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able.” Liberty Global Logistics echoes
this advice. Bob Wellner, Liberty’s
executive vice president, and Mike
Chapell, its director of operations,
emphasize the strength of their part-
nership with UPS. “Our standards
for business are very similar to theirs;
both parties set the bar for perfor-
mance and compliance very high.
There is a substantial level of trust.”
Wellner and Chapell also salute
the partnership with the Department
of Defense. “What the United States
government has been able to accomplish in conjunction with private
partners is incredible.” N
Among them is a team led by Liberty
Global Logistics, a U.S.-based multimodal transportation and logistics company
that specializes in heavy equipment and
rolling stock, with its partner, UPS’s global government operations group, which
provides logistics and technology services
to government customers.
Army Colonel Glenn Baca, chief of
operations for military surface deploy-
ment and distribution command, says
the multimodal program “allows us to
meet the president’s timetable.” He adds
that considering that we’re “in the middle
of a conflict in a landlocked country on
the other side of the world, it’s been a big
success.”
The thousand-mile air hop to Dubai
enables the military to bypass the risks
associated with surface movement out of
Afghanistan. The port in Karachi wasn’t
designed for the volume and type of
cargo it has been handling for more than
a decade, and therefore, is extremely inef-
ficient. The flight also dodges the border
crossings, where hundreds of trucks can
be backed up in either direction. It avoids
the risk of ambush or attack. And, of
course, the uncertainty of Russia is not a
factor when you are airborne and headed
southeast.
As for how much cargo is being flown
out, Lloyd Knight, director of UPS’s global government operations group, reports
that the volumes in the program change
frequently. “At times, we’ll handle several
dozen aircraft in a two-week period, and
other times, we’ll manage just one or two
flights per month.” These are not small
aircraft. They’re often 747s, or IL- 76 and
AN-124 aircraft that can handle oversized
loads that won’t fit in a 747.
“Since the beginning of the program,
we have moved more than 150 million
pounds,” Knight continues. “If it fits
on an aircraft, it’s moved in the program.” Since the multimodal contract
was awarded in 2012, Liberty and UPS,
just one of five teams transporting freight,
have moved thousands of pieces of equipment out of Afghanistan.
Knight offers some advice to those considering doing business in unusual locations. “Find the right partners. We found
partners who are reputable, safe, and reli-
