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FIATA REVIEW
HQ Session – A Strong View toward the Future
Panama – Bridging Oceans, Connecting the World
FIATA’s First Fellow
Magazine of the
International Federation
of Freight Forwarders
As­so­ci­a­tions
No. 107, May 2015
FIATA REVIEW NO. 107, MAY 2015
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Contents
Editorial
5 From the President’s Desk
Focus
6 HQ Session – A Strong View
toward the Futuree
Country Report
14 Panama – Bridging Oceans,
Connecting the World
News
23 Elements of success for a TOT
Learner: FFVT Special Guests
24 FIATA’s First Fellow:
Mr Andrew Kemp
Personally
25 Meet Paul Golland
Vice President of FIATA
Here & There
26 Happy Birthday!
Agenda
27 Forthcoming Events
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F rom the P resident’s D esk
Dear Colleagues and Friends
I am pleased to introduce this new issue of
the FIATA Review. At the time of writing
this editorial the 2015 RAME Field Meeting in Dubai was only a few weeks away
and was expected to be an exceptional
event on the FIATA calendar this year.
M
from the update on Ebola during the ABSS meeting, Dr Norton’s presentation was
a lively window looking into the enormous logistics challenges in cases of emergency. Keeping a link with the Red Cross/
Red Crescent through mutual exchange of
knowledge will allow FIATA to offer its
assistance permanently.
ost of this magazine is dedi- I would also like to express our satisfaccated to reports on our Head- tion for having signed an agreement with
quarters’ Session held in Zurich CIFFA for the utilisation of their Lithium
between the 19th and 22nd of March. Batteries Awareness e-learning course, the
This year’s HQ meetings will however first tool activated by the FIATA Logistics
also be remembered for having hosted, for Academy on a subject which is of utmost
the first time ever, a FIATA Fellow Award importance for the safety of air transport,
Ceremony.
as clearly recognised also by Glynn Huges
of IATA, who too attended our HQ Session.
Many professionals from outside our industry have been contributing to the The most remarkable event during our
success of FIATA’s initiatives and pro- HQ meetings was clearly the session
grammes, and listening to the sugges- which was devoted to an open discustions coming from some of you, we have sion on the future of FIATA. As every
decided to express our recognition and organisation in our fast changing envithanks in this regard. A decision was ronment, FIATA too needs to look ahead
taken by the Presidency to award the and innovate in order to be able to meet
title of FIATA Fellow to Mr Andrew its members’ expectations, a clear sign of
Kemp, the TT Club’s high ranking officer the strength of FIATA. The Presidency
who chaired the FIATA/TT Club Young had decided to hand over the guidance
Freight Forwarder of the Year Award’s of this session to those of you who had
Steering Committee for many years. Ms been more proactive in proposing innovaAntonella Straulino has written a report tive steps. Issa Baluch, Steve Morris and
on the ceremony which took place dur- Bob Voltmann conducted an effective and
ing the Extended Board dinner. Let me productive discussion. All participants
underline how important Andrew’s con- have contributed with constructive ideas
tribution has been in a programme which and comments. The conclusion has been
unifies two of the most important objec- the launch of the FIATA 2020 initiative,
tives of FIATA: training and progress for which will no doubt lead to a vision and
action plan in the months to come to
the younger generation.
further strengthen our organisation for the
Among the HQ guest speakers, the in- benefit of our industry.
formative presentation given by Dr Ian
See you all in Taipei for the
Norton, head of the Foreign Medical Team
FIATA World Congress 2015!
Unit of the Red Cross /Red Crescent in
Geneva, attracted great attention. Stemming
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HQ Session – A Strong View
This year’s FIATA Headquarter Session
Key highlights and recent developments
had a strong view toward the future, and
Members were informed about the benefits of the IFACP and the key issues that
have been resolved since AFI’s March 2014
Meeting when delegates in attendance
endorsed the notion of a single principalto-principal programme.
concluded significantly on this note with
an entire afternoon dedicated to an open
discussion on this very topic. FIATA 2020 will
seek to compile visions for the future as it
steers our ship forward. Zurich played host
to 2015’s event and the FIATA Secretariat had
the pleasure of welcoming 246 delegates.
AIRFREIGHT INSTITUTE (AFI)
AFI Chairman, Mr Rodolfo Sagel, started
the meeting by recognising the attendance
of FIATA President, Mr Francesco Parisi,
and IATA Global Head of Cargo, Mr Glyn
Hughes, and welcomed both gentlemen to
the AFI meeting.
It is envisioned that the current IATA
Cargo Agency Programme will be replaced
by the new IFACP, which will be governed
by a joint IATA-FIATA Governance Board
(IFGB). The IFGB would consist of six forwarder and six airline voting delegates, and
will be supported by two representatives
from FIATA and two from IATA, as well
as a Joint Programme Management team
composed of a FIATA nominated Governance Manager and an IATA nominated Operations Manager, all without voting rights.
The New IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Programme
(IFACP)
Mr William Gottlieb, former AFI Chairman and former President of FIATA,
currently serving as FIATA’s Head in the
Working Group on the Cargo Moderni­
sation Programme made a presentation
regarding the much anticipated joint
programme under development by both
FIATA and IATA – The IATA-FIATA Air
Cargo Programme (IFACP).
The presentation is available on the FIATA website under the tabs ‘Media’ and
‘Recent Views (Downloads)’ or at: fiata.
com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/
recent_views/AFI/CAMP_Presentation_
AFI_-_HQ_2015.pdf
Mr Gottlieb introduced members to the
objectives of the IFACP, to re-engineer the
current IATA Cargo Agency Programme
to meet the needs of today’s air cargo community, ensuring mutual benefits for both
freight forwarders and airlines alike.
The IFACP will offer a simplified governance structure, reducing the administrative requirements to operate the programme. It addresses the reality of today’s
market place where there exists a principal-to-principal relationship between
freight forwarders and airlines. It has been
clearly identified that more than 80% of
all air cargo is booked by freight forwarders acting as principals. The IFACP better
clarifies and validates this buyer/seller
relationship, and has the potential to set
agreed industry standards and best practices in key priority areas such as safety,
security and e-commerce.
Ready for Carriage conditions, operational
criteria, Dangerous Goods training, and
best practices will be referenced in the
new IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Programme
Handbook helping to raise awareness of
both airline and freight forwarder responsibilities and compliance requirements to
agreed industry standards.
It is foreseen that some six to eight regional Joint Councils, will be established
to provide local input and submit proposals to the IATA-FIATA Governance Board.
