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| IATA adopt Multi-Lateral Agreement for e-AWB |
Further to our Bulletin of March 15th regarding the announcement of the Multilateral e-AWB agreement, IATA have announced that the agreement is now in effect officially, as of April 18. This is a major step forward towards greater use e-AWB.
Please refer to the following IATA update courtesy of Stephane Parrenin of IATA Australia: Great news! Resolution 672 "FORM OF MULTILATERAL E-AIR WAYBILL AGREEMENT" is declared effective on 18 April 2013. Consequently, airlines and freight forwarders are now able to sign the multilateral e-AWB agreement. As you know, the multilateral e-AWB agreement enables airlines and freight forwarders to sign once with IATA and do e-AWB with all participating parties, eliminating the need to sign hundreds of bilateral agreements. Notes:
You can download copy of the multilateral agreement, along with joining instructions and FAQ, from the IATA website: www.iata.org/e-awb-multilateral IATA launched an awareness campaign and you may soon be contacted by IATA local representatives For more information, please contact IATA Cargo at cargo@iata.org Attached you will find the CSC Declaration of Effectiveness memo for Resolution 672. e-AWB Implementation Toolkit How to Implement e-AWB? Implementing e-AWB is easy! Quick Reference Guides: The e-AWB Quick Reference Guide for Airlines (pdf) gives an overview on how an airline can implement e-AWB.
The e-AWB Quick Reference Guide for Freight Forwarders (pdf) gives an overview on how a freight forwarder can implement e-AWB.
Some business partners may wish to do e-AWB under the bilateral e-AWB agreement which is provided in Recommended Practice (RP) 1670. Download copy of RP1670. Best practices and recommendations: The e-AWB Advisory Group and other industry e-AWB participants have agreed on the following best practices and recommendations:
Recommendation on how to determine shipments that can be processed as e-AWB and the use of the special handling code ECC (pdf) Recommendation on the number of freight-forwarder-issued FWB that an airline IT system should be capable to process(pdf) Recommended practice on the label to be placed on the pouch when there is no accompanying paper air waybill - New CSC Recommended Practice1600u Cargo Pouch Label (pdf) Functional specifications for e-AWB (pdf) Functional specifications for e-AWB in case of interlining (pdf) Electronic messaging e-AWB requires the exchange of electronic messages. You find here an overview of the involved electronic messages. It is recommended to use either Cargo-XML or Cargo-IMP messages to support e-AWB:
Cargo-XML Cargo-IMP Do contact me if you need further assistance, Stephane Stephane Parrenin Cargo Service Manager - StB Manager International Air Transport Association (IATA) Suite 401, level 4, 83 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia T 61 2 9249 6812 "flying's a wonderful thing" "we represent, lead and serve the airline industry Brian Lovell |