In normal times, without the covid-19 pandemic, the eve of the New Year celebrations and the Chinese New Year is a time of the year when demand increases, supply decreases, and consequently space becomes limited and prices rise. This year, due to the health situation, which unfortunately we are all confronted with, this effect is even more accentuated and is particularly felt in the air freight sector.  In this context, Sea-Air solutions can still be a fast and economical alternative for which costs are reduced by an average of 40 to 60% compared to air freight. They also offer time savings of up from 10 to 15 days compared to sea freight.

From a technical point of view, the Sea-Air service is a multimodal transport solution in which several modes of transport are combined during a single journey, in this case, sea and then air transport. Bansard International offers a Sea-Air solution from the main ports in China to the main European air hubs via Dubai airport, with transit times between 18 and 21 days depending on the origin. 

Why Dubaï?

Dubaï is considered as one the best gateway of the MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia) region, at mid-way between Asia and Europe its location can reach 1/3 of the worldwide population within a 4 hours flight. Dubai is also considered as one of the biggest logistics hubs in the region with cutting edge facilities who have contributed to expanding his airport to Top 4 busiest airport in the world in terms of passengers flight (CNN) and top 6 in term of Cargo (Airport Council International) in 2019. As well as in Sea Freight, with the port of Jebel Ali which is wrapping up the top 10 of the busiest port in the world with more than 14.95 million TEUs in 2019. Jebel Ali port is not only the busiest port in the Middle East but as well the world's biggest man-made harbor (Port Technology).

In term of development intermodal transport, the infrastructures of Dubaï is considered as the best in the region. This type of transportation is considered the future of logistics in the UAE and became a key strategy of the Federal Transport Authority (FTA). Which in the coming years plans to automate containers using ship, truck, and (soon) rail, without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes, reduces cargo handling (Logistics Middle East).

Transit times to Paris (CDG), Amsterdam (AMS), Frankfurt (FRA), Madrid (MAD), Barcelona (BCN), and Milan (MXP):

• 18 days from Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong
• 20 days from Shanghai and Ningbo,
• 23 days from Qingdao

Expert in freight transport and overseas logistics since 1963, we implement global transport and logistics solutions to facilitate the management of your supply chain from start to end. Our goal is to implement innovative and reliable supply chain solutions to provide you perfect visibility and control of your freight. If you learn more about our multimodal services, do not hesitate to contact our teams.