This will replace the multitudes of local
assemblies and councils, which are part of
today’s IATA governance structure.
The new Joint Councils will propose to
IFGB the minimum local criteria for financial standing required for endorsement
and retention of freight forwarders in their
respective countries.
During the transition from the current
programme to the new IFACP, the financial and operational criteria applicable
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toward the Future
The IFGB will set the programme budget
and fee schedule, in consideration of the
following key principles: IFACP will be
funded by the participating freight forwarders and airlines based on the number of locations per country, and freight
forwarders and airlines will pay the same
amount for each location. At the new
programme’s outset in 2017, airline and
freight forwarder fees will not exceed
the levels paid in 2014–2015. The IATA
Cargo Agency Conference, at a meeting
held on 10 March 2015 endorsed unanimously the implementation of the IFACP
to replace the current Cargo Agency and
Intermediary Programmes and adopted a
new IATA CASS participation Resolution
to allow for the transition from the current programme to the new IFACP. This
endorsement and resolution will come
into effect following the signature of the
IATA-FIATA Cooperation Agreement.
Implementation
IATA’s Cargo Accounts Settlement System (CASS) remains ‘as is’ operated and
administered by IATA on behalf of its
airline members, and governed under
the jurisdiction of IATA’s Cargo Agency
Conference.
of the freight forwarder, in respect to
proposed changes to CASS affecting the
forwarder, through participation in local
Agent Liaison Working Groups (ALWG).
National Associations can (during an
ALWG meeting) refuse implementation
of any change that has not attracted broad
consensus of its membership. FIATA too,
through the IATA-FIATA Consultative
Council (IFCC), will continue monitoring
changes to CASS, and raising objections
or comments as necessary to protect the
forwarder’s interests.
National Cargo Agent Associations will
continue to play an important consultative role in protecting the best interests
The IFACP will be a self-funded programme, with fees being paid by both
participating airlines and forwarders.
today will continue and be transferred to
IFACP, until the newly established Joint
Councils have an opportunity to review
the existing criteria and as necessary make
recommendations to the IFGB for amendment.
Mr Gottlieb informed the meeting that a
global IFACP implementation for January
2017 was still on target and that it would
be accomplished through staggered regional implementations during a roll-out
period. It is anticipated that the IFACP
will be able to start with a pilot implementation project in Canada and South
America in the third quarter of 2015.
During the rollout period, IATA’s Cargo
Agency Conference will need to rescind
applicable Agency Programme Resolutions
to coincide with IFACP implementation.
Current participants of the IATA Cargo
Agency/Intermediary Programme will be
provided with a new IFACP Freight Forwarder Agreement and a new IATA CASS
Participation Agreement (if CASS exists
in the region). Upon execution and receipt
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of those completed agreements, the participant will become an Endorsed Freight
Forwarder under the IFACP, and continues
to participate in CASS. No further assessment will be required.
If a current participant of the IATA Cargo
Agency Programme does not wish to join
the IFACP, it may relinquish its IATA
accreditation status.
New Applications
A freight forwarder, who had not been
a participant in the current IATA Cargo
Agency Programme, may apply to become
an endorsed member of the IATA-FIATA
Air Cargo Programme (IFACP) by submitting an application and by meeting the
defined financial and operational criteria.
That freight forwarder will be provided
with the IFACP Freight Forwarder Agreement and the IATA CASS Participation
Agreement (if CASS exists in the region).
The CASS Participation Agreement will
contain the IATA CASS rules as adopted
by the Cargo Agency Conference. It is
mandatory for the members of IFACP to
join the local CASS, if it exists.
Next Steps
Finally members were advised that FIATA
has engaged the international law firm of
K&L Gates LLP, to undertake a legal due
diligence process, which will include:
• Competition law compliance
•Governance
• Rules and Procedures outlined in the
draft Programme Handbook
• Taxation issues
• Legal recommendations to the FIATA
Presidency
Subject to the outcome of the legal review
and recommendations from K&L Gates to
the FIATA Presidency, FIATA and IATA
would enter into an IATA – FIATA Cooperation Agreement.
FIATA President, Mr Parisi, expressed
thanks to the Airfreight Institute, the
CAMP Working Group and to IATA, for
their great efforts during the past three
years. He stated that there was no doubt
this body had been engaged in the very
important matter of modernising the Cargo Agency Programme and that with AFI
close to completing its work, he hoped to
be finalising the next steps shortly.
CASS Defaults vs CASS Turnover
The CASS Conundrum “The remedy is worse
than the disease”
Mr William Gottlieb briefed the delegation about AFI’s activities and responsibilities connected to IATA CASS resolutions
as they currently exist and how they are
related to the current IATA programme
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in which forwarders participate. In this
context of consultations with IATA and
the airlines AFI each year receives a huge
amount of documentation, in excess of
a few hundred pages. AFI processes this
information diligently and thoroughly
to identify areas and issues that affect
the freight forwarder. These results in
recommendations within the remit of
the IATA-FIATA Consultative Council
(IFCC) which includes: supporting or
amending, or rejecting proposed changes
to CASS, and launching a dialogue in
advance of these proposals being tabled
at an IATA Cargo Agency Conference
(CAConf) meeting. It has been routinely
commented by the AFI delegates that
CASS issues make up the majority of the
CAConf agendas, and that there should
be an analysis done to determine if there
is justification for such emphasis on
CASS and “Protecting the Airlines Cargo
Receivables”.
This has led AFI over the past several years
to request from IATA more and more
CASS data, in order to better understand if
there still remains a need for the complex
set of IATA Resolutions crafted over several decades, to govern the operations of
CASS, and protect the money of airlines.
Examples of information include: number
of defaults, number of irregularities, CASS
turnover by country, monetary amounts
of defaults and of amounts uncollected.
This will allow AFI to get a better picture
whether all the focus on protecting money
due to airlines through CASS was indeed
reasonable and justifiable based on the
risks involved, at least from the forwarders
perspective.
Such results could be taken as indicative of
what is representative of CASS operations
globally and could be insightful in terms
of drawing a relationship between IATA’s
CASS rules and the reality of the day-today risks airlines actually incur in collecting freight charges due from forwarders
through CASS.
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they were getting credibly good dialogue
in those forums as everybody has the same
objective, to be creating a solid and robust
air cargo industry.
