December 13, 2022
Nishi-Nippon Railroad Company, Ltd.
SENKO Co., Ltd.
Japan Freight Railway Company, Kansai BranchStart of Bonded Air Cargo Transportation by Rail
Initiatives contributing to maintaining customer supplychains, reducing CO2 emissions and resolving long-distancedriver shortage issues
NNR Global Logistics A Div.of Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co.,Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku,Tokyo; "Nishitetsu"), SENKO Co., Ltd. (Head office: Kita-ku, Osaka City; "SENKO") andJapan Freight Railway Company, Kansai Branch (Kita-ku, Osaka City; "JR Freight Kansai
Branch") hereby announce that they will begin rail services for bonded air cargotransportation from the Nishitetsu Rinku Cargo Center ("Nishitetsu Rinku") in Izumisano City,
Osaka Prefecture to the international cargo areas at Narita and Haneda Airports.
Transportation trials began in September 2022, with full-scale operation planned to begin
from April 2023.
The three companies will provide transportation services along new routes to cater to theincreasing volume of bonded air cargo between regions, in a move aimed at reducing CO2
emissions and overcoming the shortage of truck drivers.

Rinku Cargo Center
りんくう貨物センター
Customs
procedures at保税蔵置場にて
bonded warehouses

税関手続き

Rail transportation

鉄道輸送

成田空港

Tokyo FreightTerminal

貨物センター

Kudara Kamotsu
Terminal～50km
Nishi-Nippon
Railroad
西日本鉄道㈱Company,
りんくう Ltd.
Rinku Cargo Center

ター百ミ済
ナ貨
ル物
駅

ター東ミ京
ナ貨
ル物
駅

～80km

Narita Airport

Sent directly to
国際貨物地区へ直送
internationalcargo area

5:52
arrival
5：52着
6:17 handover(6：17～引渡)(21:00 cut-off)(21：00締切)
21:40
departure
21：40発～10km

HanedaAirport羽田空港

1. Overview
The number of international flights departing from Kansai International Airport ("KansaiAirport") is on the path to recovery compared to the significant slump caused by the spreadof COVID-19, but flight numbers have not yet reached pre-pandemic levels.
From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when flights first began to decrease,1

Nishitetsu shifted its focus toward the relatively high number of international routes departingfrom Narita and Haneda Airports, and began operations to boost shipments from Kansai
Airport using bonded transportation in long-distance trucks for international cargo withcustoms export permission from Nishitetsu Rinku on the shore opposite Kansai Airport to theinternational cargo area at Narita and Haneda Airports.
As this bonded transportation service to the international cargo area at Narita and Haneda
Airports gains traction, Nishitetsu is not only helping to maintain reliable supply chains forcustomers, but it has also coordinated efforts between the three companies—Nishitetsu,SENKO and JR Freight Kansai Branch—to begin rail transportation of bonded air cargo withthe aim of resolving the complex issue of the 2024 problem that poses a risk to reliable longdistance truck operations in Japan, and the corresponding increase CO2 emissions
generated with long-distance truck transportation.
This transportation service has been developed through the combination of Nishitetsu's
know-how related to air cargo and bonded operations, JR Freight's environmental andproductivity superiority with its rail cargo transportation service, and SENKO's know-how withcontainer transportation through its transportation business operators using rail services.

Nishitetsu Rinku Cargo
CenterTruck transportation

Cargo rail transportation

2. Advantages of using the system
Establishing different routes for reliable supply using bonded transportation from Kansai
Airport to the international cargo area at Narita and Haneda Airports will help to optimizeexporters' supply chains, while also addressing the 2024 problem that is expected due to theshortage of long-distance truck drivers.
The use of rail transportation with minimal CO2 emissions for sections normally coveredby long-distance trucks helps to reduce the amount of emissions and contribute to a greener
society.
This transportation method reduces CO2 emissions across all steps from Nishitetsu Rinku
to the international cargo area at Narita and Haneda Airports by around 60% compared totransportation using trucks (comparison when using a 10 t truck for all steps from Nishitetsu
Rinku to the international cargo area at Narita and Haneda Airports).
3. Future plans
The aim will be to switch around half of the volume of bonded cargo transportation
arranged by Nishitetsu from Nishitetsu Rinku to the international cargo area at Narita and2

Haneda Airports to this new route in the future.
4. Overviews of each company■ NNR Global Logistics Division, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Company, Ltd.
[Address] Mainichi Nihonbashi Building, 3-2-5, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN■ SENKO Co., Ltd.
[Address] Umeda Sky Building Tower West, 1-1-30 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka City,Osaka, JAPAN■ Japan Freight Railway Company, Kansai Branch[Address] 2-4-24 Shibata, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka, JAPAN* This release has been distributed to the following press clubs.
○MLIT Press Club ○Tokiwa Club ○JR Press Club ○Seito Club ○Kintetsu Press Club
○Fukuoka Economic Press Club* This is a joint press release from Nishi-Nippon Railroad Company, Ltd., SENKO Co., Ltd.
and Japan Freight Railway Company. Please note that duplicates may have been
distributed.

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