The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has added its voice to the cause, condemning the growing problem of goods that infringe Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), and calling for Customs authorities to bring together rights holders, service providers, and regulators for a working dialogue in a new Position Paper published today. Goods that infringe IPR account for a growing proportion of international trade, estimated at over US$250 billion by the Organisation for Economic … [Read more...] about TIACA calls for greater coop in fight against counterfeit goods
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PACTL officially opens new CEIV Pharma certified cool centre
Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal Co., Ltd. (PACTL) has officially inaugurated its new eco-friendly cool centre. PACTL has successfully completed the facility's trial operations and has recently obtained the IATA CEIV Pharma certification as the first Chinese air cargo terminal. In full operation, it now provides an annual handling capacity of 100,000 tonnes of temperature-sensitive goods. Commodities that recently passed through the new cool center include biomedical and … [Read more...] about PACTL officially opens new CEIV Pharma certified cool centre
Chinese New Year confirms air cargo slide in Asia Pacific: WorldACD
Air cargo’s difficult start to 2016 was extended into February with worldwide volumes declining by 3.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY), the largest YoY volume drop in three years, according to the latest analysis by WorldACD Market Data. The origins Asia Pacific and North America were the main culprits with January/February together seeing these destinations posting YoY volume decreases of more than 7.0 per cent. Africa, Europe and Middle East & South Asia each posted around 5.0 per cent … [Read more...] about Chinese New Year confirms air cargo slide in Asia Pacific: WorldACD
FCS, WFS merger at Frankfurt complete
The operations of FCS Frankfurt Cargo Services GmbH and WFS Worldwide Flight Services in Frankfurt have been fully merged following the takeover of FCS by WFS a few months ago. Since 1 February 2016 FCS has been in charge of the WFS handling - with physical handling carried out by FCS using its warehouse facilities. All customers of WFS were smoothly moved to the FCS premises due to an optimised restructuring of the existing capacity, the pair said, adding that documentary handling of all WFS … [Read more...] about FCS, WFS merger at Frankfurt complete
Air cargo in the ‘new mediocre’ of global economic growth
The global economy is growing, but growing at a lower rate than anticipated, said George Anjaparidze, senior economist, IATA who went on to cite International Monetary Fund (IMF) CEO Christine Lagarde who recently warned that the world was on the threat of entering a new phase of mediocre growth becoming the new reality. “And that’s exactly what we’re seeing,” added Anjaparidze. The advanced economies are still growing, but very slowly he noted with emerging economies growing far below their … [Read more...] about Air cargo in the ‘new mediocre’ of global economic growth
WCS faces up to industry challenges
“The air cargo industry has had a rollercoaster ride over the last decade. But the continued success of the World Cargo Symposium, culminating in a record attendance of over 1,100 delegates in Berlin this year, shows the commitment of the industry to share best practice and generate action plans to tackle the industry’s greatest challenges,” said Glyn Hughes, IATA’s global head of cargo. Discussions over four days at the WCS focused on the challenge of potentially disruptive new technologies … [Read more...] about WCS faces up to industry challenges
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