powerlogistics asia 2014 - global transportation of unique cargo - alan baldwin, volga-dnepr uk ltd

GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION OF UNIQUE CARGO

Who are Volga-Dnepr Group

Case studies from various projects, with a special focus on the PNG Project

How to create a timely and cost effective ‘airbridge’ solution for complex projects in remote regions of the world

How to ensure the success of your critical airlift programme

The real cost of air logistics solutions

How to make the ‘impossible’ possible

Q & A session

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

Largest air cargo carrier and the world leader on the unique, oversize and heavy cargo market

Founded in 1991

Own fleet:

10 x An-124-100 (Volga-Dnepr Airlines)

5 x IL-76TD-90VD (Volga-Dnepr Airlines)

12 x B 747F (AirBridgeCargo)

2 x B737F (Atran Cargo Airlines)

Door-to-door solutions

Own certified aircraft maintenance centres in Russia, Germany and UAE

Own truck fleet (Volga-Trucks Division in Russia)

VOLGA-DNEPR GROUP STRUCTURE

Engineering Logistics Center

Logistics services

Scheduled Services Charter Services

Supportive Business

Long-Haul Trucking

Volga-Trucks New Insurance Company

(NIC)

International Studies

Foreign language training

Aviation

Insurance

Volga-Dnepr Moscow

Liaison with governmental agents, aviation authorities

Volga-Dnepr- Technics

Aircraft maintenance

An-124 IL-76 B-747F B-747F An-12 Boeing 737

VOLGA-DNEPR GROUP STRUCTURE

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Volga-Dnepr Group 2013

Revenue, $ million 1 606

• Charter air cargo services 745

• Scheduled air cargo services 821

• Other 40,4

Freight traffic, ‘000 FTKs 3 022 878

Air freight transported (tons) 484 885

Our fleet

• An-124-100 10

• IL-76TD-90VD 5

• B-747 12

• An-12 3

• B737 2

Volga-Dnepr operates thousands of flights to over 1140 airports in more than 190 countries

VOLGA-DNEPR GROUP GLOBAL NETWORK COVERAGE

Efficient combination of outstanding flight capabilities, size and volume of the cargo compartment and effective range of AN-124-100 flight makes this Aircraft the undisputable leader of Outsize and Heavy Cargo Market. Company operates ten AN-124-100 – world’s largest fleet of such aircraft.

All-purpose Boeing-747 freighter is the ideal aircraft for general cargo of all types. At the moment 12 aircraft of this type are in operation of AirbridgeCargo Airlines including the largest 747 version – B-8F.

IL-76TD-90VD is designed to carry all kinds of cargo including palletized shipments, non-standard and single-piece heavy units. Total gross weight is up to 45 tons. Volga-Dnepr operates 5 new IL-76TD-90VDs, which have no operating restrictions and are capable to operate to any regions worldwide.

• AN-124-100

• IL-76TD-90VD

• В-747

VOLGA-DNEPR’S GROUP FLEET

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THE UNIQUE VOLGA-DNEPR FLEET: AN-124-100

Cargo cabin dimensions: 36.5 x 6.4 x 4.4 meters Volume of the cabin – 1,027 м3

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610x244x244

22500kg

A system for ‘crane-less’ loading/offloading of one-piece loads up to 80 tons

Maximum payload up to 120 tons

A system to carry one-piece loads up to 120 tons

A two-tier car rack system to accommodate up to 53 cars

On-board crane system with 30 tons lift capability

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THE AN-124-100 MODULAR LOADING PLATFORM

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THE UNIQUE VOLGA-DNEPR FLEET: IL-76TD-90VD

Volga-Dnepr fleet: 5 x IL-76TD-90VD

Maximum payload up to 50 tons


A system to carry one-piece loads up to 50 tonnes

IL-76TD-90VD can perform flights to airfields with ground coatings

Completely conforms ICAO’s current and long-range requirements. Certificated for worldwide

