News / Forwarders will lose business if they fail to adapt to e-freight, warn airlines

18/04/2013

Forwarders have been warned that they risk losing air freight business if they continue to stall on e-freight, delegates at the TIACA Executive Summit in Dallas heard yesterday.

“If they do not change, they may no longer be part of this industry,” said Enno Osinga, head ...

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Mark M.
April 18, 2013 at 3:31 pm
What the forwarders fail to realize is that the airlines have no interest in assuming the forwarder’s job. Paperwork prep, ground transport, customs functions etc, will remain the domain of the forwarder. The biggest concern for the forwarder should be how to compete with the integrators who CAN do everything the forward traditionally manages.

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