Will the adoption of e-freight help to reduce shipping costs for those who join the programme? e-freight will generate significant cost savings for the air cargo supply chain as a result of more efficient business processes. These include lower document processing costs and even lower inventory costs for shippers, as goods can be moved faster and more reliably when using electronic means.
Will e-freight help shippers and forwarders with regulatory and security problems? This relates very much to the question of providing information in advance of consignments arriving. Using e-freight allows the supply chain to provide such information in advance, speeding up the process of clearance at the point of destination.
e-freight is now operational on certain trade lanes, is it going to be available worldwide? Our goal is to broaden the e-freight network of live trade lanes. However, governments need to upgrade e- Customs procedures and put the necessary e-infrastructure in place to allow e-freight to flourish. We will be focusing in particular on the BRICS economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), actively encouraging the governments of those countries to
support the implementation and expansion of e-freight.
Recent media reports state that e-freight booking is on the increase. If forwarders are not e-freight compliant, will their shipper customers risk being left behind in the fulfilment of their shipping needs? We’ve seen freight forwarders who are compliant with e-freight experience benefits that they can then pass on to their customers. These benefits include faster transit times and faster clearance of goods due to the provision of electronic information in advance.
Will e-freight allow shippers to book their freight directly with the airline? The current scope of the project is focusing on making the entire supply chain more efficient – shippers, forwarders and airlines.
What is IATA doing to promote the usage of e-freight methods? Do you work closely with the relevant trade associations and representative bodies? We are working very closely with our partners in GACAG (the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group) to drive forward e-freight. Indeed, GACAG has formed
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an e-freight task force, which FIATA (the international federation of freight forwarder associations) is leading. As part of this work, IATA is going to focus on promoting airline implementation of the e-air waybill standard, a necessary catalyst for e-freight.
How long will it take a company to get ‘up to speed’ with e-freight? How do they find out more information about e-freight? On average, a company would take six months to get up to speed with the e-freight programme. The e-freight handbook is available for download on IATA’s website. The e-freight team is also available to help and can be reached at
e-freight@iata.org.
How do shippers and freight forwarders get involved? Shipper and forwarder involvement is absolutely key. They can get involved by having a look at the latest progress on e-freight via the scorecards we publish on our dedicated e-freight website (
www.iata.org/e-freight). There, they can find out who’s doing e-freight where, and can identify what are the potential market opportunities for them. Shippers and forwarders can also contact their local airline or their local IATA office for more information.
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