C A R G O & L O G I S T I C S
S P E C I A L F E A T U R E
Strategic Moves
As transport by ground, air and sea grows exponentially, logistics
companies adapt and specialize to suit all needs
G
lobally, the cargo and
logistics industry is in
a state of ux. Growth
in air, ground and sea
transport is testing the
already strained budgets of
shippers. Capacity continues
to shrink and policy changes in
global trade are complicating
the movement of freight even
further.
Never before has the
quality of work in moving
cargo been more critical,
especially considering that
new technologies are acting as
disruptors in the transportation
scene, such as Uber Freight,
which is essentially an app for
freight that operates like Uber's
ride-sharing service (Convoy
and Amazon have similar apps
as well).
Air Canada meets
shipping needs
No single transportation
specialist is more aware of
the need for quality service
than Air Canada Cargo, which
provides direct cargo service to
more than 150 cities and global
coverage to an additional 450
via interline partnerships and a
vast trucking network.
Air Canada Cargo has
leveraged its extensive
infrastructure to meet a huge
range of cargo shipment needs:
general shipping; AC Cool Chain
(for temperature-sensitive
shipments); AC DGR (special
handling for dangerous goods);
AC Secure (for shipment of
high-value items); and many
more options.
And if numbers count for
anything, Air Canada Cargo
is doing things right. "We've
enjoyed 24 percent revenue
growth so far this year, and
year-over-year growth has been
consistently high," says strategic
account manager Scott Burtney.
"This is signi"cant because we
are meeting shippers' needs
without a freighter and instead
using our passenger planes."
Much of Burtney's time is
spent co-ordinating perishable
shipments: "It's our bread and
butter," he says of cargo such
as live and fresh seafood, local
berries, vegetables, mushrooms
and Okanagan cherries that are
all shipped out of Vancouver to
Asia, Europe, South America
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Never before has the
quality of work in
moving cargo been
more critical