Mr Gottlieb then used this discussion to
lead into his next presentation titled:
CASS and the role of FIATA and National
Associations of Cargo Agents
Mr Glyn Hughes, IATA Global Head of
Cargo confirmed that all the other regions
would probably show a similar picture. It
was worth commenting on how successful
the forwarding industry is. Because the
last four years had been a pretty dramatic
time for the industry and during that period the forwarding industry has continued to maintain such an incredibly high
level of successful payment. From an IATA
perspective, they certainly applaud the
efforts taken by the forwarding industry
to be so financially sound. Where there
are unfortunately cases of default there
are sorts of financial measures or securities
in place to deal with this on a reasonable
basis. Reasonable measures to address
reasonable levels of risk. It is important to
identify what is an acceptable level of risk
versus the cost of addressing that risk.
Mr Hughes praised the IFCC on playing
a huge role, and FIATA for having a very
strong voice, at the IFCC. There are lots of
financial criteria proposals that go to the
IFCC for discussion, and there are a lot of
requirements to ensure there is dialogue
at national level. Mr Hughes encouraged
all FIATA Association Members to make
contact with their IATA office. Let them
know: “: “The IATA Offices to include
the forwarders associations into these local mechanisms which are as well estabMr Gottlieb showed some examples based lished to look at local financial criteria,
on IATA numbers received:
to get them involved because they have
a voice. Not a blockIATA Americas – 2014
IATA North Asia – 2014
ing voice, which was
CASS Turnover: US$ 2.0 Billion CASS Turnover: US$ 6.78 Billion
rarely encountered.
CASS Defaults: 37
CASS Defaults: Unknown
CASS Loss:
US$ 1,729.00
CASS Loss:
“Collection Rate 100%”
More often than not
Mr Gottlieb suggested that FIATA Association Members utilize the support,
which FIATA and AFI can provide, when
they are involved in local discussions
with IATA and CASS. AFI is here to help,
not to represent the associations but to
provide information and advice based on a
vast amount of experience assisting other
forwarder association colleagues, in terms
of what policies are fair and reasonable, allowing our FIATA Association Member to
decide, how to apply this guidance, to the
CASS issues being faced in their country.
There is not one global solution to CASS
issues, and that is why there are numerous
local CASS criteria, but AFI can offer some
very useful guidelines.
The CASS rules are established in IATA
Cargo Resolutions, and FIATA Association Members need to understand what
those Resolutions state and what rights
they provide to the various parties (Forwarders, Airlines, National Associations,
FIATA and IATA) and how the CASS
process works.
Mr Gottlieb cited
IATA Cargo Resolution 851(f ) – Agents
Liaison Working Groups
In all CASS countries, the Cargo Agency
Conference hereby establishes an Agents Liaison Working Group, to ensure full consideration between IATA and participating carriers
with the national association(s) of cargo
agents, on the operation of the CASS-Export
and CASS-Import. In particular, the ALWG shall ensure that any enhancements or modifications to the system,
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affecting the Agent’s interests, have been
discussed with, and have attracted a
broad consensus, from the agents association, prior to implementation of them.
This Resolution provides the FIATA Association Member the opportunity to ensure
that whatever changes to CASS have been
put forward, no matter from where they
originate, they can be denied implementation, if the national association does
not provide broad support and/or broad
consensus for its implementation.
AFI is available to its Association Members and ready to help them understand
how IATA’s CASS operates and the IATA
Resolutions that allow that operation. AFI
is available to help and guide FIATA Association Members through the process so
they can best represent their membership.
Mr Gottlieb’s presentation then finished
with some remarkable local examples and
explanations of best practices and AFI
CASS criteria guidelines, which both encourage and empower the FIATA Association Member to take the best decision, to
protect their membership’s interests.
Other Matters
Ms Ruth Snowden, Executive Director of
the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA), presented
a case study on e-learning by the FIATA
Logistics Academy covering the international use of their Air Dangerous Goods
Course and about FIATA’s steps to engage
in online training for freight forwarders
for the Shipping of Lithium Batteries
by Air.
Dr Paul Tsui, Chairman of the Hong
Kong Association of Freight Forwarding
and Logistics Limited (HAFFA), presented “A Common e-Platform to Facilitate
e-Commerce and Supply Chain Information Flow for Hong Kong”.
As usual, FIATA Association Members
will receive complete AFI minutes with
the various presentations attached. Interested FIATA Review readers may
consult their Association Members for
more details.
CUSTOMS AFFAIRS INSTITUTE
(CAI)
The recent meeting of the Customs Affairs Institute focused on the integration
of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF)
with the aim of creating trade facilitation
committees to galvanise and facilitate
trade with the intention of stimulating
economic growth.
In addition the meeting recognised
Mr Ferdinand Desmazières, Policy Advisor
for CLECAT, one of FIATA’s representatives
to various World Customs Organisation
(WCO) sub-groups and noted his first report on the progress of key topics of CAI
and the WCO since the last meeting.
CAI Chairman, Mr Steve Morris, particularly brought the meeting’s attention to
Article 13.2 of the Agreement on Trade
Facilitation, which requires Facilitation
Agreement signatories to establish and/
or maintain a national committee on
trade facilitation or otherwise designate
an existing mechanism to facilitate both
domestic coordination and implementation of the provisions of the agreement.
This requirement provides leverage for
national FIATA Association Members to
drive agendas in regulatory interfaces with
service providers and international traders. This could be part of the committee
outcomes, for associations to be part of
such a committee, whose deliberations, in
terms of facilitation, would push WTO
ATF outcomes.
In this regard CAI had developed a Position Paper whereby FIATA encourages the
competent authorities in signatory countries (e.g. Customs, Department of Trade,
Department of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance) to engage with FIATA
Association Members in their particular
country or region, and vice versa in the
coming months, to further this aim and
co-create an action plan which supports
the creation of a National Committee on
Trade Facilitation with the aim of fostering fruitful implementation of the Trade
Facilitation Agreement.
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The Chairman encouraged FIATA Association Members to be proactive in
addressing their respective ministerial
representatives on the timely need to create such a National Committee on Trade
Facilitation, while noting which regulatory agency would be best placed to lead
such a committee.
The relevant agency needs the ability and
capability to address issues in a holistic
sense. A number of trade facilitation issues, which will arise from developments
to the ATF, in some way conflict the traditional policy and process of some customs
authorities that are traditionally focused
on the control of policies and processes
of customs, biosecurity and international
transport security issues rather than on the
facilitation aspect.
For more technical information on the
meeting’s key topic, the new trade pact,
please visit: https://mc9.wto.org/system/
files/documents/w8_0.pdf
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
INSTITUTE (MTI)
The Chairman of the Multimodal Transport Institute, Mr Robert Keen (United
Kingdom), welcomed a large number of
participants to the meeting.
