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Magazine of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

No. 128 | July 2019

GUATEMALAGreat potential inCentral America

HIGHER STANDARDSIMB launches NVOCCCode of Conduct

MARKET PLACEFIATA and UICmet in Munich

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CONTENTS

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Editorial5 From the President’s Desk

TFA and the future6 Dr. Mohammed Saeed, ITC,

at the first RAP meeting in 2019(This article was held over fromthe last issue.)

Set of higher standards8 IBM sets up a global Code

of Conduct for NVOCCs

Country Report10 Guatemala – a stronghold

in Central America

Market Place Seminar12 FIATA and UIC met in Munich

RAP Field Meeting in Bangkok14 Regional Conference with

delegates from thirteen countries

Personally16 Anniversaries17 Meet Betty Welzenbach

Obituary18 Kersten Ohl has passed away

Here & There / Agenda19 Happy Birthday!19 Forthcoming Events19 Masthead

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CAPE TOWN | 1 - 5 OCTOBER 2019

FIATAWORLD CONGRESS2019 PROGRAMME

AEO REGIONAL AGREEMENT, SAO PAULO

John Edwin Mein (Procomex)

AFRICA’S INTEGRATION THROUGH PRIVATE SECTORINVOLVEMENT

Willie Shumba (African Union Commission)

CONNECTIVITY IN CUSTOMS AND TRADE

Edward Kieswetter (South African Revenue Service)

HOW LOGISTICS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE DIRECTENABLERS OF TRADE: THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

Philip Wyllie (FreightPartner)

IBM’S VIEW ON LOGISTICS

Dee Waddell (IBM)

INSPIRING TOMORROW’S LOGISTICIANS

YLP Programme

INTRODUCTION TO THE CTU CODE FROM ANINSURANCE PERSPECTIVE

Michael Yarwood (TT Club)

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE CTU CODE

Richard Brough (International Cargo HandlingCoordination Association)

SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT TRANSPORT THROUGHCONNECTIVITY IN CUSTOMS AND TRADE

Oliver Peltzer (Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein andInternational Chamber of Commerce)

THE FUTURE OF AIR CARGO: HOW TO PERCEIVE,MANAGE, AND MONITOR VOLATILITY ANDUNCERTAINTY AROUND THE AIRFREIGHT SECTOR

Florian Klein (Deloitte Consulting GmbH)

WHERE SECURITY TECHNOLOGY MEETS LOGISTICSSECURITY

Kevin Johnson (Panalpina Management)Lourens Smith (G4S Aviation South Africa)

WHERE TO INVEST IN AFRICA

Celeste Fauconnier (Rand Merchant Bank)

ANDMORE…


FROM the pResident’s desk

being faced by the industry (our members)there. The ALACAT meeting for membersof the Region Americas was held in Bar-celona on 26 June, and it was said to beanother successful meeting. These regionalmeetings of FIATA play a critical role increating a platform for member associa-tions and companies to get together anddiscuss region-specific issues.

The FIATA Presidency met theCLECAT leadership in Paris on 26 Juneand was also kindly hosted at a receptionand then their members dinner by theFrench national association TLF. Whilstthe meeting sawmatters of mutual interestdiscussed, the reception and dinner werean opportunity to meet several old andsome new friends from the industry.

Preparations for the forthcomingFIATA World Congress 2019 in CapeTown are in full swing and early reportsfrom the Congress Committee makeme believe that it is going to be a veryvibrant congress. Several new agendasare in the making, so delegates will havemore of a chance to learn about industryissues, hear about new initiatives, meetworld-class speakers and also learn aboutthe problems being faced by the indus-try from experiences of peers from otherparts of the world. Logistics companieswho wish to join us to experience a vari-ety of sessions and social events in CapeTown can visit www.fiata2019.org forfurther detailed information.

In this issue we also have a countryreport on Guatemala, from which youcan garner a rather detailed overview ofthe economic situation in this CentralAmerican country.

Enjoy your read and I wish you allthe best.

Babar BadatFIATA President

Iamdelightedtosee that this timewehave11 companies from around the globe

celebrating ‘50 years of membership’ ofFIATA and 56 companies with ‘25 yearsof membership’. Congratulations!

We appreciate the trust, commitmentand loyalty these members have shown toFIATA and wish them continuous successin their businesses. International logisticsand freight forwarding is an industry thatfaces unceasing challenges, varying businesscycles, the introduction of global tariffs,changing business landscapes, new regu-lations and the induction of new techno-logies, all with a substantial impact on thebusiness and on our industry. It is admirablethat these members not only manage tosurvive these challenges but also grow everstronger. We take this opportunity of wish-ing the rest of our members also loads ofsuccess in their businesses.

