ITC grows Irish import business
The first four months of 2008 saw a 20% boost in import business for International Trucking Consolidators (ITC), the air-interline trucking arm of Ireland’s largest cargo GSSA, IAM. ITC’s core business of providing scheduled export trucking services commenced in 1995; the company now also offers airlines a full consignee agent marketing function designed to generate inbound business. This is supported by inbound trucking from the UK and Europe for offline carriers, and handling services provided by sister company ITC Handling at four Irish airports. ITC’s consignee marketing function, which was first actively promoted in 2006, has since grown to handle inbound traffic for 8 airlines, including 4 not represented by parent IAM. ITC has added 2 new client carriers in the past year, and is currently in advanced negotiations with several more airlines. Apart from the growth in ITC’s customer base, the weakness of the US Dollar has produced a substantial increase in import traffic from the USA carried on American Airlines. ITC currently handles business for a number of major import accounts, which perform an element of manufacture in Ireland before re-exporting. The nature of this business can produce periodic surges in traffic to meet short-term customer demand; these surges are readily accommodated by ITC through its instant access to additional vehicles of all types. ITC plans to further strengthen its import business and achieve more consistent traffic flows by adding to its portfolio of carriers and the spread of its import agent customer base. Quelle: IAM |
