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Straits Times
2 hours ago
- Straits Times
Zoo animals, vaccines and more: Sats powers Paris air cargo hub at Charles de Gaulle
PARIS – Two lions and three golden monkeys passed through an air cargo facility at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on their way to a zoo in central France earlier this year . Besides live animals, the facility also handles other types of specialised cargo, such as pharmaceuticals and perishables like meat and milk. The facility is owned by Sats, the Singapore-listed air cargo handling services provider, and operated by its subsidiary Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), which it acquired in 2023. Following the €1.3 billion (S$1.9 billion) acquisition, Sats became the world's largest air cargo handler. The combined Sats-WFS network operates over 215 stations across 27 countries, covering trade routes that account for more than half of global air cargo volume. Mr Laurent Bernard, vice-president of WFS in France, said on June 3 that the country handled 1.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, with 70 per cent coming from Charles de Gaulle Airport. On June 4, the media toured the Paris cargo facility for the first time. Mr Bernard said Sats' acquisition has helped WFS expand its network, giving it a long-term vision and ability to invest in its business. Previously, WFS was 'very Europe-centric', he said. The company also saw growth in the US, but it lacked a significant footprint in Asia . World Flight Services staff loading a cargo crate onto an aircraft at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on May 4. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI With the acquisition, its reach is now truly global, strengthening its position to negotiate better deals with clients. 'When they are (negotiating) with us, they want a global deal. We can provide them the full package, and many stations (around the world), which is quite important,' Mr Bernard said. WFS was previously owned by a private equity firm whose focus was on 'making quick money in a short time', he said. Sats' acquisition has enabled the company to make investments in its business with a long-term perspective. For example, it is building a 20,000 sq m cargo facility in Lyon – about 460km south of Paris – that will include 7,000 sq m of temperature-controlled space. The building is expected to be ready by mid-2026. WFS has 120,000 sq m of warehouse space at Charles de Gaulle Airport , with roughly 20 per cent of this space dedicated to specialised cargo, Mr Bernard said. General cargo, which is still the company's main business, makes up the rest. Mr Laurent Bernard, vice-president of WFS in France, said Sats' acquisition has helped WFS expand its network, giving it a long-term vision and ability to invest in its business. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI Outside Paris, WFS operates at 11 provincial airports across France, including those in Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, and Strasbourg. The media toured warehouses dedicated to three types of specialised cargo: e-commerce cargo , pharmaceuticals and shipments managed through freight forwarding. The e-commerce cargo is housed in a 5,000 sq m warehouse located less than 100m from the airside. This allows for fast and efficient cargo transfer, meeting the quick turnaround demands of airlines and freight forwarders aiming to make timely deliveries. E-commerce cargo is housed in a 5,000 sq m warehouse located less than 100m from the airside. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI It takes about an hour to unload a full plane, and after checks on-site, the cargo is picked up as soon as two hours later. Most of the cargo arriving at the e-commerce warehouse is from China. The 2,400 sq m pharmaceutical warehouse is temperature-controlled, with one part of the site kept at 15 to 25 deg C and a smaller section at two to eight deg C. The warehouse handles vaccines, insulin and medical devices that have to be kept at a certain temperature. Workers loading pharmaceutical cargo onto a van at the World Flight Services cargo facility at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. The facility is temperature-controlled, and handles shipments of vaccines and other medicines that are temperature-sensitive. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI Another specialised cargo service is freight forwarding, or the coordination and organisation of the movement of shipments on behalf of a shipper. Freight forwarding companies that do not have their own warehouses – usually smaller players – rent space at the WFS facility to consolidate shipments before moving them to the final destinations. This is more economical than leasing their own spaces when cargo volume is low. The World Flight Services freight forwarding warehouse at Charles de Gaulle airport. ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI Besides their warehouse operations at Charles de Gaulle airport, WFS also runs an academy there to train workers in handling specialised cargo. In 2025, the centre aims to train 16,000 people in areas such as the handling of live animals, pharmaceuticals, dangerous goods like flammable liquids or materials, and perishable goods like meat and milk. Mr Bernard said Paris has the capacity to continue accepting passengers, and that it is 'crucial to have cargo linked to the (passenger) routes'. Having cargo on board a passenger plane could contribute 30 per cent of a route's profitability, he added. 