FIATA held the Market Place Semi-nar 2019 and it was jointly organised byFIATA and UIC during the Logistic Trans-port Fair in Munich, where representativesof railway operators and freight forwarderswere able to discuss the latest rail facilities,new corridors and technological innova-tions. In the past few weeks FIATA heldits regional meetings. The FIATA RegionAsia-Pacific Field Meeting was once againhosted jointly with UN ESCAP in Bang-kok on 10 June, with one day for RAP andthe second day for the UN’s Regional Con-ference for Logistics Service Providers. TheFIATARegion Africa-Middle East meetingwas held in the exciting city of Beirut inLebanon on 24&25 June, where again oneday was dedicated to RAME and the otherfor interaction with the host country’shigh-level policy makers and governmentrepresentatives. I was delighted to attendthis meeting too and to highlight to thepolicy makers some of the pressing issues

Dear Colleagues and Friends

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TFA And The FuTure

RegioN AsiA PAcific (RAP)

WTO TFA: ‘2019 andbeyond’ – and a varietyof RAP-related matters

At the centre of the first RAP meeting in 2019, Dr. Mohammed

Saeed of the International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva, provided

an outlook on the Trade Facilitation Agreement ratified in 2017

and what is ahead according to the timelines of the implementa-

tion of the commitments. Furthermore, Mr. Tej Contractor, FFFAI

(India), announced that the next generation of the Incoterms

2020 are set to be published by the International Chamber of

Commerce (ICC). Moreover, Brian Lovell gave an update on new

security requirements in Australia.

This article was held over from FIATA Review 127.

Around thirty delegates attended themeeting of FIATA’s Region Asia

Pacific meeting and exchanged viewson a variety of regional topics. The RAPChair welcomed as the meeting’s guestspeaker Dr. Mohammad Saeed, SeniorAdviser for Trade Facilitation and Policyfor Business at the International TradeCentre (ITC), Geneva (Switzerland).

TFA: InTo The FuTuReUnder the title “World Trade Organiza-tion (WTO)Trade Facilitation Agreement(TFA): 2019 and beyond”, Dr. Saeed gavean interesting status update of the progress

Thomas Sim, chairman of fiATA’s Advisory Body Vocational Training (ABVT), was amongst the attentive participants.

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TFA And The FuTure

TFA ratification has been making sinceFebruary 2017, when it entered into force.The meeting learnt about the notificationrate and categories of measures and com-mitments (M&C), the top and bottomrankings of the M&C and, last but notleast, Dr. Saeed provided an outlook ofwhat lies ahead, according to the timelinesof the implementation of the commit-ments. The significant importance of theNational Trade Facilitation Committees(NCTF) was once more highlighted thistime in a RAP meeting. The NCTFs be-came mandatory under the TFA. Experi-ences were shared and discussed amongst

Asia Pacific Field Meeting, which will beheld in conjunction with a UN ESCAPConference for Logistics Service Providers.

FIATA’s RAP Field Meeting was heldon 10 June 2019, the UN ESCAP on11 June 2019 (see pages 14–15).

ask for more informationIf you require more information on theabove-mentioned events as well as on theregistration procedure, please make use ofthe following link: https://fiata.com/ini-tiatives/fiata-meetings.html. Or consultFIATA’s RAP Manager, Mr. Daniel Bloch(e-mail – [email protected]).

delegates, and the speaker in particular,with representatives from Australia, Paki-stan and India.

incoterms 2020 to comeMr. Tej Contractor, of the FFFAI (India).announced to the meeting that the nextgeneration of Incoterms 2020 are set to bepublished by the International Chamber ofCommerce. Mr. Brian Lovell gave an up-date concerning new security requirementsin effect in Australia since last year.

The Chairman requested FIATA’sAssociation Members to encourage theirown members to attend the 13th Region

Mohammed Saeed, ITC, pointed to the TFA progress being made.

Adelaide Young, FIATA Vice President.

FIATA President Mr. Babar Badat.

More than thirty delegates were present at this RAP meeting.

SET OF HIGHER STANDARDS

NEW REGISTER IN PLACE

International MaritimeBureau (IMB) launches newNVOCC Code of ConductThe ICC International Maritime

Bureau (IMB) has establisheda register for Non-Vessel-OwningCommon Carriers (NVOCCs). Thepurpose of the register is to improveanti-fraud standards and to encour-age higher standards by providing amechanism to recognise participatingNVOCCs that adhere to a minimumstandard of anti-fraud measures intheir operations.

