question of the month


What is your view of the progress being made by the IATA-led e-Freight programme to remove paperwork from the supply chain?


DES VERTANNES global head of cargo, IATA


“The e-Freight project is focused on removing paper from the supply chain, which currently comprises as many as 30 different paperwork documents, from the air waybill to the certificate of origin. Facilitated by IATA, e-Freight


also speeds up the process because transport documentation ‘arrives’ at destination before the cargo, enabling the process of Customs clearance to be initiated earlier. IATA has seen, on


average, a 24-hour improvement in cycle times when e-Freight is used. Today, the e-Freight


TATYANA ARSLANOVA executive president, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC)


“For our business, being able to offer additional services is key to being able to compete. In this regard, ABC is looking to participate in initiatives such as Cargo 2000 and the International Air Transport Association’s e-Freight programme. We need to do this in order


network is in place. At the end of 2010, some 44 countries and 98 major airports were e-Freight live. The first phase of the project – to build a critical mass of e- Freight locations and the suite of standards – was successfully achieved. From just six pilot locations in 2007, the implementation of e-Freight had expanded rapidly by the end of last year to include locations that represent 80 percent of international air cargo volumes. The next phase of the project will aim at increasing the


e-Freight volumes on the existing trade lanes. As of December 2010, 2.8 percent of all shipments on


these trade lanes were e-Freight shipments. In five years, IATA and its industry partners hope to make that 100 percent. e-Freight is an industry-wide initiative, involving carriers,


freight forwarders, ground handlers, shippers, Customs and civil aviation authorities. It is driven by the air cargo supply chain for the air cargo


supply chain, and IATA encourages the involvement of the entire air freight industry.”


e-Freight is an industry-wide initiative, involving carriers, freight forwarders, ground handlers, shippers, Customs and civil aviation


to improve service levels and transparency and to provide the most accurate information possible for our air freight customers. We have launched e-


Freight in Russia this year with a lot of support and co- operation from the Russian government, forwarders, handlers and so on. We’re still taking our first


steps, but we’ve had a lot of interest from all participants. I think Russia will be fully e- Freight ready in a year and half, perhaps.”


We have launched e- Freight in Russia this year... I think Russia will be fully e-Freight ready in a year and a half, perhaps


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