Agents not compliant with dangerous goods training rules will be struck-off, warns IATA
Forwarder associations are warning members that they must upload their dangerous goods certificates immediately, or ...
2017 and 2018 saw the airfreight market climb a cumulative 13.1% in terms of volume, with a 12.3% increase in yield in 2018 according to IATA, pushing the market beyond a $100bn valuation.
This bullish attitude, as it always does in a runaway market, encouraged an outlook of perpetual, if slowed, growth: IATA forecast 3.7% growth from January 2019.
Instead, 2019 has proved a veritable disaster (albeit with a smattering of success stories) – a deadly result of mixing the end of shipper inventory cycles, with a diverse range ...
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Fenny.min
December 12, 2019 at 4:26 amI totally agree with the author. As a freight forwarder in China, I believe that 2020 will be a year full of challenges and opportunities.