For the purposes of the scheme anNVOCC is defined as “a company thatissues bills of lading and assumes therole of the carrier of the cargo.” Join-ing the IMB scheme does not relievean NVOCC of its obligation to register

its company or activities with the localauthority concerned, for instance theFederal Maritime Commission (FMC).It is relevant to point out to our readersthat the ICC’s and the IMB’s definitionof an NVOCC is specifically ‘Non-Ves-sel-Owning Common Carrier’ whereasother organisations, such as the FMC,the World Shipping Council and theTT Club, define an NVOCC as a ‘Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier’.According to the IMB, NVOCCs is-sue more than 90% of all suspect billsof lading identified in its database. Sus-pect bills of lading are those which havefalse contents, including the incorrectvessel, dates, description of the cargo,

container numbers or parties. They arepresented to banks in order to commitfraud, money laundering, illegal capitalflight and to bypass sanctions.

REGULATION IS NECESSARYWhilst it is acknowledged that thereare many NVOCCs that operate tohigh standards, the simple fact cannotbe ignored that there are some that donot. This sector is unregulated in manycountries and the standards of tradeknowledge are very variable. The resulthas been that bills of lading are issuedby them and financed by banks posinga risk of fraud or money laundering forbanks.


SET OF HIGHER STANDARDS

The objective of this initiative is to im-pose a greater degree of accountabilityupon NVOCCs. It is hoped to increasethe essential role played by the bill oflading. At BIFA, from the communica-tions it regularly receives, it is clear thatmany people do not understand the keythreefold role of a bill of lading, and inparticular thepotential for it tobea ‘nego-tiable’ document, giving the holder titleto the goods.

One point that Bifa has emphasisedfor many years, and which this latest ini-tiative also highlights, is that informa-tion declared on a bill of lading has tobe accurate. It mirrors the relevant in-formation from the Master bill of ladingissued by the physical carrier.

THE REQUIREMENTSAs stated in the opening line of thisarticle the IMB is opening a registerof NVOCCs around the world. Thescheme is voluntary, but it does intendto differentiate between those traderswho wish to demonstrate their expertiseand those who do not. NVOCCs will berequired to provide their full contact de-tails, including physical business addressand the full names of two directors (des-ignated persons) who will assume re-sponsibility for the NVOCC following

its joining of the register. The ICC andthe IMB have written a Code of Con-duct detailing acceptable business prac-tices to be followed by NVOCCs whenissuing and processing bills of lading.NVOCCs seeking registration with theIMB will be required to sign the Code ofConduct valid for one year. In addition,NVOCCs will be required to pay anadministrative fee for registration. Theidentity of all registered NVOCCs willbe published on a website administeredby the IMB. It should be noted that thewebsite will not include information ondesignated persons.

HOW TO BE COMPLIANTThe IMB NVOCC Register is backedby an online course designed by theIMB and run by the ICC Academy,which specialises in trade-related onlinetraining (https://icc.academy/).

The agreement includes a require-ment for NVOCCs to promptly answerquestions from the IMB regarding abill of lading issued. If an NVOCC isunable to satisfactorily explain a queryregarding a bill of lading issued by it,or there is some evidence that the docu-ment contained false information, itwill be recorded as a ‘strike’ in the IMB’sdatabase. Two such ‘strikes’ within one


year will result in the NVOCC’s removalfrom the Register, unless it can demon-strate that it has put procedures in placeto ensure that these errors are no longerrepeated. Suggested corrective actionsinclude sending staff on training coursesand close monitoring of their work.

IMPROVING STANDARDSThe very broad definition of anNVOCC has to be borne in mindwhen taking this new proposal intoconsideration. In effect, any forwarderissuing a house bill of lading is likelyto fall within the scope of this registra-tion scheme and could therefore join it.Like many such voluntary schemes theregistration requirements are relativelylow and currently there does not ap-pear to be a substantive mechanism toensure compliance.

However, any scheme aiming to im-prove standards is to be welcomed andmembership of the scheme should be re-garded as indicating an NVOCC’s com-mitment to meet minimum acceptablestandards relative to issuing essentialtrade documentation papers. It is hopedthat this will be beneficial to the ship-ping and freight industry and will surelyreduce potential exposures to fraudulentactivity in the supply chain.

