Emirates SkyCargo has announced that overall shipments of its unique paperless cargo consignments, e-freight, have reached the 1m kg per month milestone, as well as passing the 16m kg mark in total e-freight shipments this week.
The Dubai-based carrier achieved the landmark in 19 months, and is now seeing some 12 per cent of shipments from compliant airports – such as Singapore, Zaragoza, Mauritius, London Heathrow, Munich, Dubai and New York (JFK) – being sent in this way.
E-freight aims to remove paper documentation from air cargo and replace it with the exchange of electronic data and messages, with forwarders using the system enjoying a faster service, greater reliability and higher visibility with the option of tracking and tracing online.
'E-freight is the future of our industry, and one we are embracing,' said Ram Menen, divisional senior vice-president for cargo at Emirates. 'Its benefits are enormous, and we encourage our forwarding partners to adopt it.'
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