Volga-Dnepr Group’s growing 3PL logistics division in Russia and the CIS has organised the delivery of over 190 tons of shipments for the project engineering company, Telekom-Zapad. The cooperation started with Volga-Dnepr delivering a 230kg shipment of cable samples to Yakutsk in the Russian Far East, located 450km south of the Arctic Circle, using the bellyhold cargo capacity of a passenger aircraft. Transportation of further shipments was completed by road and rail. Volga-Dnepr has also provided cargo warehousing, packing and insurance services. In support of this customer, Volga-Dnepr’s logistics team has so far arranged deliveries over a total combined distance of 71,000km. Georgiy Shklyanik, Head of Logistics at Volga-Dnepr Airlines, said: “The customer was satisfied with our service performance for the first shipment and returned to us with a requirement for a series of cable shipments for the Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company. Some 190 tons of cable were carried by road and rail from Moscow to Kysyl-Syr and Bolshaya Markha in the Yakutsk region. Most recently we have arranged the trucking of a 5-ton outsize low-voltage switchboard from Minsk, Belarus, to Yakutsk. We are now seeing a growing level of enquiries for our logistics services.” Volga-Dnepr’s logistics division was established in 2014 as part of the company’s evolving ‘Cargo Supermarket’ strategy and service offering. The division is charged with providing in-house ground logistics support for Volga-Dnepr Airlines and AirBridgeCargo Airlines, and also offers direct third party logistics services to outside organisations using all modes of ground transport as well as air transport services contracted from other airlines. Volga-Dnepr now works with over 120 subcontractors in Russia and the CIS and currently serves over 100 customers.