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Country report

Portrait of Guatemala

The largest developingeconomy in Central America

Guatemala, a culturally very diversecountry in all its aspects, enjoys

multiple microclimates that favour theexistence and diversity of its natural re-sources, destinations and products. Itsdeveloping economy is the largest inCentral America and boasts the lowestrates of inflation and volatility in the re-gion. One of the key treasures the coun-try has is its youth. Almost half of Gua-temala’s population is under 18 yearsold. In general, Guatemala can be con-sidered a young country.

A diversified economy, an ad-

vantageous location between

the Pacific and the Atlantic

Oceans and the strongest

developing economy in Central

America are a few of Guate-

mala’s assets. Its three multi-

purpose ports and eight airports

form the backbone of its trans-

port and logistics infrastructure.

lake atitlán in the Guatemalan Highlands is the deepest lake in Central america.

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As for the central aspects of the Guatemalaneconomy, it is very diversified, with those sec-tors offering high added-value standing outin its structure. Specifically, the manufactu-ring industry represents 18.7% of the econo-my, and is the sector with themost importantcontribution to GDP.

In addition to its relevance it should alsobe noted that industry is represented by alarge number of sub-sectors. The segmentsrepresenting food include general food-stuffs, beverages and tobacco, with 60% oftotal production, and textiles, clothing and


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footwear, with 13%. Currently, Guatemalaexports more than 4,075 different productsto more than 140markets around the world,and has more than 3,946 companies pro-moting Guatemalan business.

Guatemala has several comparative ad-vantages with respect to other countries; oneof them is its strategic location in the centralzone of the Americas, which provides accessto two world oceans. National ports handle79.5% of the country’s total foreign trade.

THREE PORTS, TWO OCEANSCurrently there are three multipurposeports operating to international standardsin the country, one on the Pacific coast

tenango, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, Coate-peque, Puerto San José and, last but notleast, Puerto Barrios.

Cargo handling efficiency at theairport is one of the highest in LatinAmerica. The majority of exports and im-ports are received, stored, managed, safe-guarded and delivered by COMBEX-IM,a not-for-profit organisation managed bythe Guatemalan private sector. Its visionand purpose is “to offer local and inter-national markets an organisational modelthat meets the demands of reliable man-agement of merchandise.”

and two on the Atlantic side. Puerto SantoTomás de Castilla and Puerto Barrios arelocated on the Atlantic coast, approxi-mately 300 km from Guatemala City.

The main airport in the country is LaAurora, it has direct connections withseveral countries (USA, Mexico, Peru,Spain as well as other Central Americannations). It has 24 customs control pointsand the capacity to handle 22 aeroplanessimultaneously.

Mundo Maya airport, the secondinternational airport, is located 507 kmfrom Guatemala City, in the Petén de-partment. There are also airports locatedin the cities of Quetzaltenango, Huehue-

The capital Guatemala City has more than 1 million inhabitants.

GUATEMALA – FACTS & FIGURES

Guatemala – home to the Maya civilisation from around two millennia BC to the Middle Ages – is themost populous country in Central America. It gained its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821.

Official name República de Guatemala

Capital Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción (a.k.a. Guatemala City)

Form of government Presidential republic

Area 108,889 sqkm

Coastline 400 km

Population 17,206,382 inhabitants (census of 2018)

Major trading partners Exports: USA (approximately 33%), El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico.Imports: USA ( approximately 40%), China, Mexico, El Salvador.

Guatemala – home to the Maya civilisation from around two millennia BC to the Middle Ages – is the

Heritage of the Maya civilisation in Tikal.


MARKET PLACE

MARKET PLACE SEMINAR 2019 BETWEEN FIATA AND UIC

A business platform for allplayers in the logistics chain

The Market Place Seminar for 2019,jointly organised by FIATA and the

UIC, was held in Munich on 4 June,during the Logistic Transport fair, un-der the heading ‘Interaction betweenRail Operators and Freight Forwarderson Rail Transport’.

The meeting was organised aroundtwo thematic sessions, namely ‘New raillogistics concepts in multimodal trans-portation’ and ‘How to make the best use

of railfreight corridor services’. The eventbrought together the most importantstakeholders from the railfreight industry,with the audience having the privilege oflearning from top speakers.

