Cargo To Africa

Tag: African Air Cargo

  • Future Prospects of Cargo Handling for Africa

    Air Freight from England to Africa will be double in coming years

    The old standard procedures have been replaced by the ways modern technology is involving and new operating rules. Now almost every single product can be transported to every part of the globe wherever a particular item is in demand.

    People related to Air cargo business have taken it to such levels that allow traders of all types to find new markets in different regions for items they have been dealing in.

    In pursuance of a cool chain with temperature maintaining facility from end to end has been provided on different airports for medical science products and other perishables. To cut short the time required for operations trained and well-equipped workers are today present at every stage.

    Due to wide scope in the field many new companies have joined the business so a sense of competition is also there to serve better the clients to retain their share of business.

    Potential of the continent

    Cargo from United Kingdom to African nations are on the rise as the continent is habitat of fifteen percent total world population and air freight share is just three percent. So there is huge potential that need to be exhausted. The recent repot of international air transport agency about African air cargo to and from Asia has suggested notable growth as compared to previous year first month.

    In the same way business sector of England is ready to find out areas where it can stuff its products. Introduction of new products through modern means of communications in the region has created reasonable demand so there is good amount of freight forwarding activity both in seas and by air for many countries of this land mass.

    Free Trade Zone in Africa

    One of the big steps that are part of plan is making Africa free trade zone and it would further improve relations with Commonwealth countries of the continent. After leaving the economic union of Europe such undertakings were likely to be initiated by the country that has competitive industrial base. With aforesaid countries, England has been planning to create a zone that has no barriers of trade so that could become hub of business activities in the continent.

    Trade relations with developing nations have become much more important particularly after Brexit. This plan of free zone would engage twenty-six countries in total, so a good presence of region certainly makes it a success for everyone.

    Renewal of Economic Agreements with African Nations

    With such trade agreements, there will be great increase in cargo services transportation through both means air and sea. The present resources allocated to this route for goods transportation would also become too little and hopefully new companies will join in to fill the vacuum.

    When United Kingdome joined European Union, it came out of all agreements that it would renew now for its future business. Thus there is much more to do on part of UK to sustain its exports and industrial output. That is why the authorities have been acting proactively to make sure that there will be no issue with companies having base in the country.

  • At Least, the Lackluster African Air Cargo Smells Sweet with Red Roses

    The sweet smell of red roses and an up surge in e-commerce in African countries adore the air cargo in Africa

    Common cargo volumes declining all over the places across the world. In the global markets, the start of regular national and worldwide ‘special events’ – such as soon coming Valentine’s Day, Mothers’ Day and in Russia, the Women’s Day – gives a boost to air cargo in the temperature-controlled freight services. The cargo deliveries of Roses from the wild rose fields in Africa delivered across the globe.

    What giants believe?

    Big players of the Air cargo industry said that the red roses demand across the globe remained at its peak in 2016. Where Carnations, pompoms and chrysanthemums remained at the top with more than 50 percent increase in demand.

    The initial figures of the IAG Cargo Show, that cut flower for the American destinations, an increase of flat 50 percent has been recorded compare to the last season.

    The Upswing in air cargo

    This upswing moreover shows a much broader trend: improved e-commerce capabilities which at the moment are enabling patrons, peculiarly in the developed countries where ecommerce is more reliable and widely used like the United States, to buy their flowers from farmers without any middle man, for the most part, the farmers are in East Africa.

    How ecommerce help?

    Buying instantly and direct from farmers or the florists can help them order exactly. The IAG cargo officials said that they have their cargo hubs at London Heathrow which deals cargo to Africa and other one is in Madrid, Spain.

    Both are very well organised and managed for handling and managing flower cargo across the globe. Handling of these perishable goods, guaranteeing that they are kept fresh and delivered in time with full bloom. The traditional rose is probably the most popular flower shipped on Cargo flights, with ninety five per cent of them crimsons and carnations.

    With the rush sought after, it is no wonder that February has ended up a principal month for Kenyan and South American flower growers as the height-season interval for cut-flower transportation in most cases starts within the final two weeks of January and ends after February.

    Lufthansa Cargo on the other hand is transporting not less than 1,500 tonnes of blooming roses this year, almost equal to forty million roses or the fully loaded sixteen MD-11 freighter flights.

    The German cargo handler consistently provides special approvals to its regular flights to handle more rose cargo in February with additional services from Quito and Nairobi to Frankfurt to meet the high demand on Valentine’s Day next year.