SCHENKER INTRODUCES THREE TIME-DEFINITE LEVELS

   The freight forwarding group Schenker has introduced three levels of time-definite airfreight services throughout its network.
    The "JETcargo FIRST," "JETcargo BUSINESS" and "JETcargo ECONOMY" service packages offer firm transit times and a choice of services, with no restrictions on the weights or sizes of shipments.
    JETcargo FIRST is aimed at extremely urgent shipment that require the shortest possible transit times; JETcargo BUSINESS caters for urgent shipments; and JETcargo ECONOMY is designed for less urgent airfreight cargoes.
    Schenker, part of the German group Stinnes AG, is the latest logistics provider to have adopted time-definite services, a concept invented by integrators.
    There is no fixed "money back" guarantee paid to shippers if Schenker does not meet the firm transit time, but such contractual terms may be negotiated individually, a spokesman for Schenker said.
    Schenker said that it has converted all of its global network’s airfreight services to the new services.