These included Carlo Vaghi – FITConsulting, which is involved in the Clus-ters 2.0 EU project; Niklas Galonske –HaCon,whoprovidedapresentationontheRail Facilities Portal; Harald Jony –Wien-cont Container Terminal GmbH, who

focused on Innovations and introducedHELROM; Emanuele Mastrodonato –ScanMed Corridor Manager, who sharedhis thoughts on the innovative modal shiftand latest updates on the ScanMed Corri-dor with the participants. The second ses-sionfeaturedSabineParmentier–LINEAS,talking about new business developmentsin international trafficandcorridors;BerndWeisweiler –TX Logistics, who gave a veryinteresting presentation on the business de-

Two thematic sessions formed the basis for 2019’s Market Place Seminar in Munich. ‘New rail logis-

tics concepts in multimodal transportation’ and ‘How to make the best use of railfreight corridor

services’. Dr. Ivan Petrov, amongst others, presented FIATA’s Multimodal Bill of Lading (FBL).

The latest FIATA-UIC Market Place Seminar took place during the Transport Logistic 2019 trade fair in Munich.


MARKET PLACE

velopment of corridors from the point ofview of terminals.

Zuhal Nalbant – DB Netz AG andFederica Montaresi – the ScanMed Termi-

nal Advisory Group’s speaker and DeputySpeaker (La Spezia Port and SIFA), sharedtheir views of business development in cor-ridors and current investment in last-mile

Federica Montaresi, the ScanMed Terminal Advi-sory Group’s speaker and the Deputy Speaker (LaSpezia Port and SIFA) was one of the speakers.

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infrastructure. The UIC-FIATA MarketPlace Seminar offered a business-orientedplatform for all stakeholders in the logisticschain and fostered interactive and livelyexchanges on transport solutions and busi-ness opportunities.

The large number of rail stakeholdersattending were able to explore the oppor-tunities arising from interaction betweenrail operators and freight forwarders.

FIATA MULTIMODALBILL OF LADINGDr. Ivan Petrov, Chairman of FIATA’sWork-ing Group Road, opened the seminar with apresentation on FIATA’s Multimodal Bill ofLading. He briefly explained, in the light ofthe many case studies related to rail trans-port fromChina to Europe, why this FIATAtransport document represents the solutionfor Eurasia transport by rail. Dr. Petrov wasalso very pleased with feedback from partici-pants. “This new format of the event givesus an opportunity to bring together marketplayers from rail transport, allowing them tointeract and align strategies for the develop-ment and benefit of the industry. We’re veryhappy with the success of the event.”

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RAP Field Meeting in BAngkok

The RAP Field Meeting was attended by honorary guests and the FIATA Extended Board.

RAP FIEld MEETINg ANd UN EscAP REgIoNAl coNFERENcE

Lots of food for thought atthe 13th RAP Field Meeting

RAP Field Meetings are traditionallyheld in conjunction with the UN

ESCAP Conference. This year’s meet-ing, which took place for the seventhtime, convened in Bangkok, Thailand,where ESCAP has its headquarters, on10 June 2019.

This session held in Bangkok was theseventh meeting, with the previous sixmeetings held in 2008 in New Delhi, In-dia, in 2010 in Bali, Indonesia, in 2013 inNegombo, Sri Lanka, in 2014 in Beijing,PR China, in 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia,and in 2018 in Busan, in South Korea.

FIATA held this meeting at the Su-kosol Hotel in Bangkok. RAP Chair-man Mr. Chris Kanter welcomed almost60 participants from thirteen countries or

regions of FIATA Association Membersfrom the Region Asian Pacific.

Many HonoraryGuests welcoMed– Ms. Azhar Jaimurzina, UN ESCAPChief, Transport Connectivity and Lo-gistics Section, Transport Division.

– Mr. Kettivit Sittisoontornwong, Presi-dent, Thai International Freight For-warders Association (TIFFA).

– Mr. Babar Badat, FIATA President.

FIata extended Board– Mrs. Adelaide Young, Vice President– Mr. Byung Jin Kim, Vice President– Mr. Stanley Lim, Chairman, CongressCommittee

– Mr. Thomas Sim, Chairman ABVT– Mr. Suwit Ratanachinda, FIATA Hon-orary Extended Board Member

Welcoming statementswere received fromboth FIATA’s and TIFFA’s Presidents.

The Chairman ensured that the RAPmeeting saw important and interestingpresentations based on an agenda thatwas rich with a variety of topics, includ-ing invited speakers.

Wildlife trafficking – FIATA –TRAF-FIC – an update on awareness on the mat-ter, given by Mrs. Monica Zavagli, TRAF-FIC Senior Project Officer.

Review of the ‘WCO Revised KyotoConvention and the current progress inthe A/P Region – from Customs’ per-spective’,aninformativepresentationgivenby Dr. Tong Hua, from the World Cus-toms Organization (WCO), RegionalOffice for Capacity Building in the AsiaPacific, CCF/China Operation Managerand Programme Manager (PI).

