More than half know about e-freight, but few use it

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Monday, 31 January 2011

Around 55 per cent of respondents to a recent International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and TIACA e-freight survey said they were aware of the project, but less than 20 per cent said they are participating in the initiative.

Some 450 freight forwarders from 84 countries responded to the survey.

Daniel Fernandez, secretary general of TIACA, said: "The e-freight program is clearly the most significant e-commerce initiative in our industry, as highlighted by the latest announcement that DHL Global Forwarding and Emirates SkyCargo are pairing up in a new project to sufficiently reduce errors and eliminate tons of paper documents across their networks by becoming the leading implementers of e-freight.

"However, the survey clearly shows that for other forwarders around the world, we as an industry still have a lot to do to promote the full benefits of trading electronically and eliminating paper from the air cargo process."

AirCargo Asia Pacific has an update on the progress and plans for e-freight in its next edition.