LOGISTICS
UPDATE
New capacity in Denver THIRTY YEARS ON
The JAG Logistics Centre,
close to Denver airport, is
a new, 250 acre industrial
park located immediately south
of the station in Aurora, Adams
County, Colorado. Ground
was recently broken and work
on the fi rst of six speculative
industrial buildings has
commenced.
The facility is sited in a
so-called Opportunity Zone, an
Enterprise Zone and a Foreign
Trade Zone. Being able to take
advantage of the variety of
benefi ts these zones offer is
seen as a tremendously valuable
scenario for all the involved
stakeholders. Those behind this
unique project believe that it
will offer its tenants the closest
proximity and access to Denver
International’s tarmac of any
industrial business park in the
greater Denver area, both now
and in the future.
The logistics facility
will provide new industrial
warehouse space that will be
divisible down to 5,000 spaces
in a currently limited market
and will further enable air cargo
growth at Denver International.
Such a unique offering will
provide a 32 foot clear span,
cross-dock design, providing a
very effi cient space to tenants.
Access points to the property
are located at 64th Avenue and
68th Avenue, with direct access
to Denver International via
Jackson Gap Road.
Developed, owned and
managed by The JA Green
Development Corporation,
the project is one of the fi rst
industrial projects to begin
construction in a designated
Opportunity Zone in the US
using an Opportunity Fund.
ALI was interested to learn
more from the airport and
asked whether e-commerce had
been a spur for developing the
extra space.
A spokesperson for the
airport noted that in 2018
nearly 307,000 tonnes of cargo
passed through the airport,
representing an almost 5%
increase over 2017. Overall,
cargo traffi c has increased in the
past fi ve years, and in the last
year it has seen a jump in cargo
numbers as Amazon Air began
operations at the airport during
the summer. Currently, the
station’s cargo space is adequate
for the number of carriers
fl ying in and out. The airport
is not involved in the Logistics
Park project and apparently
it will not be used for airport
operations, so it is not directly
related to airport needs.
That said, e-commerce has
certainly changed the market
and has spurred growth in
cargo operations overall. As
more carriers build distribution
centres in Denver, there could
be a future need for air service
to support those locations.
While the future is
uncertain the spokesperson
says that the airport authority
has begun to look at the future
growth of cargo operations and
what the station’s longer-term
needs might be to ensure that
it has the facilities to match
the demand for the increase
in cargo aircraft. Currently,
there are no formal plans in
place but it is known that the
airport has space to double the
number of runways (from six
to 12) if necessary.
America Logistics Group is
celebrating 30 years of providing
integrated logistics solutions
and ongoing growth across
the Americas. The Group is
headquartered in Guatemala City
and has locations in eight different
countries, with more than 400
logistics experts in the region.
“We are incredibly proud of our
achievements in the past 30
years, but we couldn’t have done it
without the dedication of our staff
and the support of our customers,”
commented Milton Barascout,
Chief Executive Offi cer. “We are
planning for future growth and we
are expanding in line with global
logistics trends and customer
expectations. ALG will always
seek to provide the most optimal
service and be the best logistics
outsourcing operator for your
company – we aim to be more than
just a logistics partner.”
ALG became a WCA member in
2009 and has benefi ted from the
organisation’s global network as it
has expanded.
“We joined WCA because it is an
established organisation of great
prestige with a wide network of
agents, which strengthens our
brand,” added Barascout. ALG
started as a traditional freight
forwarder in 1989, but has since
evolved to offer innovative
solutions to challenges within the
global logistics industry.
THE VIENNA FACTOR
The quick and highly specialised handling of temperaturesensitive
pharma products directly from aircraft to the
roadway or vice versa is the core competence of the
new 1,600 square metre Vienna Pharma Handling Centre
(or VPHC). This makes Vienna International airport
the only airport in Central Europe to offer a complete
end-to-end solution for pharma products from one single
source, featuring a seamless coolchain, quick handling
processes and short turnaround times between air and
road transport. Kuehne + Nagel is now utilising this highly
specialised service as the preferred partner for the
handling of its pharma shipments. Within the framework
of the partnership, the global logistics provider benefi ts
from its own, exclusive handling area, allowing for even
greater fl exibility.
“Quick and effi cient cargo handling is a key success
factor in international freight transport. Thanks to the
new Pharma Handling Centre, 23 countries can now
be reached within a day and a half, and 15 countries
can even be supplied within 24 hours of travel time
via the Vienna pharma hub. We are delighted that
Kuehne + Nagel relies on our fl exibility and operational
excellence,” states Julian Jäger, member of the
Management Board of Flughafen Wien.
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