MALAYSIA’s airfreight industry has received recognition from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a site ready for the IATA e-freight service.
The Malaysia IATA e-freight implementation team, led by Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo), started work in February and delivered the IATA e-freight on schedule.
Also involved were Royal Malaysian Customs, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, KLM, DHL Global Forwarding, DB Schenker, the Airfreight Forwarders Association of Malaysia, Penang Freight Forwarders Association, Federation of Malaysia Freight Forwarders, Kuala Lumpur Airport Services and Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd – KLIA Free Zone Authority.
IATA e-freight became operational between Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai on May 26, with further expansion planned in the coming months to South Korea and The Netherlands.
Facilitated by IATA, the project is an industry-wide initiative involving carriers, freight forwarders, ground handlers, shippers and customs authorities.
IATA e-freight effectively eliminates the need to send paper documents with air-cargo shipments, thereby streamlining processes, improving speed and reliability and cutting costs.
Over the past year IATA has assessed the readiness of 148 locations worldwide in addition to the original six e-freight sites.
Of these, 44 countries, representing approximately 80% of global air-freight volumes, have the appropriate international treaties and high level customs framework in place to qualify for IATA e-freight.
Malaysia is the 20th e-freight location worldwide to deliver paper-free cargo documents.
MASkargo managing director Shahari Sulaiman said the implementation of the e-freight programme would lift their status to be on par with established industry players.
“The e-freight programme that MASkargo is embarking on will bring tangible benefits by simplifying the business, reducing costs and improving opportunities in the industry’s ever-changing and complex environment,” he said.
Source:http://thestar.com.my/maritime/story.asp?file=/2009/6/1/maritime/4003402&sec=maritime, 01 June 2009
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