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1 An Annual Ball 2015 of the Air Cargo Club of Delhi (ACCD) was aspectacular event attended by a huge number of industry majorsalong with their spouses. The event was filled with entertainmentas the club completed 38 years on January 11, 2015.

2 In its ‘National Conference on Cold Chain’, PHD Chamber ofCommerce raised several issues pertaining to poor storage

condition, lack of robust supply chain and cold chain, inefficienttransportation and complex tax structure.

3 Om Logistics was awarded for excellence in logistics operationsand providing superior services to its customers by Tata Motors.

4 Lufthansa Cargo launched ‘Namaste India’ flight with the aim topay 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 January9, 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 handlingagents 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 and Their 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 wasorganised on August 1, 2014 at Holiday Inn Aerocity, Delhi.

Growth of eCommerce willbe a key driver of domesticair cargo market and therewill be growth on the international side, in thelong run. Infrastructuredevelopment and process-es improvement for air cargo would play animportant role in this growth trajectory.

PS NairCEO, GMR Airports

The success of the railfreight sector will alsodepend on consistent andreasonable policy environ-ment to be created byIndian Railways. This willhelp Indian economy tounlock the huge potential of this sector.

Sachin Bhanushali President, Gateway Rail

Now it’s high time to addressthe challenges faced by EXIM,i.e., longer dwell times andhigh transaction costs, thus,making them uncompetitive.The best and only answer is todecongest airports by convert-ing existing Container FreightStations and Inland ContainerDepots into Air FreightStations and to ensure theirsuccess partnership with theAirport Terminal Operators.

Bharat J ThakkarJoint Managing DirectorZeus Airways

Air freight stations have thescope and a unique oppor-tunity to contribute mean-ingfully to enhancing andimproving this situation. Itwill definitely decongest thesaturated facilities and infra-structure at various airports. This is an urgentrequirement, as the air cargo and logisticsindustries are currently undergoing unbearablestress and strain due to these factors.

SL SharmaPresident, ACAAI

The challenge for supplychain professionals lies inmanaging not only longterm growth but also inbeing equally responsive toshort term volatility, due toever increasing consumersegments, greater number of products andemergence of new channels.

S A Mohan CEO, Maini Materials Movement

Air cargo needs a makeoverand that can happen only if allthe airport stakeholders alongwith regulators strengthentheir collaboration to becomemore effective and faster.

Manoj SinghVice President & Head - CargoMIAL

Transhipment cargo will bethe key driver for hub air-ports wherein India getsbenefited with its uniqueposition in the Asia Pacificregion and is expected togrow significantly.

Pradeep PanickerPresident, ACFI

The most important thing for success of AFS would beseamless co-ordinationamong all its stakeholderssuch as airlines, consolagent, 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. CARGOTALK recollects 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 logisticssector are thinning of margins due to commoditisation and undifferentiated servicescoupled with over delayed payments by the customers.

Shantanu BhadkamkarImmediate Past ChairmanFFFAI

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 KohliCEO & Chief Advisor, NCCD

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If you want ‘Make in India’ to be successful, ‘Move inIndia’ should also come intothe picture.

KU ThankachenManaging DirectorCentral Railside WarehouseCompany (CRWC)

I would like to ask ACFI to sub-mit industry’s three importantissues before MoCA for itsactive consideration. Threepoints would be way betterthan a wish list.

Renu Singh ParmarEconomic Advisor, Ministry of Civil AviationGovernment of India

Infrastructure support is necessary for developing cargo hubs and here space is an important factor. We do have sufficientinfrastructure but we need to change a way to measure things so asto use it efficiently.

Venkata ReddyChairman, ACFI, Bengaluru Chapter & CEOMenzies Aviation Bobba Bangalore

US is an important market for Indian chemical products accountingfor around 11.6 per cent ($1.523 bn) of total exports falling underthe purview of the Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & CosmeticsExport Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL).

Satish WaghVice ChairmanCHEMEXCIL

It’s a myth that India haslack of infrastructure, theneed is to use the avail-able infrastructure effi-ciently only such asupdated technology tomake the things better.

Tushar JaniVice President, ACFI & ChairmanSCA Group

e-AWB is a part of e-freightproject, where not only theairline carriers but also the other stakeholders areexpected to participate.

Vipan JainRegional Manager – Logistics,South Asia & Middle East,Lufthansa Cargo

Airline support is necessary in developing air cargo hubs, but theycannot work independently. We need to work strategically. Fromairline point of view, to develop hubs, infrastructure at the smallerairports has to be developed in tandem growth with the capacity.

Sanjiv KumarExecutive Director – CargoAir India

The size of bondedtruckers is almost negli-gible in the countrybecause bonded truck-ing operations are notlike domestic truckingoperations. Huge invest-ment is required, bank guarantees areinvolved, companies should have own trucksand too many operational formalities are there.

Dileepa BM CEOShreeji Transport Services

The abstract of logisticsbeing a sunrise sectorand India possessingstrong macro-economicfundamentals cannotsimply overcast that glob-alisation brings massive

opportunities and enormous challenges; thattoo when the sector is not structured enoughand scattered into handful of stand-alonevalue chains.

Arup Chatterjee Managing DirectorLCL Logistix

As evacuation is a major issue, the government has been laying a lot of stress on the connectivity work. Evacuationcan be done by rail, road and inland waterways.

Vishwapati Trivedi ChairmanNational Shipping Board

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