News / Forwarders warned: 'It's the 21st century, step up or lose out'

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Forwarders must step up to the plate and embrace digitisation if air cargo is to move forward, according to a major shipper.

At the Caspian Air Cargo Summit in Baku this week, Kenny Le Tissier, Halliburton’s logistics manager for Europe, Eurasia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, called on forwarders to drag the industry into the new century.

“When it comes to digitisation and airfreight, there is a reluctance to move forward, but this is an aspect of business that needs to be properly embraced,” said Mr ...