Dr. Tong made a presentation on thelatest progress of work on the compre-hensive review of the Revised Kyoto Con-vention (RKC). Dr. Tong highlightedthe fact that, in order for the RKC toremain a living and strategic documentfor modern customs procedures in the21st century, the comprehensive reviewwill require an overall needs analysis, toaccommodate updated or new conceptscontained in the WCO tools, as well asthe WCO Member administrations’ bestpractices. He underlined the importanceof stakeholders’ engagement, which in-cludes FIATA as a partner of the WCO,to further develop their proposals forthe success of the comprehensive review.There was a heated Q&A session afterDr. Tong’s presentation.

the 13th FIata region asia Pacific Field Meeting, traditionally

held in conjunction with the un escaP regional conference for

logistics service Providers, took place in Bangkok. the Viet-

namese logistics association (Vla) intends to host next year’s

venue, which will be decided upon at the Fwc in cape town.


RAP Field Meeting in BAngkok

Unfortunately, the meeting had to takenote thatMrs. Gabriela Altuzar, Presidentof the Mexican Freight Forwarders Association Amacarga, had sent her apologies with regret; due to force majeure shewas unable to attend the meeting. We dohope that her presentation, entitled ‘Opportunities for and improvement of logistics solutions with the MexicoAsiaPacific trade agreement’, will follow rather soon at another occasion.

Updates for associationMeMbers’ delegates– Air Cargo Security – ICAO’s NewPolicy Direction, effective July 2021.

– IATA’sAnnualFinancialReview(AFR)and Local Financial Criteria (LFC),provided by Mr. Brian Wu, Chairman,Hong Kong Association of FreightForwarding & Logistics.

– INCOTERMS 2020, provided byMr. Tej Contractor, FFFAI India, FIATARepresentative and Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)Incoterms 2020® Draughting Group.

– Japan Customs Advance Filing Rules(AFR)CargoInformation,providedby

comed and appreciated TIFFA PresidentKettivit Sittisoontornwong’s offer ofTIFFA’s support and continuity to hostin Bangkok future RAP Field Meetings,which are held approximately every alternate year.

In May 2019 the Vietnamese Logistics Association (VLA) sent its letter ofintent to host next year’s 14th FIATARAP Field Meeting in Da Nan, Vietnam. During his welcome statement,FIATA President Mr. Babar Badat alsoproposed to hold the next meeting inPakistan. A next step for a decision willbe taken at the upcoming RAP Meeting, scheduled for October 2019 at theFIATA World Congress in Cape Town,South Africa. Subject to an Association’sformal approach, addressed via the RAPManager to the RAP Chair, such venueis to be decided at a later stage, in collaboration with UN ESCAP.

The 13th RAP Field Meeting eventwas filled with cordial networking thatcontinued during a rich dinner, andthroughout the next day’s UN ESCAPRegional Conference for Logistics Service Providers.

Mr. Hirotaka Hara, Secretary General,Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA).

– Indonesia CustomsRegulation PMK185/pmk.04/2017 in Indonesia, providedbyMr.YukkiNugrahawanHanafi,Chairman,ALFI / ILFA,IndonesianLogistics and Forwarders Association.

In the Thai Special Section, Mr. DatoPatrickWong, DAGANGNeX ExecutiveDirector, presented details of ‘SEALNET’(Southeast Asia Logistics Network).

The RAP Chairman invited FIATAPresident Mr. Babar Badat to apprisemembers of FIATA’s Presidency and Extended Board motions to the OctoberAnnual General Meeting concerning anew location for FIATA in Geneva andthe merger of FLA and ABVT.

All of the items presented providedfood for thought for interesting debatesamongst the delegates.

We are grateful to TIFFA for theirhospitality, support, cooperation andassistance, and for the arrangementsfor the meeting and hotel. Participantsalong with the Chair unanimously wel

More than 60 participants gathered for the meeting in the Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok.

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A warm welcome from TIFFA! Daniel Bloch commenting on FIATA’s contact with the WCO.

FIATA President Babar Badat’s address.


ANNIVERSARIES

WARM WISHES FOR 50 YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP

FIATA affiliates celebratemembership anniversariesA number of companies around the world celebrated their 50th and 25th anniversaries of

membership of FIATA recently. On behalf of our Federation the FIATA’s Presidency extends

its congratulations to these long-standing members. We thank you for your continued

commitment and look forward to a successful future for our international industry.

