Airfreight braces for turbulence
Several macroeconomic factors have contributed to the uncertain forecast for the airfreight industry in 2024, including sluggish global economic growth, inflationary pressures, geopolitical tensions, and supply chain disruptions. READ: Forwarders adapt operations Potential recessions and interest rate hikes could exacerbate these challenges, dampening consumer spending, reducing demand for airfreight services, and increasing financing costs for […]
Forwarders adapt operations
The Red Sea crisis and other geopolitical challenges have had a significant impact on forwarders and the distribution of cargo movement. Heightened geopolitical tensions have led to disruptions in traditional trade routes, forcing forwarders to adapt their strategies and seek alternative transportation modes. In some cases, forwarders may opt to shift cargo from sea to […]
Join AfA and TSA at Seattle Airport for need-to-know advice on airfreight security changes
The Airforwarders Association (AfA) will host the SeaTac Regional Event on September 14th to inform the local Seattle and state of Washington logistics communities about important changes to air cargo security requirements and discuss local and national industry challenges. Forwarders and shippers across the region are encouraged to sign up to attend the meeting, which […]
Advocating for air cargo infrastructure investment
The Airforwarders Association (AfA) is making significant strides in advocating for investment in air cargo infrastructure in the United States. With the aid of senior lobbyist Michael Taylor, the association aims to raise awareness among influential Members of Congress about the urgent need for funding to address congestion and improve efficiency in airport cargo areas. […]
AfA urges shippers to prepare for new security rules
Airforwarders Association (AfA) Executive Director Brandon Fried has urged shippers to prepare for U.S.air cargo security enhancements, which come into force in October affecting certain types of freight on international all-cargo flights. The temporary Impracticable to Screen Amendment will come to an end on October 31st 2023, meaning cargo that cannot be screened using traditional […]
Outlook bullish for peak season surge
The air cargo industry should expect a strong Q4 peak season despite lower Q1 volumes as airlines respond to surging passenger demand, Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association (AfA), said. According to World ACD, global air cargo chargeable weight flown in Q1 2023 was down 11 percent compared with a year earlier, but Fried attributes […]
Harmonised global standards key to future of air cargo security
The global air cargo industry must align its cargo security programs and push for a more risk-based approach to screening if it is to maintain secure supply chains, Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association (AfA), told delegates of IATA’s air cargo security panel at its World Cargo Symposium today (26th April). “We must present a […]
AfA enlists lobbyist to help secure vital investment in US airport infrastructure
The Airforwarders Association (AfA) has appointed senior lobbyist, Michael Taylor, Managing Partner, Diakon Partners, to help maintain its pressure on US Congress for urgent investment in air cargo infrastructure at US airports. Taylor will represent the interests and concerns of both AfA and partners the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA), having been […]
AfA calls for the TSA to urgently work with shippers regarding cargo export legislations
Panellists at Airforwarders Association’s (AfA) Annual General Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee have called for the TSA to urgently work with shippers to address the impact of mandated freighter cargo screening for exports taking force from November 2023. The requirement that all such cargo must be screened has been in effect since June 2021, but up […]
Supply chain congestion and labor challenges to top agenda at AirCargo 2023
The Airforwarders Association‘s (AfA) AirCargo 2023 conference is set to welcome a record 800 delegates from February 12-14 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, nearly doubling last year’s attendance figures. The tone of the two-day program will be set with a keynote address from Vaughn Moore, CEO, AIT Worldwide Logistics, with 45 air cargo industry thought leaders […]
North America navigates 2022’s ups and downs
The air cargo market has experienced a series of ups and downs throughout 2022, as the post-Covid rebound was affected by geopolitical tensions, weakening global demand and supply chain challenges. In the latest figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) back in September, carriers in North America posted a 6% decrease in cargo […]
Airforwarders Association appoints Rock-It Global’s Fisher as new board member
Rock-it Global has signalled its close support for the Airforwarders Association (AfA) by maintaining a leading presence on its Board of Directors following Sasha Goodman’s term, which expires at the end of 2022. Although unrelated to Goodman’s departure, Jacob (Jake) Fisher, vice president and general counsel to AfA Platinum member Rock-It Global, will join the […]
Airforwarders Association calls on software providers for communication
Forwarders are ready to invest in digitization but need to better understand its worth beyond being a shipper or regulatory requirement, Brandon Fried told delegates at the CNS Partnership Conference in Phoenix. “There has been steady acceptance and adoption in the air cargo sector at large, but within the independent freight forwarder community, digitisation is […]
President Trump arrival set to have a positive and negative effect
US freight forwarders’ biggest concern is the overload of regulations at home and abroad, according to Airforwarders Association (AfA) executive director, Brandon Fried (pictured below). On a positive note, Fried says the new US administration under President Donald Trump is promising to reduce the number of regulations and the AfA’s primary concern is dealing with […]
Wild card events and tsunami of regulations
Air forwarders are seeing flat growth as they face wild-card events this year and ever more regulation, Airforwarders Association (AfA) executive director, Brandon Fried (pictured above) tells Air Cargo Week. For the year so far, Fried says: “While the larger forwarders tend to be experiencing flat to modest growth, small to medium niche-oriented companies appear […]
Fried: regulatory overload akin to being nibbled to death by ducks
Freight forwarders in the US feel the air cargo industry is a bit “lacklustre” at present according to Airforwarders Association (AfA) executive director, Brandon Fried. He explains to Air Cargo Week that is the term members of AfA sum it up best while they have seen better, but have also seen worse. Fried says AfA […]