A system for ‘crane-less’ loading/offloading of one-piece loads up to 50 tons

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Characteristics IL-76TD IL-76TD-90VD

MTOW, tons 190 195

Payload, tons 48 50

ICAO noise requirements Chapter 2 Chapter 4

Max. range with max.

payload, km

3,800 4,600

Cruise speed, km/h 750-780 750-800

Fuel consumption, tp/h 9 7.2

Max. airfield elevation, m 1,800 3,000

Mean time between

maintenance, hours

300±30 500±50

Dimensions and weight characteristics

747-8F

m3 ft3 Main cargo hold 692,7 24,462 Number of pallets

96"x125" 46

Lower cargo hold 150,0 5,330 Bulk 14,0 496

747-400 m3 ft3

Main cargo hold 607.7 21,462 Number of pallets

96"x125" 39

Lower cargo hold 158,5 5,600 Bulk 12,7 448

AIRBRIDGECARGO AIRLINES FLEET

Young fleet (average age of ABC fleet – 3.5 years)

The most modern widebody cargo aircraft “GoGreen” strategy – low level of CO2

emissions Possibility to carry temperature-controlled

goods Nose-loading, ability to load oversized,

non-standard cargo

A TRULY DIVERSE AND UNIQUE FLEET Handling complex and challenging global transportation movements

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A TRULY DIVERSE AND UNIQUE FLEET

Self –sustainable: 45ft Container loading via rear on-board crane system


Tracked: Self-Propelled vehicles


Roll On / Roll Off: U.S. Navy - Deep Submergence Recovery Vessel (D.S.R.V)

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Power House Unit (PHU) – 28m x 4m x 3.9m – 68 MT

How do you safely secure a 98

tonne turbine for transit, whilst

dispersing high weight yield and

being able to load / offload

– ASK VD’s E.L.C -

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Super Heavy, Wide and Dense

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION: Create a fixed hanging frame to disperse weight and avoid damage to aircraft interior


Long and Wide cargo

Our customers for charter services

• Siemens •GE •Alcatel •Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd

•BP •Exxon Mobil •Total •Gazprom

•Alrosa •CAT •Komatsu

•Rosoboronexport •Khrunichev •RAC "MiG • JSC "Russian Helicopters“

•UN •Russian Emergency Situations Ministry

•Red Cross •WFP

Military cargo •NATO •U.S. Department of Defense •UK MoD •France MoD •Japan MoD •German MoD

• Boeing • Space System Loral • Lockheed Martin • Thales Alenia • Astrium

Industrial equipment

Oil and gas equipment

Vehicles

Aerospace technology

Humanitarian logistics

Engineering and logistics services

•DHL •Bertling Logistics •Rolls-Royce •Polymetal

•Shell •Agip Co

MODERN CREW TRAINING FACILTIES

IN-HOUSE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

WORLDWIDE OPERATING AUTHORITY

MAINTENANCE BASES IN RUSSIA, GERMANU AND UAE

IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

STRINGENT OPERATIONAL AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

STANDARDS

UNPARALLELED SAFETY RECORD AS AN OPERATOR OF

AN-124 AND IL-76 AIRCRAFT

ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE AND FLIGHT SAFETY SYSTEM

MEETS THE ICAO REQUIREMENTS

What makes Volga-Dnepr a qualified operator

Sustaining Safety Commitment

Flight Safety - evolution of approaches

• Provide Safety

• Prevent Accidents

• Manage Safety

Audited Conformity with International Quality and Safety Standards

• ISO 9001-2000 - certifies that the company's flight, maintenance and dispatch

operations comply with world-recognized quality standards and provides an

additional robust competitive advantage in the global market.

• ISO 14001:2004 – certifies that the company has in place an environmental

management system to enable them to reduce their environmental footprint on

society.

