To represent, lead and serve the airline industry

e-freightSycaff Jan 26th 2012

Guillaume DrucyHead, Cargo e-business

e-freight – end to end paperless process for air cargo transportation

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Shippers

Export Customs

Import Customs

OriginFreight Forwarders

Carrier

Consignees

1. Invoice2. Packing List

3. Master Air Waybill4. House Air Waybill

DestinationFreight Forwarders

10. Import Cargo Declaration11. Import Goods Declaration

12. Customs release Import

Origin GHA

Destination

GHA

5. Export Goods Declaration6. Export Cargo Declaration

7. Customs release Export

8. House Manifest9. Flight Manifest

• Set of business processes and standards for data exchange and

removal of paper

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION 2011

Electronic Customs/regulatory environment

Shipper

Export Customs

Import Customs

OriginFwR

Carrier ConsigneeDest.FwR

GHA GHA

- Customs declarations electronic- Invoice/packing list) accepted in

electronic format, or printed copy

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION 2011

ShipperOriginFwR

Carrier ConsigneeDest.FwR

GHA GHA

- Communicate electronic data (FWB and FHL messages) or capture information on airline web portal

- e-AWB implemented (currently optional for e-freight but mandatory as of Jan 2013)- Paperless acceptance counter and freight delivery (destination) without original paper

docs (may require use of a shippers delivery note or warehouse receipt)

Electronic communication between forwarder, airline and handler

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION 2011

- Communicate key documents to destination forwarder, broker and shipper electronically (house air waybill, invoice, packing list)

- Ability to archive documents electronically (e-Archiving)- Elimination of the document pouch for general cargo documents, reduced pouch for other

cargo that needs special cargo docs in the pouch

ShipperOriginFwR

Carrier ConsigneeDest.FwR

GHA GHA

Electronic communication between origin and destination forwarder/consignee

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Why e-freight – key benefits

Lowers Lowers industry industry

costscosts

TransferTransfertimetime

ErrorsErrorsin datain data

Carbon Carbon footprintfootprint

Key Facilitator for SecurityKey Facilitator for Security

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Benefit example: Single Data Capture

37% of data in HAWB comes from Invoice, Packing List, COO (CAAS Study)

Significant savings on re-entry of MAWB/HAWB data by airline/handler on freight acceptance

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Benefit example: Simpler Freight Acceptance Process at Origin

1. Documents acceptance

2. Freight acceptanc

e

Traditional process

1. Freight and data

acceptance

Paperless process

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e-freight status – Dec. 201142

Countries/SARs100+

Major Airports42

Live airlines400+

Forwarders9.4%

Live trade lanes*

*Trade lanes live at end 2010

Critical factors of change

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Customs and regulatory support

Airline readiness (IT legacy)

Airline-Handler interface

Data quality

Forwarder capability and awareness

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Approach 2012 and beyond: collaboration

Global Global:•GACAG e-Commerce Task Force (GECTF),

•e-freight Central Action Group (eCAG)

LocalLocal

LocalLocal: (EF@NL,

EF@SIN, Task Forces, and now Sycaff e-freight

commission!)

Priorities 2012

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Customs /regulatory

FF-Shipperinterface

FF-Airline-GHAinterface

• Expand network (priority BRIC)

• Improve support in existing countries/ locations (US and others)

• Proof of concepts for e-SDDG and e-Security Declaration

• e-AWB 15% (Board target)

• Multilateral e-AWB agreement

• Improve industry data quality (FWB/FHL)

• Upgrade IHM (Ground Handling)

• Assess and promote technology solutions – e-pouch

Review overall Roadmap to 100% e-freight with GACAG partners