ROAD
Mr Kostas Sandalcidis (Turkey), Chairman Working Group Road Transport,
introduced TRANSPark, a free-of-charge
IRU app which is available in 9 languages,
to the delegation. The app helps commercial drivers and road transport managers
search, locate and contact over 4000 parking areas in some 40 countries worldwide.
It lists the security features and amenities
available within each parking area and
adds an extra level of security and comfort
for drivers, who have to follow strict driv-
ing and rest time rules that sometimes
force them to stop at unsafe roadsides or
insecure parking areas.
The WG Road Transport welcomes the
positive outcomes of a meeting held between the Russian President’s Administration and IRU that the extension of
the Russian TIR agreement with the
guaranteeing association ASMAP has been
concluded until 30 June 2016.
This is of course a very positive development, and additional proof of the increasing importance of the TIR Convention
for facilitating and securing trade in Russia as well as across the entire Eurasian
region and beyond. FIATA and IRU of
course welcome the very clear and decisive instructions given by the Russian
President. However, considering the lack
of further details at this stage, vigilance
remains in order. It could be possible that
practical problems could still occur at
border-crossing points in Russia in the
near future until the new instructions are
fully implemented.
FIATA has been informed that China
Customs confirmed that the TIR file was
submitted to the Chinese State Council
which is the competent body for depositing the TIR accession instrument to the
UN. The Chinese Ambassador to the UN
confirmed at the end of January 2015 that
TIR accession is underway. The Ministry
of Transport’s feedback is in favour of TIR
and the Ministry of Public Security has
approved the TIR file.
The Administration of Quality Inspection, Supervision and Quarantine have cosigned the petition and China’s Ministry
of Foreign Affairs required feedback from
Hong Kong before 15 March 2015.
Furthermore, the MTI took note that:
• Turkey has definitely decided to sus-
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pend the pre-advice concerning road
freight for import cargoes;
• the only remarkable cross-border problem seems to be between Turkmenistan
and Iran on both sides;
• the implemented pre-advice system in
Hungary seems to be reliable for road
hauliers and works well;
•Clandestine is a remarkable problem
for road freight operators especially at
the Channel between France and the
United Kingdom.
RAIL
Dr Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria), Chairman
Working Group Rail Transport, referred
to Rail Freight Corridors (RFC / TEN-T)
and mentioned that the RFC are eligible
under the Connecting Europe Facility
(CEF). The specific objective of the CEF
Multi-Annual work plan is rail interoperability. The vast majority of CEF funding
will be directed at major cross-border
projects and projects addressing main bottlenecks on the nine TEN-T multimodal
Core Network Corridors. Each Corridor
will benefit from a coordinated implementation – with Corridor Work Plans and an
innovative governance structure.
The main funding objectives are:
•Removing bottlenecks and bridging
missing links, enhancing rail interoperability, and, in particular, improving
cross-border sections.
•Ensuring sustainable and efficient
transport systems in the long run, with
a view to preparing for expected future
transport flows, as well as enabling all
modes of transport to be decarbonised
through transition to innovative lowcarbon and energy-efficient transport
technologies, while optimising safety.
•Optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and
enhancing the interoperability of transport services, while ensuring the accessibility of transport infrastructures.
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Single Wagon Loads (SWL) or Wagon
Groups are one of the core businesses for
rail freight forwarders. The EU Commission’s study on Single Wagon Loads has
been finalised. Studies are being undertaken on Last-mile issues such as support
programmes and methods to facilitate
access to information regarding Last-mile
infrastructure. Funding is available for
freight services equipment under the Connecting Europe Facility call. Over the
past years, Single Wagon Load traffic
faced profitability and quality problems in
many European countries and experienced
difficulty in keeping pace with changing market requirements. Nevertheless in
most European countries – especially in
countries with the largest rail freight markets – Wagonload still forms the backbone
of rail freight.
Four main factors were reported by stakeholders and confirmed by the evidence:
• A decrease in the trade of some specific
“captive” commodities
• SWL supply “rightsizing” or abandonment by Railway Undertakings (RUs)
in some countries (due to budget constraints)
• Increased competition by road freight
transport which requires remaining
price-competitive despite increases in
fuel prices
•Customers perceive quality as insufficient, particularly for international flows
Over recent years, rail traffic between
China and Europe has become increasingly
popular. Urumqi has been developed as
the Chinese platform for this rail traffic.
A maximum of 5% of Chinese exports to
Europe can be transported by this route
due to capacity, transport prices, etc., and
therefore it must still be seen as a growing
and important niche market. For the time
being 0.5% of the goods flowing between
Asia and Europe are transported by rail.
The available potential is huge.
The new situation appears both attractive and complex, with a number
of goals we would like to reach in
future. There are various topics on
the table that could become the
objective of the enlarged UIC/FIATA
Permanent Contact Group’s deliberations. The next meeting will take
place 23–24 April 2015 in Vienna,
Austria.
It has been decided that the 7th Market
Place Seminar on 24 and 25 September
2015 will be held in Antwerp, Belgium.
There are various practical topics to discuss and all modes of transportation are
represented in Antwerp (overseas, road,
rail, intermodal, barge, etc.)
MARITIME
Mr Jens Roemer (Belgium), Chairman
Working Group Sea Transport, reported
that the Federal Maritime Commission
published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). This new proposal would
eliminate or reduce the burden of many of
the proposals in the previous Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM).
TIA filed comments on the NPRM which
was supported by FIATA in a separate
letter and questioned additional claims
relating to license renewal requirements,
as well as attempts by the FMC to increase
regulation of agents of freight forwarders
and NVOCCs. Final action on the proposed revisions is expected later this year.
The OTI bond amounts are expected to
stay at current levels.
CLECAT and FIATA have always insisted
that ENS (Entry Summary Declaration)
should allow freight forwarders acting
as carrier to file certain data elements
directly to customs, on FBL level equal to
dual filing, and that this filing can be done
to one single European access point. The
recently published new Union Customs
Code (UCC) permits dual filing.
ENS filings must be made to the European
Customs office of first entry 24 hours before a container is loaded onto a ship for
transport to the EU. A major point for discussion remains the identity of the ‘buyer’
and ‘seller’ of the goods before vessel loading. If this regulation is implemented in
its current draft, exporters to the EU will
be required to provide the identity of the
buyers of their goods to their carrier or
NVOCC prior to vessel loading, for them
to be able to provide a complete ENS filing. A number of trade associations are opposing the Commission’s current proposal
because the identity of the buyer should
not be part of the ENS.
