I have been in the sea freight business before and can tell you that shipping from HKG or Singapore to Antwerp is the same whatever if final destination is Liège, Genk, Lille, Germany or Brussels. Than you have container handling charges, gate charges and demurrage are the same as well. So where is the point ?
You probably know that Liège Port is in the top 3 in Europe with Paris and Duistburg. Liège steel industry is (was) one of the big cutomers of Antwerpen port (coal, ore, steel coils and coated plates). So you see if Mittal are reducing their activity in Belgium (Gent, Charleroi, Liège, Lux) it will be a hard hit for Antwerpen. And sadly they do not deserve that since, on top, G.M. Opel are flying away.
- About LGG, most of the full cargoes flying in (ET, EL AL, CAL Israel, Icelandair) are fresh products mainly going to Germany, NL, France, Baltic countries, Scandinavia even Italy and Spain...just check, tens of European trucks waitting for flights every days.
TNT Airways are carrying HiTec. equipment, Manufactured goods , mail out of HKG,PVG, Singapore and soon from India. Not to forget: Southern Air, ABX,Ukrain Cargo, Avient, Emirates. Also Kallita (2 to 6/day) on the way to M.E. Same for Evergreen, Atlas, Russian Antonov's, Polar are regular visitors.That makes around 120 jumbos per week. TNT Express and contractors are good for 35 to 40 flights/day.
Seen in E.A.S. blog: Avient MD11-F (reg. Z.BAT) is ready in Miami and seems to be soon delivered.
You see my friends, unless Filou is an IATA or Brucargo insider, it's easy to throw numbers, second hand informations, questioning LGG friends , excuse me, as Gestapo in the old days. You most surely know better than us what's going on in BRU. As far as LGG is concerned you "preach (the false) to get the true" , so far none of your infos are double-checked. It is just blowing in the wind to make a case. Leipzig is more a cruel story for BRU (DHL) than for LGG, they have got huge amount of money /subsized by the Lander.
True BRU have ,many agents at brucargo but most of them have HQ in Amsterdam. LGG is maybe a medium player but compare BRU with AMS . David and Goliat!
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