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FEATURE CARGO SECURITY

Productivity gains (in%) e-freight environment

ScENARIO 1 ScENARIO 2 ScENARIO 3
100% e-AWB 100% e-WAB 100% e-WAB
+100% e-house Manifest +100% e-house Manifest +100% e-house Manifest
+50% without pouch +100% without pouch
Export Process 27% 38% 52%

Import Process -2% 19% 53%

Accounting Process 12% 12% 12%

Archiving Process 50% 50% 50%

TOTAL 19% 30% 48%

competitiveness.” Not exactly a cry for establish effective security programmes Administration (TSA) has qualified or
more legislation, more standards bodies based on ICAO Annex 17, EU relevant approved 111 different cargo screening
and more reporting requirements. regulations, IATA Security standards, devices and models for industry use.
But if your air cargo needs to transit National Aviation Security Programme TSA regularly revises cargo screening
one of the EU-administered airports, and local state government regulations. training programmes to update and
forget IATA and its plans. There, according IATA may cite GACAG’s framework clarify screening procedures, and checks
to EU directives, “For flights coming to the as its preferred approach, but it seems if the equipment is current. This is all
EU, rules of the International Civil Aviation CAGAG is not so keen on having the final part of the US Department of Homeland
Organisation (ICAO) apply.” No IATA system overview on cargo rules and systems. In a Security’s international mission which
then – or maybe not, depending on where new position paper, Air Cargo Supply Chain sees it deploying 21 TSA Representatives
the freight is coming from. Inwards, ICAO Security Regimes for Regulators, GACAG (TSARs) and more than 50 TSA inspectors
regularly monitors the implementation of calls for ICAO, in collaboration with “other at more than 300 foreign airports and
the EU cargo rules and regulations, and international organisations”, to take the repair stations in more than 100 different
has cemented a detailed Memorandum lead in overseeing security in the global countries, to ensure adherence to US
of Enhanced Cooperation between itself air cargo supply chain. GACAG chairman aviation security standards. This is aimed
and the EU. And to further de-focus the Michael Steen is reported as noting that, at vetting all airports and operators that
requirements, detailed discussions with “We strongly urge states to mutually operate direct flights into the US – a
the United States cargo experts are going recognise secure air cargo supply chain gargantuan task, and one that obviously
on under the Aviation Agreement (Joint programmes that comply with the ICAO overlaps with what GACAG, ICAO, IATA and
Committee), in the context of the EU-US standards and incorporate the principles the EU are doing already.
Transport Security Cooperation Working supported in our position paper.” But there’s more. The TSA has
Group. Which means all airlines have to Meanwhile, over the other side of developed strong working partnerships
conform under the legal framework to the Atlantic, the Transportation Security with other security-related agencies and
organisations, including the US Department
of State, the International Group of Eight
(G8), the ICAO, the Asia-Pacific Economic
SAfE uP ThERE Cooperation (APEC) forum, the North
“Safety is the industry’s top priority. Recent concerns over lithium batteries American Aviation Trilateral, and the
transported as air cargo have reinforced the need for greater education Quadrilateral Working Group. In addition
and communication over the rules for shipping these items,” says IATA DG
and CEO Tony Tyler. “We don’t need more regulation. But we need to ensure to working with these organisations, TSA
that the regulations we have are followed. With over 50 million tonnes of has developed strong links with relevant
cargo transported by air annually, it is a big challenge. And this is being bodies in South America, Central America,
made even bigger as the number of shippers proliferates – particularly with Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle
the growth of e-commerce.” East, and the Asia-Pacific region. It doesn’t
mention IATA on its website, however.
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