News / Customers set to benefit from air freight digitisation as ABC becomes latest to monitor cargo with IoT

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Shippers and forwarders are set to benefit from the digitisation that is creeping into the air freight industry. The latest move comes from AirBridgeCargo (ABC), which has said it is set to use Unilode’s Internet of Things-connected ULDs.

The carrier has extended its partnership with Unilode to include usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (TPEDs) within the ULDs, which track and sense via Bluetooth.

The devices are mounted into the ULDs, and enable the carrier to track the ULDs, and measure the ...