(Business Times – Ven Sreenivasan)
Global air cargo security should be approached from a supply chain
angle, whereby security of shipments are ensured from the time of packing to
loading. This would be more effective than the prevailing practice in many
countries of doing 100 per cent scanning of air cargo. This was the key thrust
of a message delivered by Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the
International Air Transport Association (IATA), in his speech to 900 air cargo
executives gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, for the IATA World Cargo Symposium.
‘The industry must be secure with effective measures that facilitate the speed
needed to support global commerce,’ he said. ‘Air cargo security must be based
on a combination of three measures - supply chain security, scanning technology
and better use of e-freight data.’ Read more here
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