WORLD ANALYSIS
NEW LEGISLATION
ICAO 2021 is due to go live on July 1, which will require 100% screening of all air cargo:
and a huge increase in activity in and around Hong Kong will coincide, says Kwong.
A phased implementation will see the screening percentage gradually increased, he
continues. “Phase 1, which requires 25% of cargo to be screened, came into effect on
January 1 2020.” Hactl is investing in more security screening equipment in anticipation
of the legislation and Kwong is confi dent that they and the Hong Kong community will be
ready to meet the new requirements by the deadline; “but it will still involve a great deal
of hard work and preparation.”
Key fl ags up changes in Australian legislation regarding enhanced cargo security,
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which have led Menzies to invest signifi cantly in its cargo facilities. “Menzies has
acquired a number of additional X-ray machines to maintain cargo security integrity
due to the need for all outbound international air cargo, regardless of its destination,
to be examined under the Enhanced Air Cargo Examination (EACE) programme before
it is loaded on to the plane. This was introduced in March 2019 and the same security
enhancements are expected to apply for domestic air cargo from mid-2020,” Key
explains.
including ramping up the electric quota of its global
eet with a view to meeting its 2025 target to become
50% electric. Rutherford is encouraged in particular by
customers’ adoption of electric vehicles (especially buses)
in Australia and New Zealand. “And we are pleased to be
at the forefront with vehicle development and operations.”
Furthermore, investment in its wearable technology
initiative with SoterSpine continues, while last October
saw the handler open a 10,000 square metre state-of-theart
o -airport cargo terminal in South Korea to expand its
2019 we invested over €2m in our cargo
material handling equipment, including
a replacement X-ray machine, additional
ETV storage positions and multiple
mobile handling units. In 2020 we expect
to invest more modestly, given the
economic downturn,” he notes. “For our
ramp and passenger business we have
continued to invest heavily in replacement
and additional GSE to ensure a young
average eet age and to accommodate the
growth in ights. In 2019 we invested over
€4.5m and we expect a similar investment
in 2020.”
AISATS looked to transform its
passenger services in 2019, relates
Andrade, in particular the interaction of
passengers with frontline sta . “At our
Hyderabad operations, we developed
a towable ramp in order to make the
deplaning process more e cient and
convenient for passengers, especially
for passengers with reduced mobility at
remote bays.” Previously, getting PRMs
on and o aircra at a remote bay posed
a major challenge when the Ambuli was
operation, which has the
capability to be expanded
up to 30,000 square metres,
Rutherford adds.
Areas of investment
e subject of investment
generates much in the
way of feedback. Sinclair
relates BFS’ e orts: “In
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