ACL Airshop announced strategic initiatives and technology themes at last week’s air cargo forum in Miami and transport logistics Americas.
ACL Airshop has geared-up two key aspects in its business offerings, centered on customers’ needs. While maintaining its market share on short-term ULD leasing solutions, it is adding a growing array of selective long-term multi-year ULD fleet management contracts with its customers and continuously upgrading its comprehensive digital suite of innovative logistics technologies.
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Long-term ULD fleet management contracts now comprise half of ACL Airshop’s deployed asset volume
Multi-year contracts can give customers cost-efficient access to all of the logistics and digital services that ACL Airshop offers, including repairs, nets, straps, digitalisation, ULD Control, tracking, FindMyULD, and other end-to-end efficiencies. The company is continuously investing in more pallets and many other ULD types to expand its available fleet, and will be opening more network hub stations in response to clients’ requirements. That includes ACL’s unique one-way lease/drop-off option. ACL Airshop’s deliberate mix of short-term solutions and long-term recurring contracts is a formidable value proposition that helps customers with numerous options.
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Award-winning digital suite makes life easier for all users in the customer’s logistics ecosystem
ULD Control is a complete web based software solution for managing ULD equipment anywhere 24/7. ACL Airshop is a key player at the nexus of the industry evolution in digital technologies that aid freight forwarders, shippers, cargo centres, and airlines in improving their operations. The company recently revealed in 2022 a newly designed and field-tested Bluetooth ULD tag for installation in the seat-tracks of cargo pallets. That product is now rolling-out with several major customers. By combining ULD Control with the company’s award-winning app FindMyULD, Bluetooth tracking, ACL’s global Operations Center, plus advanced Repair Station software and other innovations, customers discover they can “do more with less.” ACL Airshop has now even tied the Airway Bill itself to the Bluetooth tag of the ULD, creating useful new levels of end-to-end visibility and speed for air cargo customers and their end-user shippers. One of the company leaders likened these advances to the “Uberisation” of the air cargo ULD sector—putting “everything in the palm of your hand” for customers and other parties across the cargo network.
ACL Airshop owns, maintains and leases more than 60,000 Unit Load Devices (ULDs), including air freight pallets and containers, issued from 55 airport hub locations across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America. ACL Airshop’s strong growth in recent years builds on the company’s 39-year heritage as an air cargo equipment and logistics specialist, having expanded from 23 airport hub locations in 2016 to 55 at latest count with more planned.
