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But as shipping requirements become
more specific, especially for time- and temperature-sensitive cargo, the way the industry traces the location of ULDs has had to
evolve. As a result, the industry has trialed
and adopted key technologies to help ULD
managers, ground service providers and airlines meet present day cargo demands.
Every airline needs to have the right number and the correct type of ULDs for every
flight, at all times and every departure point,
explains Frank Mühlenkamp, director of
operations at Jettainer.
" The biggest challenge is securing ULD
availability in the most efficient way, " he says.
But as Bob Rogers, vice president at ULD
Care, points out, there has always been
a challenge to record the whereabouts of
ULDs. According to Rogers, at any given time
approximately 5% of ULDs may be missing.
" Now, 5% doesn't sound like a lot. But
if you were trying to run a restaurant and
one day 5% of your knives were missing and
the next day 5% of your forks were missing and then the next day 5% of your plates
were missing, you'd go out of business very
quickly, " he says.
" This is the problem. It's not the 5% that's
such an issue. It's that you don't know which
5% is going to be missing. "
There are different stages along a ULD's
journey that are easier to track than others.
Because a ULD is moved by several involved
departments, Alexander Wendorff, solutions
manager at INFORM GmbH, notes this can
make it difficult to locate a ULD at the airport.
" It is very easy to determine whether a
ULD is on an airplane. There are loading
and unloading processes, " Wendorff says. " It
is getting more difficult in the warehouse.
Here, ULDs can be pushed from one parking
position to another.
Photo courtesy of Unilode
COVER STORY
march2021
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of march2021
Business Buzz
Industry Expert Column: A Plan for the Unexpected
The Tech that Tracks ULDs
Pandemic Protection
The Factors Faced by Eastern Europe's GHSPs
From Cooking Oil to Renewable Fuel
The Reason Behind Resin
Product Hangar
Publisher's Note: A Goodbye, and a Hello
march2021 - 1
march2021 - 2
march2021 - 3
march2021 - 4
march2021 - Business Buzz
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march2021 - 7
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march2021 - 9
march2021 - 10
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march2021 - Industry Expert Column: A Plan for the Unexpected
march2021 - 15
march2021 - The Tech that Tracks ULDs
march2021 - 17
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march2021 - 19
march2021 - 20
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march2021 - Pandemic Protection
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march2021 - The Factors Faced by Eastern Europe's GHSPs
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march2021 - From Cooking Oil to Renewable Fuel
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march2021 - The Reason Behind Resin
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march2021 - Product Hangar
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march2021 - Publisher's Note: A Goodbye, and a Hello
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