Member of

• ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization

• IATA – International Air Transport Association

• BACA – the Baltic Air Charter Association

• FIATA – International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

• BIFA – British International Freight Association

Business Code of Ethics introduced and followed at every level of the company

Throughout the history, winner of numerous international awards within the industry

Special Loading Equipment – Volga-Dnepr’s Know-How

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One-piece loads up to 120 tons

‘Crane-less’ loading/offloading of one-piece loads up to 80 tons

A two-tier car rack system for up to 53 cars

Heavy trucks

84

610x244x244

22500kg

QA two-tier car rack system for SUV’s and vans

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TECHNICAL POSSIBILITIES FOR MOVING OUTSIZED

AND SUPER HEAVY CARGO

Wheel lift system for 20ft & 40ft containers

- weight up to 18t;

- height up to 290 cm.

SPECIAL LOADING EQUIPMENT – VOLGA-DNEPR’S KNOW-HOW

2 0 2 2

~ 13 000

80...100

170 2

Platform of trailerthe

Wheel supports

~ 13 000

80...100

Adjustable supports

ramp

Aircraft ramp

2

900+

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Not aramp

djustable supports

Crane-less loading


Special system to increase standard onboard cranes capacity

An-124-100

- up to 30 tons capacity;

- 380 cm. height max.

Il-76TD-90VD

- up to 12 tons capacity;

- 285 cm. height max.

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A two-tier car-rack system

- up to 53 cars (B-segment small cars/C-segment medium cars);

- car rack system for SUV’s and vans with up to 200cm. height.


Heavy trucks/vehicles

- up to 12,5 tons per axle*

- up to 36 meters length

- side-by-side loading

* With no additional equipment to be used, otherwise spreading panels/ some loading equipment required


• Any pressurized package to have relieve valves for pressure compensation inside the

container during climb and descend.

• Wooden package to provide direct access to the tie-down points of the cargo.

• Cargo inside the package must be properly secured in respect of maximum G-forces.

• Cargo and its packaging to sustain maximum operating loads during the flight:

PACKING AND CARGO PREPARATION

S I M P L E S K E T C H

2 D - D R A W I N G S

3 D - M O D E L

DEVELOPING ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS

Urgent delivery of rotors HHN-LOS:

Multimodal delivery, design of special loading equipment

• Special frames were designed for this transportation by VDA;

• Frame manufacturing and delivery to the factory in Germany;

• Delivery of the cargo from the factory in Olde to HHN airport.

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HHN

EXAMPLES OF MISSIONS PERFORMED

UVZ exhibitions supporting during 2011-2013:

DOOR-TO-DOOR delivery of heavy military vehicles.

SVX

JNB

DEL

XCR

UUBW

12 flights 2011-2013 y

India

SAR

France

Russia


Return delivery of the empty satellite container:

Multimodal, DOOR-TO-DOOR

KJA

LED Trucking

Sea freight

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YMX


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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION: Create a fixed hanging frame to disperse weight and avoid damage to aircraft interior

LOADING PROCESS

Engineering and technical analysis

Specialist packing and frames

Documentation and customs procedures

Hire of special loading equipment, such as mobile cranes and trailers

Optimal route and load planning for the end-to-end cargo

Full multimodal solution, including road, rail and ocean logistics

Insurance and Warehousing

Air Logistics is only part of our story

THE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM

Cheap =

Fast =

Quality =

Cheap

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Optimal Balancing Solutions

– How Volga Dnepr can do it

Expensive

Is Time Money ??

• Money is recoverable

• Time is Time – an unrecoverable element

Ad hoc, time driving factors (emergency, humanitarian aid,

military, high penalty for late delivery, supply chain failure);

Lack of infrastructure (regions difficult of access, military,

humanitarian ops);

Airfreight but odd size/ heavy cargo;

High value cargo, high sensitive cargo (great risks to

damage);

Safety reasons;

Special cargo (ammo, AVI, DG, art, hazardous);

“Just In Time” projects;

KEY FACTORS FOR AIRCHARTER

$ BUDGET $

CASE STUDIES OF OPERATIONAL AND OPTIMIZATION OF COSTS

• Supply Chain failure

• AOG

• Humanitarian relief matters.

