Frenemies: air cargo should embrace its freight cousins, not passengers

Frenemies: two different shoes make up a pair to help the user © Smitty Smitty

The Loadstar has never been knowingly glowing about IATA: the behemoth lobby group that insists on keeping cargo in a corner, though profiting highly from it, and is piloted by the passenger business.

But – and one suspects this is down to the cargo team – in a brilliant spirit of cooperation, it has stepped up to help its rivals in ocean freight navigate the perils of e-freight.

And it’s a bold move.

According to research for the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) by Thetius, ...