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Business View Australia - November-December 2015

changes in the transportation schedule

can be tackled quickly and effectively.

“In our business there are two types of

air freight clients,” says Kelvin Mason,

“We have customers who use airfreight

as an integral part of their supply chain.

For example, we have customers in

Hong Kong who have closed their

warehouses inAustralia, sowereplenish

their stores all around the country from

our warehouse in Hong Kong.

“When the customer’s stores place an

order, our warehouse is informed. We

then arrange to pick the order and send

it overnight by airfreight direct to the

store. This is an example of a customer

using airfreight as an integral part of its

supply chain.

“Other customers don’t need airfreight

unless it is an emergency. For example,

a retail store may require stock in

time for a launch. Then they would

use airfreight. Airfreight is more of a

backstop for these companies and is a

necessary evil.”

Damco has developed several

categories of services to meet transit

time requirements of customers.

Priority despatches consignments on

the first available flight using partner

airlines’ dedicated services. If goods

are sent to a major destination, the

transit time does not exceed two days.

Sending air cargo by Economy, is a

cost-effective option as it uses one

or more consolidations per week,

depending on the point of origin.