The first Saab joined RVL in January and the second arrived from Sweden in March, following its freighter conversion. Both aircraft have been leased through Miami-based Jetstream Aviation capital, in the USA, which specialises in commercially operated regional turboprop aircraft.

Dave Connor, RVL managing director, said: “Within a day of arriving with us the new aircraft was in service on a cargo flight to Italy, and there is an extensive schedule of operations in the pipeline for it including ad-hoc cargo charters.

“Not only does the new aircraft add vital capacity for us as the UK’s pandemic measures are starting to ease, it also provides a useful back-up capability now that we have two of the same aircraft in the fleet.

“The whole RVL team is enormously excited about the new aircraft and the company’s future prospects now that the new aircraft have started operating. All staff have done a magnificent job to get the Saabs operational, including varying all our operating approvals in a very short time and in the most challenging of circumstances. It’s a huge success story for the business and the team.”

Additional pilots have been recruited to RVL’s flight operations to crew the new aircraft, increasing the airline’s flying staff by some 30 per cent.“All the new pilots come with experience of, and a background in, the operation of the Saab 340, which gives us the confidence and expertise to be able to launch operations quickly and efficiently,” said Head of Flight Operations and Chief Pilot Rich Baker.

“Operationally the Saabs are a big step up for us. They require two crew at all times and, of course, they carry considerably more cargo than we dealt with previously. That we are up-to-speed without a pause or hiccup is a testament to the whole of RVL.” Head of commercial, David Lacy, said: “Our customers have been asking us for larger aircraft and we have delivered. Each of the 340s offers roughly four times the cargo volume and payload of our existing aircraft and we are now able to fly a larger payload much further than our previous fleet allowed us to. The Saab is an ideal aircraft for both our long-term cargo contracts and ad hoc missions. We are confident that they will be key to securing new business as the country recovers from Covid restrictions.”

For ground operations manager Ross Titchiner the upscale in RVL’s cargo capacity has presented exciting new challenges for him and his experienced team.“It takes us to a new level. In operational terms we now have to think a little bit differently as to how we approach things,” said Ross. “A significant payload increase for RVL air cargo, compared to what we have previously been able to offer, is a massive positive.

“We have upgraded and adapted our procedures, for example airfield slot management, and have developed better ways to work with our operational control and flight planning systems. It has been a complete change of mindset for the team to optimise to get the best from the new aircraft and what they can achieve operationally. And every team member has stepped up seamlessly.

“The experience level is growing. It’s exciting to be picking up a whole new skillset and thinking about heavier weight aircraft and what we can do with them as we grow.”

RVL Aviation, founded in 2007, is the holder of a number of regulatory approvals, including a UK AOC, EASA Part TCO, Part 145 maintenance and Part M continuing airworthiness. In addition to the Saab 340 aircraft, RVL operates four Beech King Air, six Reims-Cessna 406s, two Cessna 404s and one Cessna 402 aircraft for passenger and cargo charter, aerial survey and long-term contract operations for third parties.

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This revolution in the field of transportation means many advantages by removing different bureaucratic burdens at customs and by protecting the security of goods to be transported.

Although during the COVID-19 crisis there are some declines in cargo transportation, the transport business is expected to gradually recover. Once it recovers, all ongoing processes will continue with a vengeance. Our Holding, same as BIMCO (BIMCO is the largest of the international shipping associations representing shipowners), conducts regular market and risk analysis based on the most recent data available.

“The global XSI® declined by 0.5% in Mar-20 to 115.09 points having increased for the previous four months. Despite the fall, the benchmark remains up 5.8% year-on-year and has risen by 2.2% since the end of 2019”. The monthly containership report discusses recent containership freight rate movements and market developments. This allows us to look at the situation hopefully.

As we know most of the world’s logistics and supply chain constitute transportation containers. Millions of transportation containers are used for the transportation of important goods and supply of food overseas all over the world. It is estimated that 20 millions of ship containers annually transport goods all over the world in the amount of 4 trillion dollars, which constitutes 90% of global trade. The research shows that in one transportation transaction there are, on average, 28 different units involved, including ports, operators and customs agencies.
Tracking down of the goods to be transported in ship containers is the main priority of all shipping companies working all over the world. Tracking down and surveillance of a container helps to obtain a real-time scenario that enables companies to take better decision with regard the supply chains.

What is a “Smart” Container?

Nowadays containers serve not only for moving goods, but also provide information that considerably helps to all shipping and international logistics sector. There is no doubt – the impulse of the new digital era should be used to look for the answers to the most important questions of all ages: what happens to containers following their loading into ships, until they again arrive at a port…

The “smart” container is equipped with a complex ecosystem device that enables not only to track down the location of container, but also provides all necessary information on the container. The container sensors monitor several parameters, for example, pressure, light and humidity that might cause damage to the cargo situated in the container. There are also movement and door sensors in operation in order to track down, where and when the container was opened and closed. GPS monitors precise location of the container. Besides, continuous surveillance of containers enables ports to plan incoming shipments, storage and further distribution better. It is excellent that operators, forwarding agents and clients who have used to Internet and the “immediate” principle offered by new technologies can link their cargos to a laptop computer, a tablet or a phone.

Every “smart” container is labelled with a unique barcode, in order to scan the container, when entering the docking station and departing from it. The smart sensors react to insignificant changes in relation to environment in the container and promptly inform or send the alarm signal to the central remote surveillance institution, which is far away from the “smart” container, therefore the problem could be diagnosed remotely and it is possible to react quickly.

The data obtained on every container might provide customs with additional information in order to facilitate the increase of the speed of customs procedure. This all-in-all helps to improve considerably the transport management in the world and to improve the logistics of cargos transported by sea, because most of the incorrectly directed or lost containers could be found easily.

