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This edition of Cargo Tracker focuses on the proceedings of the discussions and decisions that took place during the World Cargo Symposium held early March in Bangkok.
Cargo Committee Meeting actions:
Cargo Executive Summit actions:
The project is expanding to 5 new locations this year and 14 new airports. Actions include;
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The mail business is experiencing a downturn but not as much as regular cargo. Airlines need to protect their cash flow and mail is more dependable than cargo right now. Competition is tough and keeping the customer satisfied is key.
The carrier that is willing to make the investment in technology will improve efficiency, speed and quality, in addition to generating long term savings and reducing short-term costs.
With this in mind IATA, the UPU and the IPC are committed to:
Additional Air Mail Panel information
The meeting highlighted carriers in particular take all the risks of cancelled shipments and volume charges without passing penalties to the responsible forwarders.
IATA is committed to assist carriers by:
The meeting objective was to raise the awareness of ULDs by identifying key areas of improvement when dealing with ground handlers, agents and airports.
Key commitments for 2009 include:
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3 speakers…. 3 views. Brian Pearce, IATA’s Chief Economist, provided a global view of the economy, Taimur Baig, from Deutsche Bank Singapore, gave an Asian perspective of the economic trends and David Blond from QuERI-International argued Obama’s Stimulus package will save the world!
All agreed on the key points:
More information on IATA Economics
The main findings of this one-day session on quality are:
The enthusiastic participants of the Security Track discussed a variety of issues:
IATA committed to the following actions in 2009:
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For years the Cargo Agency Conference and the Cargo Services Conference have been shaping the relationship between IATA's Member airlines and the Cargo Agents to establish and promote standards for safe, quick and efficient transportation of air cargo and mail.
The history and purpose of these Conferences, how they function, their achievements so far and how they can be used to shape certain parts of our industry's future were explained.
More information on Cargo Agency Conference
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IATA, in cooperation with companies and organisations representing all segments of the supply chain have commenced development of multi-modal standards for e-freight for dangerous goods.
The transport of radioactive materials is subject to additional regulatory requirements, which has resulted in some airlines taking the decision to no longer handle these commodities.
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Four forums addressed the pressing issues of cargo distribution:
Shippers will continue to work with Cargo 2000 to ensure that the shippers/customers interests in the airfreight industries quality initiative are being covered.
Postal companies within the International Postal Cooperation have identified similarities of IT systems requirements and operational objectives, which will lead to co-operation in the near future.
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The environment was a key theme, being highlighted in the opening plenary, the Cargo Executive Summit and the Cargo Committee.The following actions were agreed upon for 2009:
More on IATA Cargo’s environment initiatives