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The UK-headquartered Global Shippers Forum and IATA interest group Cargo iQ signed a memorandum of understanding with to improve quality in airfreight at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum in Paris in late October.
They pledged to implement the Cargo iQ quality management system and promote sustainability in airfreight. And outlined areas where they would work together to create a more efficient, higher quality and secure air cargo supply chain as well ...
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The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) hailed a deal signed by members of the UN International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO to offset carbon emissions from aircraft in early October.
GSF says that aviation currently represents 2% of global carbon emissions, but projected growth is expected to increase this significantly in future and ...
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The Global Shippers’ Forum called on the aviation sector to agree a global deal to tackle climate change in its new Aviation Emissions Policy Statement.
The sector currently represents only 2% of global carbon emissions but its projected could increase this significantly in the coming decades, says GSF.
Meanwhile, shippers ...
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Sri Lankan Shippers’ Council chairman Sean Van Dort has joined the board of the Global Shippers’ Forum. He is also head of commercial and logistics at clothing and textile conglomerate MAS Holdings, which has 48 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries.
The Sri Lankan Shippers’ Council became a member of GSF in ...
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The airfreight industry and battery manufacturers have spelled out a stark warning over the dangers of rogue Lithium battery shipments.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), and manufacturer’s bodies the US Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA) and the European Advanced ...
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BIFA says its is backing a call by the Global Sjhippers' forum to end seafreightsurcharges. “Forwarders do not like shipping line surcharges and we have been challenging their legitimacy on behalf of our members – and their customers – for many years,” explained director general, Robert Keen.
Forwarders do all they ...
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The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCAd the International Maritime Organisation have IMO issued a circular letter warning the industry of a mistaken belief that the container verified gross mass (VGM) regulations have been deferred for three months until 1 October. The confusion has arisen because IMO has stated that ...
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The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called for a Maritime Industries Supply Chain Forum to be set up to tackle the poor quality of service since the consolidation of the world’s top 20 lines into ‘super alliances’,
One year on from the publication of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
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The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has described a recent International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) ban on lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft as “disappointing”. The UK-headquarterd group says that it goes against previous recommendations and does not address the wider problem of undeclared battery shipments or low-quality counterfeits.
ICAO has ...
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With climate change talks getting underway in Paris, the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called on the shipping industry to reach agreement on carbon reduction measures - or risk having rules enforced.
The GSF has released a statement on how the maritime sector should address the issue. It is keen to ...
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