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Lufthansa Cargo: Air cargo security starts at home
HARALD ZIELINSKI, global head of security and environment management for Lufthansa Cargo, has just finished collaborating with professors Elmar Giemulla and Bastian Rothe on a new guide to air cargo security.To be published in June – so far only in German – and aimed at the non-specialist audience as well ...
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US 'ignored' small forwarders on expanded security rules
SMALL and medium-sized airfreight forwarders have been ignored by the US regulators planning to adopt an expanded air cargo data and security screening regulation.A group of airfreight forwarders has urged the federal US government to resolve a number of key issues before expanding the Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) programme.The ...
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Schenker’s Belgium hub gets TAPA
DB SCHENKER’S new hub at Zwevegem is the global logistics company’s first facility in Belgium to be awarded Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) certification.The type 'A' certificate is the highest offered by the security standards organisation for activities related to the security of freight in transit.Accreditation involved rigorous auditing of ...
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Extend use of sniffer dogs say US forwarders
THE US Airforwarders Association (AfA) has urged a congressional panel in Washington to allow privately trained dogs to screen air cargo at off-airport facilities in the US.Appearing before the US House of Representatives' Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security, AfA board member Chris Connell urged TSA to finalise its efforts ...
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Air cargo cyber crime warning
THE number of cyber crime-related incidents where spyware has been installed within an air cargo operator’s IT system and release codes for containers from terminals have been stolen are rising, warns freight insurance specialist TT Club, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.“We see incidents which at first appear to be a ...
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SEKO gains EU Customs accreditation
IRELAND is the latest country in SEKO Logistics’ European network to achieve full certification as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO), writes Nigel Tomkins, managing director.The accreditation, issued by EU Customs administrators, certifies that a business meets the required standards in relation to its security and management systems, and is a ...
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Safety videos target lithium battery risk
A series of videos highlighting the potential aircraft fire risks posed by the improper carriage of lithium batteries are now available online.The videos, produced by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in association with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), target key airline and airport staff, including cargo handlers.Freely available ...
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IATA: Speaking out for air cargo’s global image
IT BEGGARS belief that an industry vital to international trade remains so invisible to the rest of the world, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.This may be one of the reasons why the air cargo industry has been allowed to operate in a technological time-warp for so long, while other industry ...
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Pistole: cargo security must not slow the flow
The air freight industry has a collective responsibility to maintain the highest standards of security. But this is “not mutually exclusive” with the free movement of goods, insists John Pistole, administrator for the US Transportation Security Administration.In a keynote speech at the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul, Pistole said passenger ...
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Top five sign roadmap to combat cybercrime
Five major international aviation organisations have agreed a “common roadmap” to combat attacks from hackers and other cyber criminals.The group is made up of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Airports Council International (ACI), the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International ...
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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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Hellmann gains AEO status in the UK
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has been awarded authorised economic operator (AEO) status by HM Revenue & Customs.The supply chain quality standard highlights businesses involved in the international supply chain.The two-year process began in December 2012 and involved Hellmann training over 500 staff to complete the process and achieve its goal ...
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Is that email really from IATA?
The problem of fraudulent IATA emails has resurfaced again, reports the British International Freight Association.Criminals send emails seeking payment for products, services, or other outstanding amounts due, often using names similar or identical to those of IATA officials.Worryingly, says BIFA, the fraudsters now seem to have mastered the art of ...
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WCS: How to reduce the fire risk from lithium batteries
Fires in consignments of lithium batteries have been implicated in the loss of three aircraft over the last 10 years, writes Martin Roebuck.Peter Hunt, airline ground safety manager at Cathay Pacific, told the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Shanghai about risk mitigation measures the airline is taking to make sure ...
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WCS: IATA sets out three priorities for air cargo
IATA has called for further progress on paperless airfreight, global standards for handling pharma goods and tough action on the transport of lithium batteries.Tony Tyler, IATA’s director general and chief executive, highlighted “three vital aspects of the air cargo business” during his keynote speech at the association’s World Cargo Symposium ...
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Search for missing Malaysia Airlines B777-200
AN INTERNATIONAL air and search continues in waters between Malaysia and Vietnam for a missing Malaysian Airlines B777-200 aircraft, with 239 people on board, reports say.Flight MH370, which disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday) after leaving Kuala Lumpur, was due to land in Beijing at ...
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Malaysia Airlines jet still missing
NO wreckage has been found in the search for the Malaysia Airlines’ B777-200 with 239 people on board, which went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, reports say.Hishammuddin Hussein, Malaysia’s Minister of Transport, has suggested the aircraft may have tried to turn back.An international air and sea search, ...
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Search for Malaysia Airlines continues
THE fate of the Malaysia Airlines’ B777-200, which went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, has been described as a ‘mystery’.Officials are reportedly ‘puzzled’ by the jet’s disappearance at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday). It was scheduled to land ...
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Search for Malaysia Airlines jet widens to West Coast
THE missing Malaysia Airlines jet may have tried to turn back to another airport, says the airline.As the major search enters day four, the authorities are looking at the possibility flight MH370 may have attempted to turn back to Subang Airport (on the west coast of Malaysia), says a company ...
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Thai Cargo seeks to widen EU security status
THAI CARGO is in the process of applying for European Union security accreditation to handle airfreight from customers in New Delhi and Madras.The regulations require air carriers flying air cargo and mail into the EU to be designated as an ‘Air Cargo or Mail Carrier operating into the Union from ...