25 YEARS OF FIATA MEMBERSHIPCOMPANY COUNTRY

A. HARTRODT (BELGIUM) N.V. BELGIUM

ABREU-CARGA E TRANSITOS, LTD. PORTUGAL

AIRLINKS CARGO PVT. LTD. INDIA

ALLTRANS SRL ITALY

ANTRAMAR B.V.B.A. BELGIUM

ARCELOR MITTAL LOGISTICS BELGIUM NV BELGIUM

ASPINWALL & CO. LTD. INDIA

ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL ROAD CARRIERS – ASMAP RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CARGO INTERNATIONAL PAKISTAN

CARGOCARE AG SWITZERLAND

DARA SHIPPING & INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDERS IRAN, ISLAMIC REP. OF

DAVID KIRSCH FORWARDERS LTD. CANADA

DESPRED PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY BULGARIA

DISSACO N.V. BELGIUM

DIXONS CARGO CONSOLIDATORS PRIVATE LIMITED INDIA

DSV AIR & SEA LTD. BULGARIA

EXPEDITORS EGYPT EGYPT

FREIGHT LINKS INTERNATIONAL (PTE) LTD. SRI LANKA

G. MUSTAFA & COMPANY PAKISTAN

GENEL TRANSPORT NAKLIYAT VE TICARET LTD. STI. TURKEY

GLOBALINK KAZAKHSTAN

GOLDEN SHIPPING LINES (PVT) LTD. PAKISTAN

INTERNATIONAL PACKING SERVICE BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

ITALIANSPED SPA ITALY

ITAMCO - INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT & MARITIME SERVICES CO. EGYPT

JAIMEX LTD. BULGARIA

JSC ILYCHEVSKVNESHTRANS JSC IVT UKRAINE

KDS CARGO B.V. NETHERLANDS

COMPANY COUNTRY

KRIEF ALBATROS LTD. ISRAEL

LEAAP FORWARDERS PRIVATE LIMITED INDIA

LEVANT TRANSPORT CO. LTD. LEBANON

LINKS FORWARDERS PVT. LTD. INDIA

LOGISTRANS UKRAINE

MERCANTILE FREIGHT SERVICES (PVT) LTD. SRI LANKA

MULTIMODAL SEA & AIRFREIGHT SERVICES SDN BHD BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

MULTITEX LOGISTICA LTDA BRAZIL

NAIGAI TRANS LINES LTD. JAPAN

NATIONAL TRANSPORT & OVERSEAS SERVICES CO. – NOSCO EGYPT

P.A.C. PACTRANS AIR CARGO (HK) LTD. HONG KONG SAR

PARIA CO. LTD. BULGARIA

PATEL INTEGRATED LOGISTICS LTD. INDIA

PCA CARGO (PVT) LTD. PAKISTAN

PT YUSEN LOGISTICS INDONESIA INDONESIA

QUAD CITY PORT SERVICES INC. CANADA

QUEHENBERGER TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS CZE S.R.O. CZECH REPUBLIC

RAPID CARGO (PVT) LTD. PAKISTAN

SCHENKER SA (PTY) LTD SOUTH AFRICA

SCORPION SHIPPING LTD. BULGARIA

TERRAMAR LTD. INTERNATIONAL FORWARDERS POLAND

TIRSPED SP. Z O.O. POLAND

TRANS-CONTINENTAL LOGISTICS N.V. BELGIUM

TRANSEXPRESS LTD. BULGARIA

TRANSFORWARDING A.S. CZECH REPUBLIC

TRANSFREIGHT CORP. (PVT) LTD. PAKISTAN

UCOMAR S.A. BELGIUM

UNIMASTERS LOGISTICS PLC BULGARIA


ANNIVERSARIES / PERSONALLY

50 YEARS OF FIATA MEMBERSHIPCOMPANY COUNTRY

AGILITY LOGISTICS, CO. CANADA

BARTH SPEDITION GMBH GERMANY

DHL FREIGHT (FINLAND) OY FINLAND

GILLESPIE-MUNRO INC. CANADA

MEISEI CORPORATION JAPAN

PF COLLINS INTERNATIONAL TRADE SOLUTIONS CANADA

THOMAS SMITH & CO. LTD. MALTA

TURNERS SHIPPING (PTY) LTD. SOUTH AFRICA

WILLIAMS & GOSLING LTD. FIJI

25 YEAR FIATA ASSOCIATIONMEMBERSHIPASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSPORT, FREIGHT FORWARDING AND LOGISTICS ORGANISATIONSIN UKRAINE – UKRZOVNISHTRANS • UKRAINE

LATVIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FREIGHT FORWARDERSAND LOGISTICS – LAFF • LATVIA

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORWARDERSAND LOGISTICS – LINEKA • LITHUANIA

NEW ON BOARD

BettyWelzenbach

Having completed a transition from East

Africa to Central Europe some time ago,

Betty Welzenbach has now assumed a

new position in FIATA.

