News / Air cargo looks set to lose automotive traffic to ocean as modal shift continues

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Automotive parts are the sector most likely to shift from air to ocean in the coming year, according to new research on modal shift from Seabury, which was commissioned by IATA.

The air freight industry loses some 413,000 tonnes of cargo each year to modal shift – but it is not a recent development, as many in the industry had thought.

“Modal shift is a long-term phenomenon, which started in 2000,” Gert-Jan Jensen, executive director of Seabury, told delegates at the World ...