Logwin launches worldwide e-freight for air freight consignments
Greater transparency, security and speed for the global air freight business of the Logwin group The international logistics service provider Logwin expands its service portfolio in the field of air freight forwarding. With immediate effect customers are offered e-freight services. All Logwin locations around the world are able to reproduce the documentation steps required for processing air freight completely electronically. The enterprise was thus one of the first logistics service providers to implement end-to-end e-freight handling, as they write in a press release. E-freight replaces the old paper-based air waybill (AWB) with electronic documentation. The forwarding agent transmits the AWB data to the airline. As soon as the airline confirms receipt of the shipment with an event called RCS (received from shipper), the air freight agreement is concluded. Customers sending their air freight in this paperless procedure via e-freight benefit in the form of maximum data quality for air freight processing combined with a faster and safer IT-based transmission, as Logwin states. With e-freight there is no risk of important documents being lost on long routes and not being available for customs clearance at the destination. Despite the benefits of e-freight listed above, coordinated processing is indispensable. “In order to be able to perform end-to-end paperless air freight transport all parties involved must be equipped for it and must be willing to adopt it”, explains Andy Nutz, Director Information Technology at Logwin. "Besides sending and receiving forwarding agents, this also involves airports, airlines, ground handling services and customs. If just one of the parties has not yet changed to e-freight, a printed document will be necessary at some stage along the process chain", Andy Nutz, Director Information Technology at Logwin, says warningly. Quelle: LogEastics |