$10bn Vadhavan – a game of political musical chairs
The will of the people…
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Rumours of what amounts to a fist fight between IATA and the Air Cargo Agents’ Association of India just goes to show how quickly talk spreads, like Chinese Whispers, at an air freight event.
While there was no actual physical violence, however, AirCargo India did witness something of a stand-off between roving air cargo ambassador Ram Menen, IATA Cargo chief Des Vertannes and speakers representing small and medium-sized forwarders in India.
The background is probably as interesting as the actual speeches.
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Comment on this article
David Ambridge
February 06, 2014 at 2:58 amFor anyone to even suggest that E-AWB is a “costly initiative” is silly. How can the removal of the AWB cost anything? No more printers, no more toner, no more Neutral AWB’s. It is clearly a win win but as usual in this business it’s always easier to say NO than it is to change and move forward. Ask the DHL lady how much they spend each year printing HAWB’s and AWB’s and then tell me it makes sense to keep doing so.