'It's quite important – in parallel with passenger development – to continue to grow from the cargo side.' Meanwhile, Sats announced on June 3 three new product offerings designed to strengthen global air logistics resilience, in partnership with global transport and logistics company Kuehne + Nagel. One of the services is the expedited delivery of aircraft parts to Changi Airport during Aircraft-on-Ground (AOG) emergencies, where planes are grounded due to technical or mechanical issues. Sats said the solution leverages technology to track the response during an AOG emergency. This allows ground teams to anticipate the arrival of the spare parts and to prepare for repairs, enabling a quicker return to service. 'These disruptions can result in significant operational and financial impacts, making quick access to spare parts a high priority for the aviation industry,' said Sats and Kuehne + Nagel. The two partners also launched sea-air freight services at Sats' Los Angeles and Singapore hubs. This allows customers to transfer sea cargo onto air transport in the last leg of the journey, which could mitigate disruptions to customers' supply chains. To improve trucking and warehouse efficiency at Frankfurt Airport, the two partners have accelerated import cargo clearance there. This streamlining has reduced delays, allowing faster cargo pick-up and delivery by truck. Vanessa Paige Chelvan is a correspondent at The Straits Times. 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Business Times
2 hours ago
- Business Times
DBS, UOB back 6.7 trillion rupiah loan facility for data centre campus in Batam's Nongsa Digital Park
[SINGAPORE] DBS and UOB have jointly provided a 6.7 trillion rupiah (S$530 million) loan facility to finance the development of a new data centre campus in Batam, Indonesia. The project is jointly developed by DayOne, a Singapore-based data centre developer and operator, and the Indonesia Investment Authority, the country's sovereign wealth fund. It will fund the development and operations of three data centres in Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Indonesia. As the largest rupiah-denominated financing agreement secured for such a development, it is part of the drive to build South-east Asia's digital infrastructure, said DBS and UOB in a joint statement on Thursday (Jun 5). This comes as the region is experiencing ongoing digital transformation that is boosting demand for data centre computing power. Amit Sinha, group head of telecommunications, media and technology, Western multinational corporations and digital economy at DBS, called the move a 'strategic investment' into the future of South-east Asia's digital economy. A NEWSLETTER FOR YOU Friday, 8.30 am Asean Business Business insights centering on South-east Asia's fast-growing economies. Sign Up Sign Up 'Expanding the region's data centre capacity will accelerate the digital transformation of businesses within the region as they embrace solutions such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud services and real-time processing,' he said. South-east Asia's data centre demand is set to triple from its capacity as at 2023 to 6.5 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, said the lenders, citing data from Boston Consulting Group. The region's continued digital transformation, growing regional connectivity and acceleration of AI adoption is fuelling this growing demand. As much as half of this demand is expected to be met by the Singapore-Johor-Batam corridor, a major hub for data traffic in South-east Asia, DBS and UOB said. The corridor's capacity is set to reach up to 3.3 GW by 2030. Data centre campus to facilitate 'next wave' of digital transformation The DayOne Nongsa Digital Park Data Centre Campus is 'designed to support the next wave of digital transformation', said Jamie Khoo, chief executive of DayOne. The campus located within Nongsa Digital Park will house Indonesia's 'most advanced AI-ready data centre', she added. Upon its completion by end-2025, it will have a combined IT load capacity of around 72 megawatts (MW). This will account for around 5 per cent of Indonesia's projected data centre capacity of 1.41 GW by 2029, said DBS and UOB. Nongsa Digital Park to support digital connectivity with Singapore The digital park in Batam aims to be a 'digital bridge' connecting Singapore and Indonesia's economies, they said. 'Strengthened digital connectivity between Indonesia and Singapore better positions both markets to capture growing regional demand for computing power,' DBS' Sinha added. Given Indonesia's ambition to become a regional digital hub, Harapman Kasan, wholesale banking director at UOB Indonesia, highlighted that Batam plays a 'pivotal role' in serving as a key gateway to Singapore. The digital park will allow Singapore companies to leverage Indonesia's infrastructure and digital talent pool as well as enable Indonesia to benefit from Singapore's technological advancement and investment flows, the banks added.
