Air Cargo Security

Washington’s two top safety agencies have issued fresh warnings about lithium batteries on board cargo aircraft. The National Transportation... ...Read More

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a safety alert to US and foreign commercial passenger and cargo airlines, “urging them to... ...Read More

TIACA has been involved in talks with regulators over the development of a Pre-Loading Advance Air Cargo Information (PLACI) system to help countries... ...Read More

IATA Cargo is working with regulators, postal authorities, airlines and forwarders to combat the threat posed by unauthorised or wilfully... ...Read More

IATA will meet next week with representatives of the Washington air cargo security community to safeguard a mutual recognition agreement between... ...Read More

European transport commissioner Violeta Bulc has promised a regulatory framework for commercial drones as part of a proposed new aviation... ...Read More

Australia has made good progress in meeting new US security rules, says the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development in its latest air... ...Read More

Industry regulators have been too focused on screening passengers at the expense of cargo, and airfreight needs access to new technologies, an... ...Read More

Australia’s Parliament has passed amendments to existing regulations in order to meet US air cargo security requirements for US-bound exports at... ...Read More

Shipper representatives have welcomed new safety recommendations covering lithium battery air cargo shipments agreed by the Dangerous Goods... ...Read More

The executive director of the US Air Forwarders Association (AFFA) has said that a lack of co-operation between agencies that will implement new US... ...Read More

New safety recommendations covering lithium battery shipments carried on passenger and freighter aircraft have been agreed by the Dangerous... ...Read More

A report by the Dutch Safety Board has found that a Russian-made Buk missile hit Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board... ...Read More

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) is launching a global campaign to double the number of TAPA-certified warehouse facilities to... ...Read More

The US and Australian governments have agreed a policy to phase-in arrangements to screen all US-bound air cargo at piece-level. The strategy will... ...Read More

Morpho Detection has won a follow-up order from Air Canada Cargo for Itemiser DX explosives trace detectors with service contracts. The new... ...Read More

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has validated the first seven airports in compliance with the European Union's ACC3 (air cargo or mail carrier operating into... ...Read More

Regulators must continue to work closely with all members of the air cargo supply chain to ensure impending advance data regulations “enhance... ...Read More