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Cooperation takes away the pain of new security rules
The International Air Cargo Organisation (TIACA) has welcomed new World Customs Organisation rules on safer and easier international trade.WCO has formally adopted the so–called ‘7 + 1’ data set for risk data analysis, helping to standardise basic Pre-Loading Advance Cargo Information (PLACI) processes.It forms part of WCO’s SAFE Framework of ...
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Regulators take to the TIACA stage on advance data rules
Regulators and the air cargo industry must continue to work closely if impending advance data rules are not to impede cargo flows, delegates at TIACA’s Executive Summit (ES) were told.Regulators from Europe, the US and Canada formed a panel for the first time to engage with industry at the event, ...
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TIACA aims to drive the airfreight agenda
TIACA’s new leadership team have outlined their vision for the group to members at a meeting in Miami.Speaking at the association’s executive summit and annual general meeting in Miami, new chairman, Sanjiv Edward, and vice chairman, Sebastiaan Scholte, said TIACA should aim to drive the airfreight advocacy agenda, boost the ...
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Toronto to host TIACA air cargo forum
TIACA’s 2018 Air Cargo Forum (ACF) will take place in Toronto, Canada, Secretary General Doug Brittin has confirmed.The biennial ACF brings together supply chain decision makers from across the globe for three days of networking, discussion, and learning.“We are excited to be bringing the event back to North America for ...
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TIACA’s Air Cargo Professional Development Workshop will take place in Cologne on 22-24 June
The Strategic Aviation Solutions International-designed session, which aims to improve management skills for air cargo professionals, will give participants an appreciation of the entire air cargo supply-chain by encouraging discussion and the sharing of perspectives, as well as providing practical advice and insight.It will be led by SASI’s Lilian Tan ...
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Delhi's Edward and Scholte of Jan de Rijk to lead TIACA
Sanjiv Edward, head of cargo business at Delhi International Airport, has been named as the next chairman of the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), with Sebastiaan Scholte, chief executive of Jan de Rijk Logistics, named vice chairman.The pair will formally take over this month from Oliver Evans and Enno Osinga ...
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TIACA promotes phased approach to advance data regulations
Regulators must continue to work closely with all members of the air cargo supply chain to ensure impending advance data regulations “enhance security without impeding cargo flows,” according to a new position paper from TIACA.Pre-loading advance cargo information (PLACI) initiatives undertaken by the US, European Union, and Canada since the ...
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ULD pioneer Jim Jackson enters TIACA's Hall of Fame
James ‘Jim’ Jackson, a driving force behind the standardisation of aircraft Unit Load Devices (ULD) and the supporting aircraft and ground-handling technical requirements, has been welcomed to The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Hall of Fame.Jackson is an air-cargo handling and logistics innovator, a lifelong champion of international standardization, and ...
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Jacques Ancher wins TIACA ‘Hall of Fame’ award
AIR CARGO veteran Jacques Ancher is the 2014 winner of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) Hall of Fame award.The former executive vice-president of KLM Cargo is credited with changing the way air cargo is perceived in airline boardrooms around the world. He is the 49th industry executive to be ...
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One Question
Doug Brittin, secretary general of TIACA, answers:"Some things are very difficult to put a hard timeline on. For example, advanced data for customs information: In the USA, the CBP (US Customs and Border Protection agency) is drafting a rule right now. The EU has not started their one yet, but ...
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TIACA steps up membership drive
TO BOOST membership numbers The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is offering a member referral incentive scheme.Existing members will save up to 100 per cent of their membership fees in the following year if they successfully recommend an applicant.“It is the goal of TIACA to increase its membership on a ...
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Air cargo leaders call for collaboration
Greater collaboration between the air cargo industry and regulators is essential to deliver safe, reliable and efficient global trade, according to the Chairman of The International Air Cargo Association, Oliver Evans.Speaking at the opening of TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum at Seoul’s Incheon Airport on October 7, Evans told delegates that ...
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Tone of cautious optimism for final quarter of 2014 for global air cargo
"The air cargo industry is seeing stability" Michael Steen, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings told attendees at Cargo Facts Aircraft Symposium in Miami. "The question to ask" he added, "Is it sustainable growth? While there is solid growth in many markets of between 3-5% ...
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New US security rules will be a squeeze, says TIACA chief
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is urging its members to pay close attention to the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s new freighter security plans and to make their views known if they feel there could be any problems.With the TSA’s updated Security Programs for all-cargo/freighter aircraft not published until ...
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TIACA launches educational workshop
THE International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has launched an air freight-specific educational workshop aimed at attracting and cultivating the next generation of industry leaders.The first three-day course will take place near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport between June 25-27.Around 25 students are expected to attend from a wide cross section of the ...
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TSA jettisons air cargo screening report rule
THE International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has welcomed the US Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) U-turn on forcing operators to provide burdensome, monthly air cargo screening volume reports.The decision comes less than a year after TIACA called for the regulation to be axed warning it was needlessly putting a strain on ...
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Russia mulls new air cargo security rules
Russian news agency reports suggest that Moscow is considering new air cargo security legislation aimed at European Union member states.ITAR TASS quoted a document posted on Russia’s Air Transport Agency website as saying: “We plan to develop and adopt a regulatory legal act similar to EU Regulations 185/2010 regarding cargo ...
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One supply chain
In a highly public demonstration that regulators are on the side of the air cargo industry, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) brought the senior officials of the International Civil Aviation Organization and the World Customs Organization on stage for the opening ceremony of the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul.Wan-su ...
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TIACA building next-generation skills
Recruiting the next generation of people, and equipping them with the skills to take the industry forward, has become a major priority for The International Air Cargo Association.TIACA held a Future Air Cargo Summit in collaboration with IATA on the final afternoon of the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul, putting ...
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TIACA calls for risk-based approach to security
TIACA members have been advised that recently released updates to security programmes for all-cargo aircraft in the US must be implemented by February 16, 2015.The updated security programmes, issued by the US Transport Security Administration (TSA) on December 29, 2014, affect all US and non US-based freighter aircraft operators within, ...