New digital data sharing concept to be piloted

Tosoh Corporation, Panalpina World Transport, KLM Cargo and facilitating parties Schiphol Cargo, Dutch Customs authorities and Cargonaut, are collaborating in an initiative to re-use data from the shipper throughout the supply chain – as part of joint vision to make processes smoother and more efficient. Global chemical and specialty materials company, Tosoh will act as […]

Steps taken to audit shipping and develop packaging standards

The call for a lithium battery certfication scheme is one that much of the industry would echo. International Air Transport Association (IATA) assistant director for cargo safety & standards, Dave Brennan highlights work of the Medical Devices Battery Transport Council, which is working with the UPS Pilots Association to create a ‘Safe 2 Fly’ system […]

Industry concerns remain high on lithium batteries

Lithium batteries and their safety continue to dominate the dangerous goods (DGR) agenda in the airfreight industry. Cargoes of lithium batteries were implicated in fires which destroyed a UPS aircraft in Philadelphia in 2006, caused UPS Flight 6 to fatally crash in Dubai in 2010 and the loss of Asiana Airlines Flight 991 near South […]