In a recent blog post, forwarder Panalpina warned customers about the "peak-season capacity crunch," noting ground ability will be a critical factor in shipping cargo effecitvely.
“We’re informing airlines and their third-party handlers of our shippers’ requirements. Time to market is critical and you have to be able to execute, not promise and have the cargo stuck for three days in someone’s warehouse,” Lucas Kuehner said in the blog post, adding alignment between all parties, including airlines, ground handlers and airports is critical.
The blog went on to say:
Capacity constraints will cause delays and they could worsen if operations on the ground, i.e. trucking, warehousing, ground handling and customs clearance, can’t deal efficiently with the high cargo volumes.
Problems on the ground such as terminals in Europe struggling with a surge in volumes are something likely to happen again in the fall.
Some airports in Asia-Pacific could be in for a surprise, too.
The current global trade tensions could cause a shift of cargo flows or even the manufacturing base in Asia-Pacific.