Emirates SkyCargo to open second trade lane with the Philippines
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL, is the first company that has tested a new container solution. The so called Tworty Box enables a standard 40ft container to be created from two 20ft containers. The innovative solution helps ensure highly cost effective container management. It also offers several operational advantages by reducing the empty positioning caused by the imbalanced supply and demand of 20ft and 40ft containers.
The Tworty Box is a very attractive solution which ensures flexible container management and cost efficiency by eliminating empty positioning due to structural imbalances in the general cargo flow or seasonal fluctuations in the dominant commodities in specific sectors. It is an excellent alternative for customers who see strong ups and downs in supply and demand of different container sizes in certain areas, says Andreas Boedeker, Global Head Ocean Freight, DHL Global Forwarding.
What makes the solution so special is the fact that each 20ft box has doors at each end. The second door opens to the inside and if two Tworty Boxes are coupled to a 40ft box, the additional doors are opened and fixed to the container ceiling to create the full 40ft of space. The system does not require any additional components. When connected, the boxes remain watertight. The Tworty Box prototypes fulfill all ISO requirements for containers. They have also received CSC certification for both single and combined operation.
The container was developed by Tworty Box GmbH & Co. KG in Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, is set to increase its cargo capacity to the Philippines, when Emirates begins daily non-stop flights to Clark International Airport from 1st October 2013.
Clark International Airport is located in the province of the Pampanga in Central Luzon, which is 80 kilometres to the north of Manila. Central Luzon is one of the growth regions in the Philippines and is host to the country's premium economic zones, the Clark Freeport Zone and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
Clarke International Airport will become Emirates second destination after Manila, the capital of the Philippines, to which Emirates has been operating flights since 1990, and due to the demand, has continued to increase its flight frequency on the route to its current triple daily, non-stop service.
With the new daily flight to Clark International, Emirates SkyCargo will be able to provide more than 160 tonnes of additional cargo hold capacity each way per week, further supporting Philippine exports of perishables, such as dairy products, fruit and vegetables, meat, seafood and electrical and electronic equipment, and its imports of textiles, apparel, plants, flowers and chemical products.
The Philippines is a very important market for Emirates SkyCargo, and with our Dubai Hub strategically located between East and West, we will be able to offer customers in the Central Luzon region particularly manufacturers producing hi-tech chips and electronic components, access to our global network and efficient distribution capability, thereby supporting supply chains to save time and money by accessing new and closer gateways like Clark International, said Ravishankar Mirle, Emirates Vice President, Commercial Cargo for East and West Asia, Australasia and Indian Ocean.