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Sep 28, 2010 (newstodate): Launched with fanfare and raising hopes for less paper work around air cargo, e-freight has slowed down its pace of implementation in Iceland.
-Since November 17, 2009, Icelandair Cargo has opened up for e-freight options on the lane Keflavik-Amsterdam in both directions, later adding e-freight on flights from Keflavik to London. But apart from this there are no further developments, says Gudrun Gudmundsdottir, Jonar Transport project manager.
-Jonar has served as a partner to Icelandair Cargo in launching e-freight in Iceland, and as we are currently implementing new IT systems we will have to wait till 2011 to see further developments in this area.
-Shipments that can go paperless perform well with e-freight, and the results are promising, indeed. But there are many restrictions to the use of e-freight depending on the type of cargo as well as on different national requirements by customs and other parties. So this is a fairly slow-moving process, and the pace is below what was originally anticipated, says Ms Gudmundsdottir.
-Since November 17, 2009, Icelandair Cargo has opened up for e-freight options on the lane Keflavik-Amsterdam in both directions, later adding e-freight on flights from Keflavik to London. But apart from this there are no further developments, says Gudrun Gudmundsdottir, Jonar Transport project manager.
-Jonar has served as a partner to Icelandair Cargo in launching e-freight in Iceland, and as we are currently implementing new IT systems we will have to wait till 2011 to see further developments in this area.
-Shipments that can go paperless perform well with e-freight, and the results are promising, indeed. But there are many restrictions to the use of e-freight depending on the type of cargo as well as on different national requirements by customs and other parties. So this is a fairly slow-moving process, and the pace is below what was originally anticipated, says Ms Gudmundsdottir.