Menzies aims to reduce truck waiting with slot booking

Ground handler Menzies Aviation is deploying Nallian’s Truck Visit Management (TVM) solution to improve truck turnaround times.

Menzies will initially deploy TVM at five cargo stations, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Prague and San Francisco, before looking to deploy the solution globally.

The five stations handle more than 500,000 tonnes of cargo annually, the handler said. It expanded its presence at Sydney last month with the opening of a third facility.

The solution provides slot booking, digital check-in, yard orchestration and dock allocation, which Menzies hopes will reduce queues and variability while “improving predictability for forwarders, trucking companies and drivers”.

Beau Paine, executive vice president of air cargo at Menzies Aviation, said: “As we scale our cargo business globally, consistent, data-driven operations on both airside and landside are essential.

”Deploying Nallian’s TVM at priority stations will help us cut truck dwell time, smooth peaks and deliver a faster, more predictable experience for our customers. Native integration with MACH makes this a practical step in our digital journey and a foundation for wider rollout.”

As well as improving truck handling efficiency, Menzies said TVM would enhance yard safety and “unlock measurable labour and efficiency savings”.

The system will integrate with Menzies Aviation Cargo Handling (MACH) cloud-based cargo management platform, developed with Wipro.

Nallian chief executive Jean Verheyen added: “Starting with a focused, multi-region deployment ensures quick value and creates a replicable model that can scale across the network. Tight integration with MACH will provide unified data and control from the yard to the warehouse.”

Menzies is not the only handler to have announced it will deploy the Nallian truck system this year. In April, dnata said that it planned to use the system at its Cargo City Amsterdam facility.