DHL raises a concern

China and Europe to become air cargo competitors

 

DHL AIR CARGO

DHL Eastern European operations have raised a concern for those in the air cargo industry stating that the China Europe services are attracting more attention from customers and is becoming increasingly popular to shippers.

Many customers are attracted to the China Europe rail service and it’s becoming a more accepted option by the day. According to Kerem Inanc this could be because of the emphasis on CO2 emissions and the speed of the rail services.
 

RAIL CARGO

Although it is rumored that rail services from china did not consist of high margin goods Kerem disregarded this as just a rumor. The rail services are improving and considering how the services used to be we can see that there has been significant progress. According to the spokesperson all types of goods of high value can be shipped and the aim is that the rail services will eventually be able to handle any goods.

As stated above the low emissions and brilliant speed that these rail services operate at remain a huge factor in the growing popularity. Other air cargo services take longer and also have many capacity restrictions which can be avoided when shipping by rail.

The air cargo industry has all but been warned that the china Europe services intend to exceed their demand and become at the forefront of the shipping business. 

CHINA RAIL 

With the rail services all measures are taken to ensure they are as reliable as possible and prices are kept at a rate that will keep them attractive to shippers. Kerem Inanc further stressed the issue of cost by stating that the rail prices of the coming month are known to operators beforehand.

The modes that provide more information to shippers are more likely to be successful and air cargo is thought to be lacking in data and technology.

The increase in rail popularity could also be due to the fact that in air cargo the temperature varies more than in sea freight. Not to mention that costs are 20% less the air modes. For Columbia – Europe services the cost went up to 40% less than air freight and the infrastructure was better in rail services.

However it’s not all bad for air freight as a significant amount of people still prefer to use air services whether due to the freighters or the type of market. Fruit is mostly sent by air cargo and it’s not expected that rail services will overtake this particular market.

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