More CEIV certifications awarded as air cargo players attempt to protect pharma volumes from ocean freight

IATA’s Nick Careen (centre), presents Düsseldorf Airport Cargo’s Thomas Schürmann (left) and Gerton Hulsman (right) with the airport’s CEIV accreditation

IATA’s CEIV initiative is gaining momentum as the air cargo industry attempts to plug the flow of pharma shippers switching to ocean freight.

At last week’s World Cargo Symposium in Berlin, the air cargo community at Schiphol announced its participation in the scheme, while Frankfurt is also gaining certification. IATA has said the accreditation is “urgently required to stop the alarming decline of air cargo’s market share of global pharmaceutical product transport”.

There has been some distrust of CEIV, with some players ...