So far the Commission has refused to follow the US, who obtains this data from the
importer (triple filing). The Commission
argues that at the time the ENS is lodged,
the importer cannot be traced. The lowest
level consignee can be traced – they are
mentioned in the bills of lading – but the
importer cannot. Deadlines are getting
tight. Commission regulations for the implementation of the UCC are scheduled to
be adopted in May 2015 so that they can
take effect 1 May 2016.
The Working Group Sea Transport has
discussed the item Surcharges Enforced
by Shipping Lines. Whilst the WG is
fully aware of, and committed to comply
with competition rules, we came to the
conclusion that FIATA must be allowed
to discuss and comment on the principle
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of surcharges, but does not have the intention and cannot comment on specific
rates, charges or fees of specific shipping
lines. FIATA felt that it should be allowed
to raise opinions on the basic principle of
unsupported and unjustified surcharges.
Surcharges should not be accepted on face
value but members should be encouraged
to question them and ask for proof that
such charges have actually been incurred.
What the trade needs is more transparency and clarity on various surcharges.
FIATA has been providing updates for the
past three years on amendments to IMO’s
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Regulation
and has held the view that imposing restrictions on all containers is wrong. The
vast majority of containers shipped are
legitimate, and there should be greater
use of intelligence and sanctions against
shippers that offend.
The mandatory requirement for the certificated verification of container weights
prior to vessel loading will enter into force
in 14 months’ time in July 2016 and it
will have a significant impact on the work
of freight forwarders.
The Working Group is afraid that many
governments are not well prepared for the
introduction of this requirement in their
country. Feedback from various countries
demonstrates that dialogue sessions between stakeholders and relevant government authorities have started.
The main discussion concerns Method No.
2: The shipper may weigh all packages
and cargo items, including the mass of
pallets, dunnage and other packing and
securing material, and add the tare mass
of the container to the sum of the single
masses using a certified method.
Method No. 2 is subject to approval by the
competent authority of the state in which
the packing and sealing of the container
was completed. In the European Union,
some trade associations are lobbying their
government authorities to accept existing process methods for establishing the
container weight.
The focus is on existing audited and documented weighing procedures that would
be acceptable by the competent authority. Container weights provided by shippers operating in accordance with audited
Quality Management Systems, Authorised Economic Operator documentation
and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
data should be regarded as acceptable for
the competent authorities.
As of 1 January 2015, the IMO legislation to reduce the maximum amount of
sulphur in fuels, is in force. There are
currently 4 Emission Control Areas established by the IMO:
• The Baltic Sea
• The North Sea
• The North American Area
• The United States Caribbean Sea Area
Shipping Lines have started to implement
surcharges after the official introduction in
January 2015.
The electronic FIATA Multimodal Transport Bill of Lading (FBL) is a reality and
interested parties should contact the secretariat or visit the FIATA website for more
information.
In a related development, FIATA continues
to participate in the UNCITRAL Working
Group on Electronic Transferable Documents.
At the latest session in Vienna, FIATA’s
contractor, ESS, gave a demonstration
to the delegates on the electronic Bill of
Lading. The Working Group is expected
to complete its work at its next session in
New York in May 2015. This would set
global rules for the use of electronic documents of title, such as the FIATA FBL, in
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those countries that adopt the Code. Having such a standard set of rules may help to
promote wider use of the electronic FIATA
Multimodal Transport Bill of Lading.
The following items were covered but no
fundamental changes need to be reported
on these topics: the application of Chinese
Rate Filing Regulations, Chinese VAT
in practice, Chinese CCAM, Japanese
Advance Filing Rules (AFR), and the Rotterdam Rules.
ADVISORY BODY INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS (ABIA)
The Advisory Body International Affairs
(ABIA) held its first Headquarters meeting inviting the FIATA family to an
engaging and interactive session to discuss
ABIA’s works and its future plans. Being
only the second ABIA meeting, ABIA
Chair, Mr Babar Badat provided a short recap of the body’s objectives. He informed
the participants that ABIA will work to
create greater visibility for FIATA and to
strengthen FIATA’s relations with various
multilateral organisations and relevant
international institutions.
The ABIA meeting briefed delegates on
the recent activities with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) following ADB’s
participation in the 2014 FIATA World
Congress. Further communication outlined both infrastructure and training
initiatives for which the ADB and FIATA
could potentially cooperate with a focus
initially on the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region however not limiting only this region alone.
Another multilateral bank, the Africa
Development Bank (AfDB) had expressed
an interest to participate in the ABIA
Meeting however due to the limited time
frame they were unable to attend. They
have however expressed interest to work
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Country Report
Panama–Bridging Oceans, Connecting
The Panamanian Economy
The economy in Panama is arguably one
of the most stable in America. Among its
principal activities are financial services,
tourism, logistic services, and more recently telecommunications. These services
represent some 75% of the Gross Domestic
Product of the country.
In recent years, Panama’s economy has
experienced a boom, with growth in real
gross domestic product (GDP) averaging
over 10.4% from 2006–2008. Panama’s
economy has been among the fastest growing and best managed in Latin America.
Tourism in Panama
There are many tourism models currently
existing in Panama. Shopping, business,
conventions, and beach tourism are popular areas. Luxury destinations and ecotourism are also models which are actively
producing economic activity.
Many of the world’s airlines fly into Panama including Iberia, Continental, KLM,
Taca, American Airlines, Condor and
Panama’s national carrier COPA, amongst
others. This list is indicative of the relative ease with which Panama can be
reached through its hub: the International
Airport of Tocumen.
Many principal cruise liners offer transits
through the Panama Canal. In the last two
years expenditure on tourism in Panama
has reached some US$ 3.316 million, a
growth rate of 6.7% per annum, demonstrating therefore the importance of tourism to Panama’s economy.
Panama as a Logistics Hub
The geographic position of Panama and
the strategic advantage it enjoys thanks
to its interoceanic canal, the world re-
nowned Panama
Canal,
enable
the convergence
of 144 international trade routes.
Additionally the
country has secured 5 fibre optic
cables connecting
it to the world
which are highly
beneficial for the
growing telecommunications industry. All of the
above contributes
to promote the
country as a logistics centre and a
place where people can meet to
Sunset Punta Paitilla, Panama City
do business relating to different transportation activities, distribution reaches worldwide with
infrastructure developments, and auxiliary some 2000 companies operating under its
services.
umbrella. Panama Port System consists
of 26 ports of which 19 are managed
Panama also enjoys important inclusion by the Maritime Authority of Panama
in free trade zones such as the Free Zone of through the Directorate General of Ports
Latin America, and the Colon Free Trade and Auxiliary Maritime Industries. These
Zone, which contributes to its reputation are mostly small ports which serve interas a centre for distribution in its hemi- national demand and coastal shipping.
sphere. There are thus permanent im- The remaining seven ports are managed
provements and modernisations to ware- and operated by private companies that
houses and ports, and the construction of develop their activities under the supervinew and improved facets to facilitate the sion of the Directorate General, through
flow of trade of all kinds of merchandise. the captaincies of ports.