• Peace keeping operations

1. Time critical

LGG

50 days

IAD

DXB

CHS KDH

AMC

481 charters … 2002-2012 гг

KBL

ACC

EMA

VVI

PVG 25 days TUN

KRT

14 days

LAX / IAH / ATL NGO

WHY DO CUSTOMERS CHOOSE AIR TRANSPORTATION

2.Lack of infrastructure

Колумбия

Far East • Military cargo;

• Humanitarian/relief matters;

• Industrial projects logistics.

Chad, Equatorial

PWE

GDX

Polimetall

16 flights

2012 y Afghanistan

AMC

5741… flights 2002-2012 yy

BP and others.

154 flights 1996-2012 yy

LED

PYJ

YKS

DME

Alrosa

18 flights 2006-2008 yy

KBR, Esso..

121 flights 1996-2012 yy

Siberia

Sudan

UN, RS

88 flights 1996-2012 yy


3.Oversize cargo

• Heavy machinery

• Energy related cargo

DYU

IKA

105 tons

Transformators

2 flights 2011 y

FRU

ОАО Силовые машины

Turbine wheel

2008 y

95 tons

LED

FRA EMA

VBS

GE Rotors

98-105 tons

MAD

SVQ


PEK

XIC

• High-tech equipment;

• Satellites

• Telecom. equipment

China

4. High value cargo

EMA

TLS

Rolls-Royce

45 flights 2003-2013 yy

Europe

CAY

NUQ

US - Latin America

MUC

UAON

FDH

EADS

4 flights 2006-2013 yy

20 flights 2006-2013 yy

SSL, LM

17 flights 2006-2013 yy


• DG, DG FF

(safe route , transit permissions)

• AVI (Live animals)

• Art, Luxury

5. Special cargo

CCK

SYD

SVX

BUD

CEK

JNB

DEL

XCR

LYS BUH

YTR

RAX

TPE

AMQ

SIN

MFM

2 flights 2006 г

UVZ (exhibitions)

6 flights 2012 y

5 flights 2012-14 г


1996-1998, 2005

128 Flights 10,000 Tonnes

via АN-124-100

Project cost BP - $1.6 billion

BRITISH PETROLEUM: EL YOPAL, COLOMBIA

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Авиационная Морская + наземная

Goods are transported by plane

Cost avialogistiki 10,000 tons

gruzov- $ 12 million

95% safe delivery to its destination

Required completion of the airport -

$ 20 million

Груз перевозится кораблем и траками

Стоимость интермодальной логистики порядка

6млн $

Необходимо строительство наземной

инфраструктуры: ~ 100 млн. $

«Бандитский налог» за наземную логистику ~ 35

млн.

Высокая вероятность кражи оборудования и

строительного материала во время наземной

доставки

Обеспечение безопасности наземной логистики

порядка 30 млн $

Необходимо полтора года до ввода проекта

The full cost of the logistics of the project –

$32 million

Полная стоимость логистического проекта

могла превысить – 171 млн $

Additional income from the accelerated entry

of oil for 1.5 years - $ 1 billion

Критерии выбора заказчиком авиалогистики


Cost of intermodal logistics ~ $6 million

Development of ground infrastructure ~

$100 million

Safety measures for ground

transportation ~ $30 million

1.5 years before the project can start

Cost of air logistics ~ $12 millon

Upgrade of the airport ~ $20 million

Safe delivery to destination

$1 BILLION

Air transportation Ground and Ocean transportation


2002-2007 56 FLIGHTS

4,500 tons

Njamena, Chad

Njamena, Chad

Air transportation Water & Ground transportation

Cost of air logistics – $25 mln

Safe delivery to destination

Cost of intermodal logistics ~ $10 mln

Development of ground infrastructure:

