OCTOBER 2021 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM NEW YORK'S A Airport VoicIRPORTe COMMUNITY
CARGO CRUNCH
SUPPLY CHAIN KINKS
BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS
2021
Golf Tournament Schedule
DELTA GOLF
WINGS OF HOPE
Monday, October 4th North Hills Country Club
Registration, Brunch and Networking
10:20am-11:45am
Pre-Shotgun Toast
11:45am
Shotgun
12N
Cocktails and Cigars
HUNTLEY 4pm-LAWRENCE
5pm
ON AIRPORT CARGO
Dinner (outdoor seating)
KAAMCO CARGO COMMITTEE: CARGO PANDEMIC SPREADING
Vol. 5, No. 10 In you can't be there, we are here for you
5pm-6pm
Port listens to cargo needs at JFK. The worldwide cargo crunch has local handling companies at the airports, and business partners
including brokers, truckers and area warehouses stretched beyond capacity. The Port Authority has recognized appeals for
assistance for short-term facilities by the Kaamco Cargo Committee and business partners. JFK Deputy GM Teresa Rizzuto and
Airside Manager John Arancio speak with Lufthansa cargo termnal manager Vito D'Anna to discuss ways in which cooperation
can lead to relief and get cargo cleared and moving at the airport. Photo by Jeff Yapalater
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BY JEFF YAPALATER
The Kaamco Cargo Committee meeting was held on Sept
30 in a zoom call. Chair Brian Cooley of AA, opened the meeting
with a note of condolence for the sudden passing of Walt
Beadling, a long-time friend of the cargo community.
A cargo pandemic is spreading from all areas around the
globe to airports. Cooley opened a discussion on the important
update on the state of overwhelmed cargo facilities at JFK
due to complex relationship of Chinese goods, ocean shipping
backlogs at Los Angeles and to a lesser degree here, worker
and trucker shortage and security requirements. It has been a
roller coaster of surge of consumer demand, erratic shipments
from our huge Chinese trading partner and the continued effect
of covid on our workforce both physically and mentally.
Primarily because of the ocean container ship jam, JFK is seeing
extra traffic which is straining capacity limits here.
With a sense of urgency representatives from AA, Lufthansa,
and WFS have voiced their concerns. Meetings and
site visits are planned by Deputy General Manager Teresa
Rizzuto to understand the volume and overwhelming number
of goods that are waiting to be processed by many of the airport’s
cargo companies.
One warehouse manage said this all started to come
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