The industry in Panama is determined
to remain at the forefront of modern Panamanian ports represent a good option
technology and is always ready to offer a for investment and are competent agents
wide range of excellent services and a wide for the following services: loading and
variety of products.
unloading; warehousing; trans-shipments;
consolidations; storage and distribution
The Colon Free Trade Zone is the fifth of bulk cargo; rental, cleaning, repair and
largest organisation of its kind in the storage of containers; cargo insurance;
world with one of the largest logistics management of container terminals and
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the World
and there is a focus on producing products structure. The extremely low risk of natuthat serve as raw materials. Aquaculture ral disasters such as hurricanes, etc., gives
is emerging as a promising activity and it Panamanian telecommunications security
should be promoted accordingly, educat- and reliability of service, a competitive
ing sector players on developing species advantage over other jurisdictions.
that are profitable and are experiencing
growing demand in the market. However, All the above benefits, incentives and inthe fall in trade in industrial fisheries, frastructure place Panama as an ideal locawhose product is intended for export, has tion for internet service providers, online
affected the sector’s performance in recent trade service providers, external services
years. The damage to mangroves and coral providers, broadband content providers,
reefs (sedimentation from deforestation) and new media traffic exchange.
that constitute points of reproduction and
development of various species, tradition- Culture, customs and language
ally places where the Panamanian fishing The culture, customs, and language of the
industry has been commercialised, is cur- Panamanians are predominantly Caribbean and Spanish. About 93% of the popularently threatened.
tion speak Spanish as their first language,
Infrastructural Development
though many citizens speak both English
Panama offers a modern and technologi- and Spanish or native languages, such as
cally advanced banking system, and has Ngäbere. 8 out of 10 Panamanians living
one of the most stable banking jurisdic- in the banking sector of the city of Panama
processing zones; and the administration tions in the world. The systems and com- are bilingual in English and Spanish.
of container terminals.
munications infrastructure of Panama is
comparable to any first world country. Panama, partly owing to its historical reliSimilarly, Panama has significant re- Telephone, internet and cellular commu- ance on commerce, is an ethnically diverse
sources and infrastructure that could be nications are offered in Panama by some society. It has considerable populations of
integrated to form a world class regional of the largest communications companies Afro-Antillean and Chinese origin. The
logistics platform as follows: the Panama in the world, and enjoys superior access to first Chinese immigrated to Panama from
Canal, the Interoceanic Railway, world multiple bands of continental fibre optic southern China to help build the Panama
class ports at both ends of the Panama networks in telecommunications infra- Railroad in the 19th century.
Canal, the Colon Free Trade Zone, roads
that connect major cities, and the Tocumen International Airport.
Panama – Facts & Figures
The Fishing Industry in Panama
Fishing activity, like agricultural activity,
is intended to primarily satisfy food needs,
and the products of the industry are consumed without major transformation (or
value-added processing). The focus area
most developed in this particular sector
of the Panamanian economy is industrial
fishing. Industrial fishing in Panama is
conducted largely in international waters
Official name
Panama
Capital city
Panama City
Form of government
Unitary presidential
constitutional republic
Area
75,517 km2 (29,157 sq mi)
Population
3,608,431 (July 2014)
Ethnic groups
70% Mestizo, 14% Zambo,
10% White, 6% Amerindian
Official language
Spanish
Administrative Divisions 10 Provinces
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Focus
Development Goal’s
Proposed Goals
and Targets Document which outlined 17 Sustainable
Develop­ment Goals
and 169 targets.
together with us and FIATA will continue
to engage with them.
Following FIATA’s Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the World
Bank (WB), signed at the FIATA World
Congress in Istanbul, steps for its implementation were discussed. Both sides
agreed that participation at the local level
would be most beneficial. In addition
attempts will be made to get more participants to join in the Logistics Performance Index (LPI). FIATA is currently
contemplating a meeting with the WB in
Washington, to take the next steps.
When ABIA first connected with the UN
on the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG) process, logistics had not been taken into consideration so ABIA took this up
to have logistics included in it. The meeting gave an outline on the SDG process,
providing a historic view of the previous
Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
and emphasising that trade and logistics
was a missing component in the MDGs
not being fully implemented by member
states. FIATA’s input into the design of
the SDG process was presented with the
work culminating into a position paper,
which was published on October 15th,
2014, advocating for more emphasis and
focus to be put on logistics connectivity in
the Open Working Group on Sustainable
Before close of the
meeting, the floor
was opened to delegates for their comments and views.
Various delegates
expressed their views on the work and
importance of establishing ABIA and
engaging in this form of advocacy through
an international body.
ADVISORY BODY INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY (ABIT)
Being only the second meeting, Chair
of ABIT, Ms Anne Sandretto, informed
delegates they have created two working
groups within ABIT, the Working Group
on International Standard Bodies which
will work with UNCEFACT and standards and the Working Group on Practical Projects which will focus on FIATA
IT projects.
Guest speaker, Mr Dominique Vankemmel, Transport and Logistics Chairman
at UNCEFACT, provided an overview of
UN Framework and where UNCEFACT
fits within the framework as the centre for
trade facilitation and electronic business.
In the Transport and Logistics stream, the
standards are not moulded in stone forever
but are frequently updated because business is constantly changing. For example,
Transport and Logistics has also moved
into internet technologies keeping aware
of automatic identification techniques
with electronic exchange to ensure tracking and tracing.
Ms Sandretto introduced the newly approved Multimodal Transport Project
(MMT) in UNCEFACT with its objective
to develop a standardized semantic framework: an implementation tool for users as
a subset of CEFACT Core Components applicable to Transport and Logistics in the
form of a structured data base, taking into
account the security and safety aspects in
relation with Customs.
Second guest speaker, Mr Richard Cresta,
GS1 Switzerland, introduced GS1 highlighting their work using barcodes known
as Global Location Numbers (GLN),
which are being utilised by over 1 Million
member companies executing 5 billion
transactions every day. Whenever possible, GS1 supports global standards before
creating their own standards. They have
strong delegation in UNCEFACT to contribute to the creation of standards. GS1
Switzerland is involved in the Transport
and Logistics Domain and contributing to
the MMT Project.
