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By Alex Lennane
All air freight forwarders must be free to choose whether or not to sign up to IATA’s CASS payment system, FIATA has insisted.
In a recent statement, the forwarders’ association explained why it had been unable to agree the much-heralded cargo agency modernisation programme (CAMP), which currently makes using CASS mandatory.
“It is FIATA’s view that a forwarder’s decision whether to sign up to the CASS Participation Agreement with IATA should be made independently, and not be mandated by the FIATA/IATA agreement,” ...
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John Roberts
December 22, 2015 at 2:33 pmI can’t see the CASS payment system being around much longer. Its an unnecessary cost which could easily be cut out. All other industries manage to function without a central payment body taking commission for handling payments, its really just a matter of time before the air freight world realises it doesn’t need to pay someone to handle its payments.