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Air freight industry to raise its game
[ October 28, 2016 // Chris ]The UK-headquartered Global Shippers Forum and IATA interest group Cargo iQ signed a memorandum of understanding with to improve quality in airfreight at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum in Paris in late October.
They pledged to implement the Cargo iQ quality management system and promote sustainability in airfreight. And outlined areas where they would work together to create a more efficient, higher quality and secure air cargo supply chain as well as to better communicate to better meet customer needs.
GSF secretary-general, Chris Welsh said: “Against the backdrop of weak growth in international trade, shippers are looking for even greater value from the air cargo industry. It needs to ensure that it is worth the premium service cost versus ocean, road, and rail.”
At the same gathering, TIACA boss Doug Brittin, secretary general of the International Civil Aviation Organization Dr Fang Liu and deputy secretary general of the World Customs Organization, Sergio Mujica, signed an agreement to cooperate more closely to ensure a more efficient, safer air cargo supply chain.