An update was provided on the two
UNCEFACT projects FIATA is currently
participating in. The four discussion papers from the Single Window Interoperability (SWI) Project is currently being updated while the finalised text is
expected to be completed by the 25th
UNCEFACT Forum held on April 23rd,
2015. The Trusted Transboundary Project
(TTP) is actively working on trust services
hereafter Trust Service (TS) types and TS
levels of trust definition.
Closing the meeting, FIATA gave a brief
update on the practical projects with industry partners. With EDI Kale’s pilot
project with the Thai International Freight
Forwarders Association (TIFFA), there have
been approximately 6,000 EDI messages
exchanged successfully for 668 shipments
during the pilot project. Our project with
e-FBL platform producers’ essDOCS has
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seen two forwarders interested in trialling
the platform after an enthusiastic reception
of the FIATA e-FBL Solution at the “2014
FIATA World Congress”.
ADVISORY BODY LEGAL
MATTERS (ABLM)
The FIATA ABLM met in Zurich on
Thursday 19 March 2015. The meeting
was chaired by FIATA Vice President,
Mr Richard Gluck of the United States.
The first report was provided by Dr Miloš
Poh˚unek from the Czech Republic who
informed the delegation present about the
re-codification of civil law in the Czech
Republic which took effect on 1 January
2014. Fundamental changes to the Czech
legal order were introduced in particular
by the Annulment of the Commercial
Code and thus the traditional double
regulation regime of civil contractual
obligations, i.e. generally by the Civil
Code and specifically by the Commercial
Code that was regulating, inter alia, contractual relations:
a) between entrepreneurs (business persons) relating to the business activities
when circumstances indicated that such
relations, on being established, related to
their business activities; or
b) disregarding the nature of the parties,
whether entrepreneurs or not, if such relations resulted from the so-called “absolute
business contracts”; or
c) when agreed by the parties in writing
that their contractual relationship which
otherwise would not fall under the definition of “business contractual relation” shall
be governed by the Commercial Code.
The second presentation of the session
was made by Ms Angela Song of Sinotrans
regarding the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’
and the ‘21st Century Maritime Silk
Road’. She said that the main purpose of
these initiatives was to enhance economic
cooperation between Asia and Europe and
to accelerate the developments of the West
regions in China. There is a need to invest
in infrastructure construction to facilitate
transportation and trading. The official
planning will probably be published on
a Boao Forum for Asia and maybe this
announcement will include a list of the
major investment projects.
Ms Song referred to the State Council
Notice [2014] No. 86 and mentioned
that a customs clearance reform for China
has been required by various bodies (port
administrative department, customs authorities, frontier inspections, etc.) The
main asset should be information sharing,
law-enforcement assistance, and oversight
recognition. The purpose of the reform is
to improve customs clearance efficiency
and enhance trade facilitation.
Therefore the main measures are to:
• Set up “Single Windows”
• Conduct joint inspection
•Implement integrated customs clearance reform
• Share oversight information and equipment
• Innovate customs clearance modes
• Construct international logistics corridors
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• Vigilance when selecting carriers
• Ensure partners maintain security
protocols
• GPS tracking
• Proper insurance for all parties
He referred to the item of ‘Cybercrime’
and mentioned that 49% of global CEOs
were worried about cybercrime’s impact
on growth. He also noted that in the US
alone some 75% of companies had fallen
victim to a cybercrime event of some sort.
He outlined some solutions to mitigate
risk as follows:
• Implement a cybersecurity program
• Enforce procedures internally and
externally
• Ask partners about their procedures
• Use updated technology
• Ensure mobile device security
• Obtain Cyber Insurance
Furthermore, Mr Tommy Pilarp, Senior
Legal Counsel updated the delegates on
recent legal air cargo developments.
ABLM looks forward to its next meeting
at the FIATA Congress 2015 in Taiwan,
Chinese Taipei.
FIATA ABLM Insurance Committee
Member, Mr Michael Brown, Executive
Vice President at Avalon Risk Management, reported that fraud and theft has
become somewhat pervasive in today’s
society. He mentioned that incidents are
targeted and based on shipment intelligence. Freightwatch stated that year-onyear there had been a 20% decline in the
number of incidents occurring but a 100%
increase in the value of goods stolen in
some quarters. Food, drink and electronics
constitute the most stolen commodities.
ADVISORY BODY SAFETY AND
SECURITY (ABSS)
He recommended the following best practices to prevent theft:
There was reassurance that the ACC3 rules
have progressed without complications.
This year’s Advisory Body Safety Security
(ABSS) meeting held in Zurich engaged
delegates with a fast-paced agenda and an
invigorating presentation from a keynote
speaker. The meeting started off with an
update on the always changing and complex topic of Lithium batteries where for
future editions of the Technical Instructions there would be a transition period
of 90 days.
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Focus
The meeting also highlighted FIATA’s
work with the Transport Asset Protection
Association (TAPA) to shed light on the
situation of more than €9 billion worth of
road cargo stolen in Europe annually. In
addition to its work with TAPA, FIATA is
also working with IATA, Express Carriers
and others to highlight the negative impacts of a proposal put forth by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
to implement its Regulated Agent Scheme
that would move all cargo screening away
from “Line 1” to an off airport screening
location defined as “Line 2” resulting in
possible increased costs through double
screening and lessened security.
Having been heavily involved in the discussions surrounding the Joint Working Group on Air Cargo Information
(JWGACI), the ABSS Chair, Mr David
Fielder, invited key members in the negotiation to brief delegates. Mr Steve
Morris, Chairman of the Customs Affairs
Institute, advised that all air cargo needed
to be reported to customs in a specific time
frame. Transport security in the United
States has requested that information be
provided earlier than normal reporting.
WCO and ICAO are now working together to find a viable solution. Mr Marco
Sorgetti, Director General FIATA, added
that one recent take away was that the
7+1 data elements were not to be surpassed. Mr William Gottlieb, Air Freight
Institute member, highlighted the issue
of apparent non-cooperation during the
project between the Transport Security
Administration (TSA) and Custom Border
Protection (CBP) administrations due to
competing agendas. The idea is that the
WCO and ICAO would help bridge that
gap in cases like the United States, and
in other countries were administrations
struggle to work together.
Following the briefing, Mr Fielder advised
that 70% of the Ebola fund collected at
the 2014 FIATA World Congress in Istanbul had been passed to various emergency
relief organisations like the Red Cross.
Mr Jean Claude Delen represented FIATA
at a Red Cross event and introduced Dr
Ian Norton from the WHO to deliver a
presentation on his experiences working
in West Africa on Ebola.
