now slowly returning their shipments to air transportation rather than selecting cheaper maritime transportation.
-Only recently importers were prone to ordering big-volume container shipments with consumer goods to European markets. Today as customer demand in decreasing, importers may prefer ordering smaller quantities of goods driven by customer orders, and then air cargo may regain lost territory again, says Mr Ditlevsen.
-We are, maybe, seeing the first signs of this, says Jan Ditlevsen, Billund Airport cargo manager.
-Although total cargo volumes are below last year's levels, import volumes seem to be slowly rebouncing in September and October.
-In contrast to export volumes that continue to decrease year-on-year, import volumes actually rose by 0.8 percent in September and were unchanged against last year in October after a a systained period of decline.
-This might indicate that importers are now slowly returning their shipments to air transportation rather than selecting cheaper maritime transportation.
-Only recently importers were prone to ordering big-volume container shipments with consumer goods to European markets. Today as customer demand in decreasing, importers may prefer ordering smaller quantities of goods driven by customer orders, and then air cargo may regain lost territory again, says Mr Ditlevsen.