All IATA World Cargo Symposium Articles – Page 2

  • Closing Plenary. Photo: IATA
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    IATA WCS: take action to drive change

    2022-10-06T09:57:59Z

    Michael Steen (left) with Andres Bianchi (centre) and Brendan Sullivan. Photo: IATAThe take home message from the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) was clear – the industry has the tools to enact positive change but it must not hesitate.At the Closing Plenary of the conference, Michael Steen, cargo advisory ...

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    VIDEO: dnata's Angus outlines air cargo's positive outlook

    2022-10-04T10:09:00Z

    The Air Cargo News video team caught up with Stewart Angus of dnata at the recent IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) to find out his thoughts on current market conditions.

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    More to come from air cargo booking portals

    2022-09-30T14:29:19Z

    Online booking portals still have many “exciting years of growth” ahead of them despite their rapid emergence over the last couple of years.On an IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) digitalisation panel chaired by Christopher Shawdon, head of business development, CHAMP Cargosystems, speakers agreed that booking portals had experienced rapid growth ...

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    VIDEO: Schiphol's van Hemert on challenging market conditions

    2022-09-30T10:00:00Z

    The Air Cargo News video team caught up with Anne Marie van Hemert, head of aviation business development, Schiphol Airport, as she highlighted the challenging market conditions faced by the airfreight industry in the first part of this year.

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    Emirates SkyCargo and United Cargo sign cargo interline and block space MoU

    2022-09-30T09:10:13Z

    Emirates SkyCargo and United Cargo have signed an MOU. Photo: EmiratesEmirates SkyCargo and United Cargo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work closely on issues including expanding cargo interline options and block space agreements, pending regulatory approvals.Signed at the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS), the MoU will build ...

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    Flexible decarbonisation solutions aid smart sustainability in air cargo

    2022-09-28T21:12:47Z

    The panelists with moderator Robert Fordree, executive vice president - cargo, Menzies AviationPowering operations and machinery that will increasingly rely on electricity as a fuel source is one of the biggest decarbonisation challenges facing the air cargo industry, according to an industry sustainability expert.The electric grid isn’t sufficient to accommodate ...

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    VIDEO: IATA's Brendan Sullivan on air cargo's key challenges

    2022-09-28T20:14:00Z

    The Air Cargo News team caught up with IATA global head of cargo Brendan Sullivan to discuss the importance of this year’s World Cargo Symposium and also to find out a bit more about how the association is tackling key industry challenges.

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    VIDEO: AFA expects air cargo capacity challenges to continue

    2022-09-28T20:13:00Z

    Brandon Fried, executive director, Airforwarders Association, tells Air Cargo News that capacity challenges in air cargo are set to be around for a while longer.

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    Air cargo needs to adapt to changing customer demands

    2022-09-28T20:10:57Z

    Source: IATAAir cargo should leverage technology to help it to adapt to growing customer demand for complete logistics solutions.Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS), Ashok Rajan senior vice president, global head, cargo and logistics solutions at IBS Software, said that over the last couple of years shippers have ...

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    Has air cargo's digital drive accelerated fast enough?

    2022-09-28T20:09:40Z

    Source: IATAThe adoption of digitalisation has accelerated during the past two years, but this isn't too much of a surprise given the slow progress prior to the pandemic.Speaking on an IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) digitalisation panel chaired by Deloitte Canada global air cargo and logistics leader Dejan Markovic, panelists ...

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    Closing the sustainability knowledge gap in air cargo

    2022-09-28T18:52:04Z

    Innovating to achieve net zero panel at the IATA WCS. Photo: Rebecca JeffreyThere are huge divides in the understanding of sustainability and this is a barrier to progress in air cargo.Speaking during day two of the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS), CargoAI chief commercial officer Magali Beauregard said we need ...

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    Integrated logistics adds efficiency and value for shippers

    2022-09-28T18:41:39Z

    Integrated logistics panel at the IATA WCS. Photo: Rebecca JeffreyIntegrated logistics can play a key role in adding value and efficiency for shippers but airfreight and oceanfreight will remain "distinctly different", air cargo leaders have concluded.A panel discussion on day one of the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) discussed the ...

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    Air cargo not out of the eye of the storm yet

    2022-09-27T19:44:35Z

    Marco Bloeman, managing director at Seabury Cargo, spoke about air cargo market dynamics at the IATA WCS. Photo: IATAAir cargo demand is softening as capacity is recovering, according to new analysis.Speaking at the 2022 IATA Word Cargo Symposium (WCS) opening plenary, Marco Bloeman, managing director at Seabury Cargo, said that ...

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    Air cargo still benefiting from high cost of box shipping

    2022-09-27T18:51:33Z

    Air cargo will continue to benefit from the narrowing of pricing compared with ocean shipping despite that difference coming down in recent months.Speaking on day one of the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS), IATA chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen pointed to statistics showing that the gap between ocean and airfreight ...

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    IATA: Air cargo is lagom – not too hot, not too cold

    2022-09-27T18:50:22Z

    Source: IATAIATA chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen turned to her native language of Swedish when asked to outline the current state of the air cargo market, describing it as lagom – not too hot, not too cold.Speaking to the press after the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) opening, Thomsen said ...

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    Jettainer expands in Asia and reveals ambitious growth plans

    2022-09-27T18:47:32Z

    ULD management firm Jettainer is hoping to double the size of its managed fleet of ULDs as it adds new gateways in Asia.At the IATA World Cargo Symposium, the company revealed that it would add new gateways in Singapore and Hong Kong and establish its own regional team in Asia.Meanwhile, ...

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    IATA keynote: Harness air cargo’s value and invest

    2022-09-27T18:12:31Z

    Source: IATAAir cargo has never been more valued and the industry must leverage this now to invest sustainably.This was the message from David Shepherd, managing director of IAG Cargo, in his keynote address at the start of the IATA World Cargo Symposium.“For too long we’ve heard the refrain in this ...

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    The cargo warehouse of the future

    2022-09-26T08:55:35Z

    On day two of the World Cargo Symposium, a panel discussion will be chaired by Menzies Aviation's Robert Fordree. Ahead of the discussion, Fordree has outlined his thoughts on how cargo handling facilities will develop in the coming years.During the heights of the Covid-19 pandemic the cargo industry experienced exponential ...

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    Session focus: Air cargo's digitalisation journey

    2022-09-26T08:41:30Z

    Air cargo’s digitalisation journey has certainly been long and winding, but there has been progress over the past couple of years.The Covid pandemic helped accelerate the industry’s adoption of digital solutions in response to home working and a rapidly changing marketplace.Over the past two years it has become clear that ...

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    Welcome to ACN's coverage of IATA WCS

    2022-09-26T08:36:05Z

    Source: IATAAir Cargo News is delighted to have been selected as the principal media partner of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium (WCS) for the first time.The 15th edition of the key annual event in the air cargo industry takes place at the Excel Arena in London between September 27 and 29.This ...