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Nov 14, 2014 (newstodate): A strong player in the Scandinavian IATA cargo market is Thai Airways Cargo that generated a total of 14,233 tonnes of exports in Denmark, Norway and Sweden during Jan-Sep 2014.
The carrier is, however, conspicuously absent from the market when it comes to implementation of the IATA e-AWB process that is otherwise a hot topic in the Scandinavian airfreight industry after nine IATA carriers agreed in May 2014 to take the lead in the process.
-We are, admittedly, not participating at all at this stage, says Erik Bertelsen, Thai Cargo Manager Scandinavia, based in Copenhagen.
-All our energies at the HQ in Bangkok is directed towards implementing our new cargo system, SkyChain delivered by Emirates SkyCargo's company mercator under a contract signed in September 2012.
-When fully implemented, this system will provide us with end-to-end control over the cargo and comprise a huge range of facilities to provide back-office capacities and also be immediately capable of handling all electronic communications, including the e-AWB.
-As this process is still ongoing, we have not been able to participate in the current drive for e-AWB, leaving us temporarily on the side tracks.
-It is an awkward situation, and I really look forward to the time when we can play our part in the a-AWB progress. Until then all we can do is to pay close attention to the movements in the market and ready ourselves to throw in our efforts for promulgating the e-AWB when conditions are ripe, says Mr Bertelsen.
During the first nine months of this year, Thai Cargo lifter 5,668 tonnes of export cargo from Denmark, 3,924 tonnes from Sweden, and 5,641 tonnes from Norway.
The carrier operates a daily Boeing 777 flight on routes from Bangkok to all three Scandinavian capitals, adding two weekly flights also from Stockholm and Copenhagen to the Thai leisure destination Phuket from mid-December, thus increasing to 25 weekly connections between Scandinavia and Thailand.
Some 70 percent of these shipments are transiting via Thai Cargo's hub in Bangkok for onward transportation.
The carrier is, however, conspicuously absent from the market when it comes to implementation of the IATA e-AWB process that is otherwise a hot topic in the Scandinavian airfreight industry after nine IATA carriers agreed in May 2014 to take the lead in the process.
-We are, admittedly, not participating at all at this stage, says Erik Bertelsen, Thai Cargo Manager Scandinavia, based in Copenhagen.
-All our energies at the HQ in Bangkok is directed towards implementing our new cargo system, SkyChain delivered by Emirates SkyCargo's company mercator under a contract signed in September 2012.
-When fully implemented, this system will provide us with end-to-end control over the cargo and comprise a huge range of facilities to provide back-office capacities and also be immediately capable of handling all electronic communications, including the e-AWB.
-As this process is still ongoing, we have not been able to participate in the current drive for e-AWB, leaving us temporarily on the side tracks.
-It is an awkward situation, and I really look forward to the time when we can play our part in the a-AWB progress. Until then all we can do is to pay close attention to the movements in the market and ready ourselves to throw in our efforts for promulgating the e-AWB when conditions are ripe, says Mr Bertelsen.
During the first nine months of this year, Thai Cargo lifter 5,668 tonnes of export cargo from Denmark, 3,924 tonnes from Sweden, and 5,641 tonnes from Norway.
The carrier operates a daily Boeing 777 flight on routes from Bangkok to all three Scandinavian capitals, adding two weekly flights also from Stockholm and Copenhagen to the Thai leisure destination Phuket from mid-December, thus increasing to 25 weekly connections between Scandinavia and Thailand.
Some 70 percent of these shipments are transiting via Thai Cargo's hub in Bangkok for onward transportation.