All Air Cargo Security articles – Page 12
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Brussels promises new rules for drones
European transport commissioner Violeta Bulc has promised a regulatory framework for commercial drones as part of a proposed new aviation strategy unveiled this week.European Union flight safety agency EASA would be charged with drawing up new laws that would strike a balance between safety, privacy and data protection.EASA would draw ...
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Oz agents progress towards 100% screening
Australia has made good progress in meeting new US security rules, says the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development in its latest air cargo security newsletter.Airfreight agents are moving in rapidly on 100% piece-level screening targets for US-bound air cargo, after Enhanced Air Cargo Examination (EACE) started at 23 facilities ...
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Cargo security needs rethink, says AEA expert
Industry regulators have been too focused on screening passengers at the expense of cargo, and airfreight needs access to new technologies, an aviation expert told the Transport Security Expo in London.Kee Kras, manager of security and cargo at the Brussels-based Association of European Airlines (AEA), said that while cargo screening ...
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Australia passes known consignor rules
Australia’s Parliament has passed amendments to existing regulations in order to meet US air cargo security requirements for US-bound exports at piece-level by July 2017.Changes to Australia’s Aviation Transport Security Act (2004) will create a 'known consignor' scheme for exporters, which will permit them to secure their products to US ...
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Shippers welcome stricter lithium battery rules
Shipper representatives have welcomed new safety recommendations covering lithium battery air cargo shipments agreed by the Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).Two weeks ago, the DGP recommended that lithium batteries should have a state of charge of 30% or less, when carried in shipments on ...
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Air cargo security regulations create consistency concerns
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 air cargo security regulations is a concern for the industry.Speaking during a panel debate on reducing supply chain risk at the Air and Sea Cargo Americas ...
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ICAO proposes 30% lithium battery state charge limit
New safety recommendations covering lithium battery shipments carried on passenger and freighter aircraft have been agreed by the Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).“The proposal to require lithium batteries to have a state of charge of 30% or less, when carried in shipments on commercial ...
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Russian-made Buk missile hit MH17, says Dutch accident investigation report
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 the Boeing 777 passenger jet in July 2014.The report does not say who fired the missile, which saw the aircraft crash in Ukraine, but Russia ...
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TAPA's global campaign for warehouse security
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) is launching a global campaign to double the number of TAPA-certified warehouse facilities to over 2,000 in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific over the next three years.The association wants to make a ‘quantum leap’ in the number of trucking companies – including air ...
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Australia and US agree mutual recognition strategy for air cargo screening
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 allow the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to continue recognition of Australia’s National Cargo Security Program (NCSP) for US-bound air cargo until mid-2017.The move was welcomed by TIACA, ...
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More Morphos for Air Canada
Morpho Detection has won a follow-up order from Air Canada Cargo for Itemiser DX explosives trace detectors with service contracts. The new machines will replace legacy equipment and ensure that the carrier remains compliant with Transport Canada's air cargo screening regulations.It follows an initial deployment of similar equipment in 2014 ...
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Volga-Dnepr validates first seven airports for ACC3 compliance
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has validated the first seven airports in compliance with the European Union's ACC3 (air cargo or mail carrier operating into the European Union from a third-country airport) regime.The Russia-based carrier organised for an independent auditor trained by IATA and accredited by the EU to confirm the ACC3 validation ...
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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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AmSafe first to meet new freight fire standard
AmSafe Bridport says it is the first and so far only manufacturer to produce cargo fire containment covers to new US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) standards.Following a number of fires in freight on board aircraft, in July last year the FAA issued TSO-C203, a minimum standard for fully certified fire ...
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United Cargo orders portable explosives detectors
UNITED Airlines Cargo has ordered 54 portable explosives trace detectors (ETDs) to screen airfreight shipments at US domestic and international locations.They are replacements for old legacy systems and comply with latest US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) cargo screening mandates, says Angel Ramirez, managing director of United Cargo’s global operations.The lightweight ...
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Air Canada installs explosives detectors
AIR CANADA is using new desktop explosives trace detector devices to screen air cargo shipments in situ.Morpho’s Itemiser DX detectors have been deployed at Air Canada cargo locations to replace legacy systems and maintain compliance with enhanced US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) cargo screening mandates.Karen Bomba, chief executive of Morpho ...
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Bangkok ground handler wins EU security validation
BANGKOK Flight Services (BFS), a WFS Group company, has been validated as a Regulated Agent (RA3), enabling it to accept cargo on behalf of its airline customers for carriage to EU States in accordance with the European Union’s new ACC3 security rules for incoming cargo and mail.BFS is one of ...
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Amsterdam's air cargo 'remote scanning' pilot under way
REPRESENTATIVES from forwarder Rhenus Logistics and Dutch Customs authorities have put a ‘remote scanning’ of airfreight shipments pilot scheme into operation in Amsterdam.A demonstration of airfreight shipment scanning, with remote electronic direct connection to Customs, has been launched by Rhenus and its daughter companies Rhenus Air, Copex, KDS Cargo and ...
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Edging towards e-freight
IF you have the idea that targets for the IATA e-freight programme keep slipping, you are not wrong.At the 2010 Air Cargo Forum the expectation was that the whole air cargo industry would be paperless by 2014, but the target IATA now has is for 22 per cent of feasible ...
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CHAMP: A man with all the right connections
THE PAST year has been a busy one for CHAMP Cargo-systems and the next one looks to be no less busy. For a business that is continually urging modernisation and change on others, one cannot accuse the IT company of shirking it itself.Successful ticks on the 2013 to-do list of ...