Shape Up or Ship Out

Written by Marcia MacLeod, this month’s Airline Cargo Management publishes an interesting story about the shippers’ viewpoint. Shippers claim that missing paperwork, fuel surcharges and damaged or lostcargo are all to blame for the decline of the air freight industry.

The existing structure of the air freight industry, with forwarders booking space and paying the airline, makes it easy to forget the most important side of what is really a trading triangle: the shipper. While tripartite talks do take place, many shippers feel they have to scream to make themselves heard.

Please visit the website of Airline Cargo Management to read the entire story.

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