NASHVILLE – At present 28 certifications have been completed and 850 people have been trained in IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validator’s (CEIV) program, said Ronald Schaefer, project lead, CEIV Pharma, IATA, during Tuesday’s session at the CNS Partnership Conference. By the end of the year, Schaefer said he expects 80 entities in 34[…]
NASHVILLE – How can a presentation that began by classifying the market for airfreight as “mediocre” and was presented by a speaker who openly admitted to a rather bearish outlook for the remainder of 2016, contain even a thread of optimism? IATA’s senior economist, George Anjaparidze, managed to do just that during his presentation yesterday[…]
NASHVILLE — The score so far: Consistency and predictability are better than faster speed. Associations work well with each other, but there’s room for improvement. Electronic air waybills (e-AWBs) are worth the trouble it takes to switch over from paper. And forwarders are actually the segment that’s getting the most out of e-AWBs at the[…]
NASHVILLE — Launching his presentation with an anecdote from his past about his first CNS conference, speaker Brian P. Clancy, managing director of Logistics Capital & Strategy, LLC contrasted the glory days of the past, when the airfreight market expanded at a multiplier nearly double the rate of global GDP growth, with the present situation[…]
Atlas Air 747-8F Artwork NASHVILLE — Just days after signing a US$110 million deal to purchase Southern Air Holdings, William J. Flynn, president and CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, made the odd choice of focusing on the state of air traffic control in the United States as the main topic of his keynote address[…]
NASHVILLE — Why are associations important in making cargo move? It’s a question best not asked to Congress, said one panelist, Brandon Fried, executive director, the Airforwarders Association, as he fondly recalled past encounters with Congressmen harnessing distorted views of a “dangerous” airfreight industry. In essence, a single Congressman riled up by the period’s pressing[…]
