Utilizes Antonov's World’s Largest Cargo Aircraft
Logistics group Gebrüder Weiss has delivered a breakbulk shipment from China to Poland aboard the world’s largest cargo aircraft, from Tianjin airport in the northeast of China, aboard an Antonov An-225.
Stanislaw Rosciszewski, country manager Poland at Gebrüder Weiss, said the firm’s air freight managers in Poland and China collaborated to organize the entire supply chain between manufacturer and recipient “in a very short space of time and under the difficult pandemic conditions.”
Delivery to Krakow
Once successfully loaded, the aircraft flew to the destination airport in Poland, located 170 kilometers east of Krakow.
"The situation in air and sea freight remains very tense, as there is still not enough cargo space. With the Antonov, we are able to quickly transport large-volume goods for our customers quickly," said Lothar Thoma, managing director air and sea at Gebrüder Weiss.
The breakbulk delivery was completed in mid-November and follows a successful breakbulk transport by the firm in October, when the group delivered a cargo to Austria.
“Although charter flights are a regular part of our air services, handling the transport of goods with a cargo aircraft of this size is something special for us,” Rosciszewski said, adding that the firm had also completed several breakbulk transport projects earlier in the year using the slightly smaller Antonov An-124.
U.S. Expansion
Headquartered in Lauterach, Austria, Gebrüder Weiss is one of the oldest extant transport and logistics company worldwide and employs more than 7,000 staff globally with over 150 locations.
The group also recently said it has expanded operations in North America, opening a new warehouse in Georgia and expanding its road transport services along with a new web-based Transportation Management System.
“Manufacturers and consumer goods companies are navigating intense obstacles and we are doing what we can to help alleviate some of that stress by expanding services and helping our customers increase efficiencies,” noted Mark McCullough, CEO of Gebrüder Weiss USA.