8 bridges and 200 km of road ~ $2,5

billion

Construction of ground infrastructure

and ground transportation can only

take place 4 months out of 12

Equipment safety risks

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia

95+ flights on different aircraft types

3,000 tons of equipment

Criteria for choosing

Air Transportation in industrial projects

1) Technical possibility for airfreight

2) Logistics project costs

3) Security of cargo and people on the project

4) Time frame

Ways of optimization

1. Optimum transport solution

2. Combination of different transport capacities

3. The most suitable choice of aircrafts types

4. Load planning of transport capacities

5. Loading/Offloading and transportation technologies

6. Choice of operating airports

7. Packaging

8. Choice of reliable service providers

Bergamo – Berezniki Project

Target: 83 tons Heat Exchanger.

Reasons for Air Transportation: Time critical sequence of

events - Late production in Italy

- Coming low temperatures season in Russia

- Feature installation procedures only at above 0 temperatures allowed

Bergamo - Berezniki. «Door-to-Door» delivery

MXP

PEE

5 Hours

We have worked out and offered cargo delivery from the manufacturer

to the consumer within 3 days (including customs formalities)

• Obtaining permissions for

trucking: 3 weeks

• Trailer loading: 4 hours

• Trailer offloading: 4 hours

• Aircraft loading: 8-10 hours

• Trailer offloading: 4 hours • Customs clearance: 3-4h

• Trailer loading: 8 hours

Suisio,

BG, Italy

Milan,

a/p MXP

Perm’,

Russia

a/p PEE

Berezniki,

Russia Air Transportation Trucking

5 hrs

Trucking

12 hrs 12 hrs

*Exclude time for obtaining permissions

Tasks VD have been solving

BEFORE and during the operation:

- Cargo preparation coordination

- Road clearance and issues with

passes.

- Cranes/trailers arrangements at

both ends.

- Customs formalities…

Sankt Polten - Bratsk Project – «Door-to-Door delivery»

Target: Runner for Bratsk HPP, 82 tons

Reasons for Air Transportation: - Critical dimensions and weight of the cargo (diameter

630cm, weight ` 82 tons).

- Poor infrastructure in Eastern Siberia and severe

weather conditions during winter time, consequently

ground transportation and sea-freight look barely

possible and quite risky.

Sankt Polten - Bratsk. «Door-to-Door delivery»

• Obtaining of permissions for

trucking: 3 weeks

• Loading onto trailer: 24FEB - 4 hours

• Loading into the aircraft:

25FEB - 8 hours

• Delivery from airport to

Bratsk HPP and offloading

27FEB - 6 hours.

• Cargo offloading onto trailer:

26FEB - 8 hours

Sankt

Polten,

AUSTRIA

Vienna a/p, AUSTRIA

Bratsk a/p,

Russia Hydroelectric

Power Station Air Transportation Trucking

11 hours

Trucking

2 hours 3 hours

1. To load such heavy cargo into An-124 Volga-Dnepr’s technical specialists worked out unique loading

solution.

2. Volga-Dnepr’s logistic department took care of all stages of transportation starting from loading of

cargo at shipper’s warehouse at St.Polten (Austria) till delivery to Bratsk Power House.

BTK

VIE

DME

Tasks VD have been solving BEFORE

and during the operation:

- designing of special frame for cargo

lashing inside the airplane;

- obtaining of road clearances required

for ground transportation of outsized

cargo;

- hiring of equipment for loading /

unloading (crane, trailers, etc.) at

Vienna, Bratsk airports.

Maastrichten – Khabarovsk Project, 51 t.- 2 days

Target: Two self driven platforms for heavy cargoes,

25,5 tons each (23t platform + 2,5t control unit)

Reasons for Air Transportation: - Supply chain failure due to heavy flooding in Russia’s Far East;

- High penalty for late delivery

Maastrichten – Khabarovsk Project

1. Load optimization and wide range of VD Group fleet allowed to come up to the combined solution: IL-76 + Boeing 747

which was 40% cheaper than standard An-124 charter.