Spreading of “Smart” Containers is a Matter of Time

Clever or “smart” containers take over the transportation by sea. It was a matter of time, before the maritime sector exceeded the automation of day-to-day work process or carried out digitalization at offices, ports and terminals. Therefore it is clear that changes had to take place sooner or later. Already now the experts estimate that within three years 1.5-10% of world’s container fleet will be equipped as “smart” containers. Others find that the number of “smart” containers will triple by 2023, exceeding more than 2 million units that constitute approximately 6.5% of world’s stocks of boxes.
The more “smart” containers, the cheaper will be the devices to be installed in them, and the value of cargo to be transported will increase even more.

The transportation crisis caused by COVID-19 has clearly shown that such smart containers are indispensable and very necessary for carriers to be able to understand exactly where your cargo was left at sea, in which area it was ‘stuck’, in which port the cargo was unloaded temporarily, etc.

The issues that shall be still dealt with and improved by specialists are the increase of the operating time of the battery of smart devices, the maximum simplicity of the installation of device, the re-use of devise, an opportunity to transmit even faster the data generated by sensors through satellite or internet network, as well as the simplified summarization and storage of monitored data.
Any crisis requires an analysis of what has been done or developed so far, as well as of the ways to improve the existing situation. I assume that in the field of smart containers, too, many improvements and additions will soon bring a much more complete result.

Photo by Ian Taylor on Unsplash

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This revolution in the field of transportation means many advantages by removing different bureaucratic burdens at customs and by protecting the security of goods to be transported.

Although during the COVID-19 crisis there are some declines in cargo transportation, the transport business is expected to gradually recover. Once it recovers, all ongoing processes will continue with a vengeance. Our Holding, same as BIMCO (BIMCO is the largest of the international shipping associations representing shipowners), conducts regular market and risk analysis based on the most recent data available.

“The global XSI® declined by 0.5% in Mar-20 to 115.09 points having increased for the previous four months. Despite the fall, the benchmark remains up 5.8% year-on-year and has risen by 2.2% since the end of 2019”. The monthly containership report discusses recent containership freight rate movements and market developments. This allows us to look at the situation hopefully.

As we know most of the world’s logistics and supply chain constitute transportation containers. Millions of transportation containers are used for the transportation of important goods and supply of food overseas all over the world. It is estimated that 20 millions of ship containers annually transport goods all over the world in the amount of 4 trillion dollars, which constitutes 90% of global trade. The research shows that in one transportation transaction there are, on average, 28 different units involved, including ports, operators and customs agencies.
Tracking down of the goods to be transported in ship containers is the main priority of all shipping companies working all over the world. Tracking down and surveillance of a container helps to obtain a real-time scenario that enables companies to take better decision with regard the supply chains.

What is a “Smart” Container?

Nowadays containers serve not only for moving goods, but also provide information that considerably helps to all shipping and international logistics sector. There is no doubt – the impulse of the new digital era should be used to look for the answers to the most important questions of all ages: what happens to containers following their loading into ships, until they again arrive at a port…

The “smart” container is equipped with a complex ecosystem device that enables not only to track down the location of container, but also provides all necessary information on the container. The container sensors monitor several parameters, for example, pressure, light and humidity that might cause damage to the cargo situated in the container. There are also movement and door sensors in operation in order to track down, where and when the container was opened and closed. GPS monitors precise location of the container. Besides, continuous surveillance of containers enables ports to plan incoming shipments, storage and further distribution better. It is excellent that operators, forwarding agents and clients who have used to Internet and the “immediate” principle offered by new technologies can link their cargos to a laptop computer, a tablet or a phone.

Every “smart” container is labelled with a unique barcode, in order to scan the container, when entering the docking station and departing from it. The smart sensors react to insignificant changes in relation to environment in the container and promptly inform or send the alarm signal to the central remote surveillance institution, which is far away from the “smart” container, therefore the problem could be diagnosed remotely and it is possible to react quickly.

The data obtained on every container might provide customs with additional information in order to facilitate the increase of the speed of customs procedure. This all-in-all helps to improve considerably the transport management in the world and to improve the logistics of cargos transported by sea, because most of the incorrectly directed or lost containers could be found easily.

Spreading of “Smart” Containers is a Matter of Time

Clever or “smart” containers take over the transportation by sea. It was a matter of time, before the maritime sector exceeded the automation of day-to-day work process or carried out digitalization at offices, ports and terminals. Therefore it is clear that changes had to take place sooner or later. Already now the experts estimate that within three years 1.5-10% of world’s container fleet will be equipped as “smart” containers. Others find that the number of “smart” containers will triple by 2023, exceeding more than 2 million units that constitute approximately 6.5% of world’s stocks of boxes.
The more “smart” containers, the cheaper will be the devices to be installed in them, and the value of cargo to be transported will increase even more.

The transportation crisis caused by COVID-19 has clearly shown that such smart containers are indispensable and very necessary for carriers to be able to understand exactly where your cargo was left at sea, in which area it was ‘stuck’, in which port the cargo was unloaded temporarily, etc.

The issues that shall be still dealt with and improved by specialists are the increase of the operating time of the battery of smart devices, the maximum simplicity of the installation of device, the re-use of devise, an opportunity to transmit even faster the data generated by sensors through satellite or internet network, as well as the simplified summarization and storage of monitored data.
Any crisis requires an analysis of what has been done or developed so far, as well as of the ways to improve the existing situation. I assume that in the field of smart containers, too, many improvements and additions will soon bring a much more complete result.

Photo by Ian Taylor on Unsplash

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