News / US forwarders’ associations club together in the fight for funds

US air cargo forwarder associations have linked up to lobby both the House and Senate to fund much needed improvements to cargo facilities at airports.

At last week’s Transport Logistics event in Munich, Airforwarders Association executive director Brandon Fried told The Loadstar the AfA had joined forces with the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association (NCBFA) to lobby for funds to modernise the sector’s “antiquated facilities”.

He said: “Government passed an infrastructure law last year and the airports put a request in ...