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Nov 13, 2014 (newstodate): The implementation of the e-AWB is progressing in the Danish market - but still at a modest pace.
-We are seeing a positive trend in the market, with many forwarders adjusting their systems to meet the requirements of the e-AWBs. Having said that, we will hardly attain the goal of having 22 percent of the AWBs issued in Denmark in the form of e-AWBs, says Pernille Hove, SAS Cargo and coordinator of the process among the IATA carriers in the Danish market.
-There are still a number of snags to be sorted out and communicated to the industry. One of the most pertinent is the issue of security screening info entered in the FWB, based on the Cargo IMP standard.
-This info is currently entered in the paper AWB and must be entered into the electronic version as well. This is, however, not a mandatory field in the CargoIMP standard, and IATA need to solve this in order to get the Forwarder to change their systems. The security screening can only be added in the FWB version 16 so this is required, too.
-Some of the Danish forwarders are actually already contributing significantly to the growth in number of e-AWBs, more are coming up, but we clearly need to make a fresh effort to boost the process. Another e-AWB workshop is therefore being planned and will be announced before the end of this year, allowing all parties to share experience, raise questions and gain new inputs to meet the challenges.
-Comparing the progress in the drive for e-AWBs in the individual Nordic markets makes little sense as airlines are approaching the issues differently. SAS Cargo, driving the process in the Danish market, is conforming strictly to the IATA's standards that will eventually be fully endorsed by all IATA airlines in the Nordic as well as all other markets, says Ms Hove.
-We are seeing a positive trend in the market, with many forwarders adjusting their systems to meet the requirements of the e-AWBs. Having said that, we will hardly attain the goal of having 22 percent of the AWBs issued in Denmark in the form of e-AWBs, says Pernille Hove, SAS Cargo and coordinator of the process among the IATA carriers in the Danish market.
-There are still a number of snags to be sorted out and communicated to the industry. One of the most pertinent is the issue of security screening info entered in the FWB, based on the Cargo IMP standard.
-This info is currently entered in the paper AWB and must be entered into the electronic version as well. This is, however, not a mandatory field in the CargoIMP standard, and IATA need to solve this in order to get the Forwarder to change their systems. The security screening can only be added in the FWB version 16 so this is required, too.
-Some of the Danish forwarders are actually already contributing significantly to the growth in number of e-AWBs, more are coming up, but we clearly need to make a fresh effort to boost the process. Another e-AWB workshop is therefore being planned and will be announced before the end of this year, allowing all parties to share experience, raise questions and gain new inputs to meet the challenges.
-Comparing the progress in the drive for e-AWBs in the individual Nordic markets makes little sense as airlines are approaching the issues differently. SAS Cargo, driving the process in the Danish market, is conforming strictly to the IATA's standards that will eventually be fully endorsed by all IATA airlines in the Nordic as well as all other markets, says Ms Hove.