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E-Flash No 38 - 20 December 2011 ICAO Releases Global Aviation Safety Report The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has released a report detailing the state of Global Aviation Safety in 2011. The report outlines initiatives that will further improve safety outcomes in the industry’s future. ICAO is continuously developing and refining more proactive and risk-based methods to further reduce the global accident rate enabling the safe expansion of air travel in all regions. The ICAO Global Aviation Safety Report is accessible online at: www.icao.int/Safety/Documents/ICAO_State-of-Global-Safety_web_FINAL.pdf
The 2012 FIATA World Congress makes its way to Los Angeles next year where a successful event awaits all those who attend. The 2012 FIATA World Congress’ website has been launched with all necessary information in order to secure your registration in Los Angeles. We encourage members to take a look at the website in order to have a look at what to expect at the upcoming Congress in September. http://www.fiata2012.org/ehome/index.php?eventid=23377&
INTTRA, the largest multi-carrier e-commerce platform for the ocean shipping industry, has signed an agreement with Kewill to initiate the integration of its product into the Kewill Forwarding (KFF) platform. The aim is to facilitate and enhance e-commerce solutions throughout the industry. Users currently using Kewill will have access to INTTRA’s shipping solution once the product has been successfully integrated. INTTRA provides a wide range of time saving e-commerce solutions which will lead to great progress being made in Ocean metrics. For more detailed information on INTTRA’s integration with Kewill please visit: http://www.mhwmagazine.co.uk/LatestNews/INTTRA_shipping_platform_now_available_in_conjunction_with_Kewill_Forwarding-10720.html
FIATA wants to inform our members about a recently launched UNESCAP publication regarding the “Guidelines for Minimum Standards and Codes of Professional Conduct for Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers and Multimodal Transport Operators”. The document will be very useful for governments and freight forwarders as it provides guidance in implementing the standards and rules for the freight forwarding industry. The Guidelines were prepared by members of the ESCAP Transport Division secretariat’s team by incorporating essential information, advice and contributions from several of our FIATA Association Members in the Region Asia Pacific and the FIATA staff. This is an excellent example of the close and successful cooperation between FIATA and UNESCAP. Both organisations have met on regular basis throughout the year starting from 2007 at the FIATA RAP Field meeting, the UNESCAP Regional Forum of Freight Forwarders and the UNESCAP Meeting of Chief Executives of National Association of Freight Forwarders, Multimodal Transport Operators and Logistics Service Providers. For more information regarding the UNESCAP document please visit: http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TFS_pubs/FF-Standard/FF-standard-fulltext.pdf
At the end of this year, we say goodbye to the acting Director General Marco A. Sangaletti who is going into retirement after having managed the FIATA Secretariat for almost 15 years. He will be succeeded by the new Director General Marco L. Sorgetti who will assume the post starting 1st of January, 2012. We welcome Marco L. Sorgetti to the FIATA Secretariat and we look forward to a successful year under his leadership.
The FIATA Secretariat would like to wish you all a happy holidays and a great start to the New Year. We are very excited for 2012 and all that lies ahead. Please note that the FIATA Secretariat will be closed from the 31st of December until January 2nd. We thank you for your continued support as we work hard to improve the industry and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year. |
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