2. Deadline to avoid penalty charge15.11.13. Transportation started 07.11.13, departure from MST 09.11.13, delivered to

final destination point 11.11.13.

3. Additional services including technical expertise of the cargo, external cranes hire, terminal and apron freight handling,

obtaining necessary clearances and permits, etc.

• MST – DME = 3 hours

• DME – KJA = 4 hours

• KJA – KHV = 4 hours. • Trailer offloading: 4-5

hours

• Customs clearance: 3-4h

• Aircraft offloading and trailer loading

: 8 hours

Maastricht,

Netherlands

Khabarovsk Russia

AMS, Netherlands

Khabarovsk,

Russia + 5 hours

Boeing 747

Air Transportation

5 tons

IL76TD-90VD

Air Transportation

KHV

AMS

MST

DME KJA

46 tons

AIR TRANSPORT UTILIZATION FOR LARGE AND COMPLEX PROJECTS

EXXON LNG - Papua New Guinea Project

Complex, Technical and Cost driven

PNG LNG Project

• DEC 2008 – Inaugural visit by VD specialists to

commence site inspections for location of future runway

• OCT 2011 – Tender process started

• APR 2012 – VD chosen as carrier of choice

• MAY-AUG 2013 – Commencement of flight services

from Port Moresby to newly built Komo airport

Environment & HOW DO WE GET IT THERE?

→ Well-sites & Gas Conditioning Plant located in PNG Highlands (800km in-land / 2,500m altitude)

→ 97 Bridges between main port (Lae) & job site : BUT Max Capacity = 60 tons Gross Vehicle Weight

→ Impact in improving road & bridge infrastructure = MASSIVE COST plus TIME

→ SOLUTION: → General Equipment / Construction Supplies = by ROAD along existing 800km route

→ Critical / Heavy / Oversized Equipment = by AIRBRIDGE SOLUTION

Antonov 124 – Aircraft of Choice Purpose built Airport / Run-way for AN124 Dedicated Heavy Haul Route (25km to site)

Komo Airport

– Early build stages of new runway

Komo Airport

- A few more truckloads of soil to move…

Komo Airport

- Nearly done...

Komo Airport

- Just need to paint the 3.5 km runway...

Komo Airport

- Time to Fly after 2 years of infrastructure building…

Verification of trailer design

FINAL TRAILER LOAD & OFF-LOAD SOLUTION

Scope of work

Manufacturing Stage

Priority List

Consolidation PNG

Sea Port Airport

Flight Execution

Offload Komo

Technical Advice and

Loadability Studies

Delivery Schedule and

Contingency Plans

Forward Load Planning

Immediate Load Planning

Tracking

Safety Procedures

Quality Control

Key facts of the Papua New Guinea project implementation

Period of operation: 3rd of May – 14th of August 2013

88 flights performed

5.7 MILLION kilos of cargo carried

Average optimized payload 72,000 kg on each flight

6 flights per week.

Synchronised – Just In Time flights

No delays and more critically – No damage

No problems with loading during flights execution.

Key Success Factors

Early involvement in the planning process

Coordination of technical details and delivery schedules with manufacturers

Optimization of loading/offloading methods and procedures

Permanent contact with the project team for effective cooperation

Clear and transparent system of load planning and making technical decisions

Well defined aircraft maintenance plans and contingency procedures.

Uncompromised approach to flight safety

Previous experience with similar projects

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

IT IS NOW TIME TO FLY BUT PLEASE CONTACT ME IF

YOU NEED ANY ASSITANCE WITH ANY CHARTER,

ENGINEERING OR LOGISTICAL OPPORTUNITIES

[email protected]

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