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Feb 24, 2011 (newstodate): The Icelandic cargo GSSA and service provider Cargo Express reports continued positive development since its start in December 2008.
Besides serving as the cargo GSA for Iceland Express, the company added an own freighter service from March 11, 2009 - Cargo Express offering a twice-weekly Boeing 767 freighter service from New York to Keflavik, Iceland, and from there to Liege, Belgium, in cooperation with ABX Air.
The freighter service was, however, abrogated in February 2010 as the full capacity on the ABX Air flights was taken over by TNT.
-After losing the freighter operation to Iceland, we put full focus on utilizing available belly space on passenger aircraft instead, says Robert Tomasson, Cargo Express Managing Director.
-We had to be very creative in putting together logistic solutions to fit the needs of our customers, taking into consideration all aspects of getting the shipments not only from one airport to the other, but organizing, with the help of handling agents, fast handling at origin and destination airports, custom formalities and delivery by road feeder service to final destinations, which are usually seafood depots scattered around Europe.
-Thanks to these endeavors, we have seen our cargo volumes tripling on passenger aircraft between 2009 and 2010. In 2011 we are looking at growing our exports to the USA as capacity from Iceland to North America is growing enormously in 2011.
-By far our biggest volumes consist of seafood shipments, constituting some 75 percent of our business. Our customer base is therefore primarily Iceland's big seafood companies. It is a specialized business where you need make sure your "cool chain" is in order throughout the transport, and that delivery is made at the correct time.
-We have chosen to follow the fish all the way to the buyer to make sure we meet the demands of our customers, says Mr Tomasson.
Besides serving as the cargo GSA for Iceland Express, the company added an own freighter service from March 11, 2009 - Cargo Express offering a twice-weekly Boeing 767 freighter service from New York to Keflavik, Iceland, and from there to Liege, Belgium, in cooperation with ABX Air.
The freighter service was, however, abrogated in February 2010 as the full capacity on the ABX Air flights was taken over by TNT.
-After losing the freighter operation to Iceland, we put full focus on utilizing available belly space on passenger aircraft instead, says Robert Tomasson, Cargo Express Managing Director.
-We had to be very creative in putting together logistic solutions to fit the needs of our customers, taking into consideration all aspects of getting the shipments not only from one airport to the other, but organizing, with the help of handling agents, fast handling at origin and destination airports, custom formalities and delivery by road feeder service to final destinations, which are usually seafood depots scattered around Europe.
-Thanks to these endeavors, we have seen our cargo volumes tripling on passenger aircraft between 2009 and 2010. In 2011 we are looking at growing our exports to the USA as capacity from Iceland to North America is growing enormously in 2011.
-By far our biggest volumes consist of seafood shipments, constituting some 75 percent of our business. Our customer base is therefore primarily Iceland's big seafood companies. It is a specialized business where you need make sure your "cool chain" is in order throughout the transport, and that delivery is made at the correct time.
-We have chosen to follow the fish all the way to the buyer to make sure we meet the demands of our customers, says Mr Tomasson.