Betty joined FIATA in June this year. She was bornin Kenya and has German citizenship. She com-

pleted her apprenticeship as an office clerk in Ger-many. Before joining FIATA, she worked with manydifferent international companies, both in Germanyas well as in Switzerland, mostly in the administrativefield. She speaks fluent English, German and Swahili.

CHANGE IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFEBetty’s slogan is ‘Change is the essence of life. But ittakes considerate and careful professionals to help tosteer it through, and to surrender what we are for whatwe could become’. This philosophy has brought her toFIATA, which offers an international environment withmany opportunities. She regularly reads professionaljournals to update her knowledge; in her free time sheenjoys music, hiking and travelling.

Betty is looking forward to meeting FIATA mem-bers and delegates at our annual World Congress,which is scheduled to be held in Cape Town at the be-ginning of October this year.

International opportunities.

OBITUARY

Obituary Kersten OhlKersten Ohl, in charge ofRoad Transport, TransportInsurance and Legal Mattersat FIATA for more than 16years, will be greatly missedby many people.

FIATA staff and industry col-leagues remember a closefriend on the untimely deathof Kersten Ohl.

Kersten started his careerwith FIATA on the 3rd ofOctober 1988, and retired inDecember 2004 at the age ofsixty-three years. In his mana-gerial capacity Kersten wasin charge at that time in theSecretariat for Surface Trans-port, Transport Insuranceand Legal Matters. Over the

years these functions were re-aligned with Surface Trans-port becoming the Multi-modalTransport Institute andLegal Matters becoming theAdvisory Body Legal Matters.

Kersten was in the privi-leged position of workingclosely with Professor JanRamberg, Sweden, in the de-velopment and recognition oftransport documents, mainlyin the FIATA MultimodalTransport Bill of Lading be-ing recognised by the Inter-national Chamber of Com-merce. He also worked on thedevelopment of the FIATACorrespondent’s Agreement,as well as supporting the ini-tial and revised editions of

FIATA’s ‘The Law of FreightForwarding’, by ProfessorRamberg. In 2002 Kerstenwas appointed Deputy Direc-tor General to then DirectorGeneral Marco Sangaletti,with this appointment recog-nising his extensive skills andbusiness acumen.

Kersten was a passionatesupporter of professionalismby international freight for-warders. He was always will-ing to share his thoughts withFIATA staff and membersand logistics support. Kerstenalways proclaimed the signifi-cant difference between inter-national freight forwarders, asorganisers of transport, andintegrators, who in his opin-

ion, organised transport withtheir own transport capa-bilities. In his eyes integratorswere not freight forwarders.

On his passing we reco-gnise a good friend, a pas-sionate advocate of FIATAand its members and a kindand courteous man.

Our condolences to his fa-mily. Rest in peace, Kersten.


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AEO REGIONAL AGREEMENT, SAO PAULO

John Edwin Mein (Procomex)

AFRICA’S INTEGRATION THROUGH PRIVATE SECTORINVOLVEMENT

Willie Shumba (African Union Commission)

CONNECTIVITY IN CUSTOMS AND TRADE

Edward Kieswetter (South African Revenue Service)

HOW LOGISTICS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE DIRECTENABLERS OF TRADE: THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

Philip Wyllie (FreightPartner)

IBM’S VIEW ON LOGISTICS

Dee Waddell (IBM)

INSPIRING TOMORROW’S LOGISTICIANS

YLP Programme

INTRODUCTION TO THE CTU CODE FROM ANINSURANCE PERSPECTIVE

Michael Yarwood (TT Club)

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE CTU CODE

Richard Brough (International Cargo HandlingCoordination Association)

SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT TRANSPORT THROUGHCONNECTIVITY IN CUSTOMS AND TRADE

Oliver Peltzer (Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein andInternational Chamber of Commerce)

THE FUTURE OF AIR CARGO: HOW TO PERCEIVE,MANAGE, AND MONITOR VOLATILITY ANDUNCERTAINTY AROUND THE AIRFREIGHT SECTOR

Florian Klein (Deloitte Consulting GmbH)

WHERE SECURITY TECHNOLOGY MEETS LOGISTICSSECURITY

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WHERE TO INVEST IN AFRICA

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