EFFH stands for the new ‘E-commerce & Freight Forwarder Handling’ services that SATS company, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), offers not just at Frankfurt, but also Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Liege, London, Madrid, Stockholm, and 12 French airports. Kuehne+Nagel recently signed the contract according WFS to provide freight forwarder handling services at Frankfurt Airport, Europe’s largest air cargo gateway. On behalf of Kuehne+Nagel, the service provider will handle import shipments, carry out weight and dimensions processes on export shipments, and ensure that goods are secure and ready for carriage. Further, it will provide cargo labelling, HAWB consolidation into Master Airway Bill (MAWB), ULD build-up services and arrange dedicated shuttles for ground handlers and airlines to departing flights.
So, the WFS’ investment in Cargo City South has paid off. It has leased two warehouses and two office buildings on a 24,000 m² site, equipped with ULD handling systems and volume and dimension scanners to efficiently process cargo. Dedicated to EFFH services, the facility opened in DEC25 and can handle an annual import and export throughput of around 100,000 tons.
Bert Selis, VP Business Development E commerce & Freight Forwarding Handling EMEAA, revealed: “Kuehne+Nagel is a key and highly valued partner of SATS and WFS, and we are proud to be expanding our global partnership in Frankfurt, which has been made possible by the launch of our E-Commerce & Freight Forwarder Handling [EEFH] services in our new facilities at the airport. Our EFFH services are central to the growth strategy of SATS/WFS and are designed to deliver clear operational and cost benefits to growing logistics providers, as Kuehne+Nagel has recognized with this new contract.”
Martin Schaefer, SVP Air Logistics Germany at Kuehne+Nagel, commented: “We are pleased to expand our partnership with WFS in Frankfurt. Frankfurt is an important gateway within the Kuehne+Nagel airfreight network. Together, we can speed up imports and exports by reducing clearance and processing times to optimize cargo flows for our customers.”