CNA
2 hours ago
- CNA
Goh Jin Hian wins appeal against former company IPP over US$146 million awarded in damages
SINGAPORE: Former Inter-Pacific Petroleum (IPP) director Goh Jin Hian won an appeal to the Appellate Division of the High Court, which on Thursday (Jun 5) set aside US$146 million (S$187 million) in damages previously awarded to IPP. Goh Jin Hian, who is the son of former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, was previously found liable for the losses of the now-insolvent IPP, a marine fuel supplier. On appeal, the Appellate Division of the High Court, comprising Justice of the Court of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang and Judges of the Appellate Division Woo Bih Li and Kannan Ramesh, found that even though Goh had breached his duty of care as a director, his breach did not cause loss to IPP. BACKGROUND IPP had sued Goh for breaching his director's duty and in February last year won the case, which was presided over by Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah at trial. The company said that Dr Goh had failed to look into certain issues which would have led him to realise that the company was being defrauded. The fraud relates to drawdowns of US$146,047,099.60 for cargo trades and US$10,508,238.71 for bunker trades between Jun 21, 2019 and Aug 2, 2029. IPP asserted that Goh had failed to act with reasonable skill and care in the face of three "red flags" - an audit confirmation request signed by Goh, the Maritime and Port Authority of temporary suspension of IPP's bunker craft operator licence, and three confirmations of indebtedness signed by Goh and sent to Maybank. Goh's inquiry into IPP's financial position over these red flags would have resulted in the sham cargo trades being uncovered, the company said. In his defence, Goh claimed that there was no breach, no loss caused and disagreed that the three red flags were sufficient to put him on a train of inquiry. Ruling in favour of IPP, Justice Xu then said Goh had an obligation to oversee the affairs of the company as a director. The judge said the evidence showed that Goh played an active role in the management of the company and had assumed responsibilities, and obtained knowledge and information. While Justice Xu said a director need not know all details, the evidence showed a lack of knowledge by Goh about IPP's cargo trading business, which was a significant portion of the company's activity. He found that Goh failed to act reasonably in the face of the three red flags, which should have raised alarm bells. Finding that IPP had proven loss in relation to the cargo drawdowns, Justice Xu awarded the company damages of US$146,047,099.60. Goh appealed the decision. APPEAL ALLOWED IN PART In a judgment issued by the Appellate Division of the High Court on Thursday, Justice Ramesh said the court agreed with Justice Xu that Goh breached his duty of care by failing to realise IPP was running a cargo-trading arm, but ruled that the company failed to prove that the lapses caused the loss. 'In our view, IPP has failed to discharge its burden of proving that Dr Goh's ignorance of the cargo trading business was the proximate cause of the loss in question, namely the cargo drawdowns,' Justice Ramesh said. The company failed to prove that the fraud would have been detected and the loss averted if Dr Goh had known that IPP was undertaking the cargo trading business, he said. To prove its case, IPP had to specify the steps that Goh would have taken that would have prevented fraud. However IPP did not state these steps or adduce any evidence. Instead it relied on "bare assertions" to suggest that Goh would have found out about the fraud and prevented the cargo drawdowns if he was aware of the cargo trading business, or acted reasonably in respect of the three red flags, Justice Ramesh said. The Appellate Division of the High Court also disagreed with Justice Xu on the issue of the three red flags, finding that they were in fact not red flags that would have put Dr Goh on a train of inquiry. "It cannot be part of a director's duty of supervision and oversight to pick up fraud unless there are tell-tale or warning signs. "A director may be a sentinel, but he is not a forensics investigator or a sleuth, unless there are signs that would put him on inquiry. There is no suggestion by IPP there were any, apart from the 'red flags', which we have concluded were not in fact red flags," Justice Ramesh said. He found that Goh did not breach creditor duty, as he had not authorised the cargo drawdowns which IPP made between Jun 21, 2019 and Aug 2, 2019. Consequently, the Appellate Division of the High Court allowed the appeal in part and set aside the judgment. Goh was represented by TSMP Law Corporation's senior counsel Thio Shen Yi and Mr Nanthini Vijayakumar. On the case, Mr Thio said: "Dr Goh has always maintained that his conduct caused no avoidable loss to IPP, and we believe he has been vindicated." Mr Thio noted that the court had clarified the law of duties for directors, which was an "important decision with practical implications for all directors". "Directors owe fiduciary obligations and duties of care to a company but the Appeals Court has crucially recognised the practical and commercial limits to their ability to scrutinise for and detect fraud, especially deep-seated fraud. This acknowledges the complex commercial realities that directors often operate in," he said. Goh still faces criminal charges that are pending before the court.
