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1 An Annual Ball 2015 of the Air Cargo Club of Delhi (ACCD) was a
spectacular event attended by a huge number of industry majors
along with their spouses.The event was filled with entertainment
as the club completed 38 years on January 11, 2015.
2 In its ‘National Conference on Cold Chain’, PHD Chamber of
Commerce raised several issues pertaining to poor storage
condition, lack of robust supply chain and cold chain, inefficient
transportation and complex tax structure.
3 Om Logistics was awarded for excellence in logistics operations
and providing superior services to its customers by Tata Motors.
4 Lufthansa Cargo launched ‘Namaste India’ flight with the aim to
pay respect and tribute to the country.
5 Air Cargo Forum of India (ACFI) held a conference on
‘Transforming airports into cargo hubs’ with the aim to bring
together the key players and stakeholders of the industry.
The need for converting Indian airports into international
sky cargo hubs and the need to develop infrastructure at
the smaller airports was discussed.
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1 PHD Chamber of Commerce organised the 'Logistics Conclave 2014'
to discuss the various issues faced by the logistics sector.
2 Safexpress launched a hi-tech logistics park at Faridabad on January
9, 2015.The logistics park boasts of an ultra-modern logistics infra-
structure at a whopping investment of `18.5 crore.
3 Leaders of the cargo community attended the fifth edition of the
'Logistics Strategy Workshop – Supply Chain Transformation 2014',
organised by Frost & Sullivan from August 22-23, 2014.
4 ‘WIN INDIA 2014’brought together suppliers and material handling
agents who exhibited their various services and solutions meant
for the industry.
5 The Air Cargo Club of Delhi (ACCD) organised an informative take on
'Business Constraints andTheir Impact on Growth', in September 2014.
6 ACCD had organised a cricket tournament over the months
of September and October, 2014. Twelve teams participated
in the tournament, making it one of the most exciting
tournaments ever.
7 The Air Cargo Agents Association of India – Northern Region
organised a meet of the All India Managing Committee
members. Stalwarts of the industry attended the event that was
organised on August 1, 2014 at Holiday Inn Aerocity, Delhi.

3. Growth of eCommerce will
be a key driver of domestic
air cargo market and there
will be growth on the
international side, in the
long run. Infrastructure
development and process-
es improvement for air cargo would play an
important role in this growth trajectory.
PS Nair
CEO, GMR Airports
The success of the rail
freight sector will also
depend on consistent and
reasonable policy environ-
ment to be created by
Indian Railways. This will
help Indian economy to
unlock the huge potential of this sector.
Sachin Bhanushali
President, Gateway Rail
Now it’s high time to address
the challenges faced by EXIM,
i.e., longer dwell times and
high transaction costs, thus,
making them uncompetitive.
The best and only answer is to
decongest airports by convert-
ing existing Container Freight
Stations and Inland Container
Depots into Air Freight
Stations and to ensure their
success partnership with the
Airport Terminal Operators.
Bharat JThakkar
Joint Managing Director
Zeus Airways
Air freight stations have the
scope and a unique oppor-
tunity to contribute mean-
ingfully to enhancing and
improving this situation. It
will definitely decongest the
saturated facilities and infra-
structure at various airports.This is an urgent
requirement, as the air cargo and logistics
industries are currently undergoing unbearable
stress and strain due to these factors.
SL Sharma
President, ACAAI
The challenge for supply
chain professionals lies in
managing not only long
term growth but also in
being equally responsive to
short term volatility, due to
ever increasing consumer
segments, greater number of products and
emergence of new channels.
S A Mohan
CEO, Maini Materials Movement
Air cargo needs a makeover
and that can happen only if all
the airport stakeholders along
with regulators strengthen
their collaboration to become
more effective and faster.
Manoj Singh
Vice President & Head - Cargo
MIAL
Transhipment cargo will be
the key driver for hub air-
ports wherein India gets
benefited with its unique
position in the Asia Pacific
region and is expected to
grow significantly.
Pradeep Panicker
President, ACFI
The most important thing
for success of AFS would be
seamless co-ordination
among all its stakeholders
such as airlines, consol
agent, customs brokers.
Debashis Dutta
Chairman, FFFAI
Action does speak louder than words. But a collective voice has a greater reach and impact. As we walk through
FY 2015-16, it is important to look back and remember the lessons learned.CARGOTALKrecollects all the voices, opinions,
thoughts, words and developments that marked FY 2014-15.
2014-15: Turnaround year
The greatest challenges of the logistics sector particularly international logistics
sector are thinning of margins due to commoditisation and undifferentiated services
coupled with over delayed payments by the customers.
Shantanu Bhadkamkar
Immediate Past Chairman
FFFAI
If something is missing then it is industry leadership only. Our industry does not have a leadership.
They wait for government policy to drape them. Industry has to take leadership, see the advantage of
being in the food distribution business.
Pawanexh Kohli
CEO & Chief Advisor, NCCD
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4. If you want ‘Make in India’
to be successful, ‘Move in
India’ should also come into
the picture.
KUThankachen
Managing Director
Central Railside Warehouse
Company (CRWC)
I would like to ask ACFI to sub-
mit industry’s three important
issues before MoCA for its
active consideration. Three
points would be way better
than a wish list.
Renu Singh Parmar
Economic Advisor, Ministry of Civil Aviation
Government of India
Infrastructure support is necessary for developing cargo hubs
and here space is an important factor. We do have sufficient
infrastructure but we need to change a way to measure things so as
to use it efficiently.
Venkata Reddy
Chairman, ACFI, Bengaluru Chapter & CEO
Menzies Aviation Bobba Bangalore
US is an important market for Indian chemical products accounting
for around 11.6 per cent ($1.523 bn) of total exports falling under
the purview of the Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics
Export Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL).
SatishWagh
Vice Chairman
CHEMEXCIL
It’s a myth that India has
lack of infrastructure, the
need is to use the avail-
able infrastructure effi-
ciently only such as
updated technology to
make the things better.
Tushar Jani
Vice President, ACFI & Chairman
SCA Group
e-AWB is a part of e-freight
project, where not only the
airline carriers but also
the other stakeholders are
expected to participate.
Vipan Jain
Regional Manager – Logistics,
South Asia & Middle East,
Lufthansa Cargo
Airline support is necessary in developing air cargo hubs, but they
cannot work independently.We need to work strategically. From
airline point of view, to develop hubs, infrastructure at the smaller
airports has to be developed in tandem growth with the capacity.
Sanjiv Kumar
Executive Director – Cargo
Air India
The size of bonded
truckers is almost negli-
gible in the country
because bonded truck-
ing operations are not
like domestic trucking
operations.Huge invest-
ment is required, bank guarantees are
involved, companies should have own trucks
and too many operational formalities
are there.
Dileepa BM
CEO
Shreeji Transport Services
The abstract of logistics
being a sunrise sector
and India possessing
strong macro-economic
fundamentals cannot
simply overcast that glob-
alisation brings massive
opportunities and enormous challenges;that
too when the sector is not structured enough
and scattered into handful of stand-alone
value chains.
Arup Chatterjee
Managing Director
LCL Logistix
As evacuation is a major issue, the government has been laying a lot of stress on the connectivity work. Evacuation
can be done by rail, road and inland waterways.
VishwapatiTrivedi
Chairman
National Shipping Board
for the logistics industry
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