Dr Norton outlined the history of the
Ebola Virus since its initial outbreak in
Guinea in December 2013. He showed the
development of Ebola Treatment Centres
and the work required to produce them in
difficult conditions. He presented numerous pictures of his work during his time in
the field with patients and development
workers. He emphasised the important
role logistics plays in moving goods on
site in order for medical teams and development workers to have the necessary
resources to perform their work.
ADVISORY BODY VOCATIONAL
TRAINING (ABVT)
Sharpen your pencils! It’s time to hit the
books again with the following FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding Validations.
The ABVT provides
FIATA Association
Members and our
industry with excellent opportunities for
continued professional development in all
regions. The following four Association
Members successfully
validated their training programmes at
the 37th Validation/
Re-Validation Session, showcasing the
impact of the FIATA
agenda across the
globe.
FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding
Re-validations:
• Australia (CBFCA) – Customs Brokers
and Forwarders Council of Australia Inc.
• Ghana (GIFF) – Ghana Institute of
Freight Forwarders
• Poland (PIFFA) – Polish International
Freight Forwarders Association
• Chinese Taipei (IOFFLAT) – International Ocean Freight Forwarders &
Logistics Association, Taiwan
The ABVT Chairman, Thomas Sim, presented the latest ABVT statistics. A total
of 56 FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding Programmes have been validated in
53 countries. There have been significant
improvements in the take-up rates of
New and Re-Validated Programmes in
recent years. This has resulted in the issue
of 11,137 FIATA Diplomas in Freight
Forwarding since 1996. Out of these,
481 were issued within the last six months.
Additionally, 15 Association Members have validated the FIATA Higher
Diploma in Supply Chain Management.
Concerning the FIATA Foundation Vocational Training, after a successful Trainthe-Trainer (TOT) course conducted
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in Chile at the beginning of 2015, a
new course will also be implemented
in Zimbabwe from April 30th to May
14th, 2015. Five international facilitators
and six specialised local lecturers will be
training 35 enlisted participants. Further
TOTs are planned in the next months.
Later in 2015 a TOT course will be conducted in Cameroon. Then in 2016 the
FIATA Foundation will focus on Central
America. Among the interested countries
are Cost Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Dominican Republic. The Train-the-Trainer courses focus
on the FIATA Minimum Standards for
Training Fundamentals. During 15 days,
participants acquire deep knowledge in
the principles of learning, lesson planning
and preparation, instructional methods,
the use of teaching resources, assessing
performance, evaluating teaching, as well
as course development. The vision of
having more Train-the-Trainer courses in
the FIATA Region Americas responds to
capacity building needs of the region.
Similarly, the ABVT Chairman updated
the conference on the project focused on
expanding capability of ASEAN Logistics
Service Providers and Human Resource
Development. 50 selected trainers from
public and private sectors coming from
ten ASEAN member countries attended
these training offerings and are now qualified to acquire the FIATA Trainer Certificate. The records on Trainers Certification
show that since 2011, 137 Certificates
have been issued.
Finally, Thomas Sim welcomed Mike Yarwood, Chairman of the FIATA / TT Club
Young International Freight Forwarder of
the Year Award. Newly appointed to his
position, the ABVT looks forward to innovative collaboration with Mike and the
TT Club. In 2015, 18 dissertations were
received for the coveted award: three from
the Region Africa/Middle East (RAME)
– Zambia, Egypt, and South Africa; six
from the Region Asia Pacific (RAP) –
China, India, Chinese Taipei, New Zealand,
Kazakhstan, and Pakistan; two from the
Region Americas (RAMNS): Columbia
and Canada; and seven from the Region
Europe (REU) – Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland, Georgia, the UK, and Spain.
AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST
(RAME)
This year’s meeting of the Region Africa
Middle East (RAME) brought together
the RAME family for another in-depth
and interactive session in Zurich. RAME
delegates arrived at the meeting ready
to engage with their fellow colleagues
and delegates on initiatives that would
expand logistics in Africa and the Middle
East region.
The Chairman, Mr Basil Pietersen wasted
no time and dove right in. To build from
the previous meeting, a quick update from
the 2014 RAME meeting in Istanbul,
Turkey was provided with comments from
delegates to follow.
Following the previous meeting update,
Mr David Philips highlighted what to expect at the upcoming 2015 RAME Field
Meeting to be held in Dubai, UAE from
19–20 April. The list of distinguished
speakers and panel discussions will surely
bring forth the success expected in Dubai.
The Field Meeting presentation was followed up with a recap from Mr Issa Baluch
on the Lome Declaration with further information to come after the ICAO Conference
in Madagascar held in the same month.
The RAME Meeting also invited the
Ethiopian Freight Forwarders and Shipping Agents Association (EFFAS) and
the Syndicat National Des Auxiliaires de
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Transport and Transit (SYNAUTRARA)
to deliver their presentation on their bid
to host the 2016 RAME Field Meeting.
They provided great insight into what to
expect if the meeting would be held in
their respective nations.
The meeting also boasted very moving
presentations by two Tanzania students,
Mr Ahmed Mohamed and Mr Honest
Roman, which had performed incredibly well in the FIATA Train-the-Trainer
course (TOT). Capping the meeting was an
engaging presentation by Mr Rachid Tahri
which showcased the impactful work of
Association Des Freight Forwarders du
Maroc (AFFM) in the Moroccan region.
AMERICAS (RAMNS)
The RAMNS meeting at the HQ Session
2015 brought much enthusiasm and familiar ground for many of the delegates.
Many of them are long-time friends happy
to have the chance to see each other again.
They were all warmly welcomed to the
regional meeting by the Chairman Mr
Rodolfo Sagel. The beginning of the discussion focused on the increase in the value of stolen shipments in North America
caused by the theft of entire containers and
trailers. These thefts demonstrate the need
for taking measures for verifying, validating and preventing insider information in
order to avoid this situation. The delegates
discussed possible technologies, namely
GPS devices, which could be implemented to set up a system of controls as well as
ways of involving consignees.
Concerning Sea Transport, Canada raised
the point about the extension of the merchant clause bill of lading. They have written to the Working Group Sea for advice.
The issue has to do with the interpretation
by carriers regarding who is the merchant
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Focus
and who is liable. There have been several
cases, especially in Vancouver, where the
notified party on the bill of lading is being invoiced significantly. The delegates
agreed that the FIATA Membership at
large needs to be better informed on combined transit liability policy.
Furthermore, the quorum discussed the
SOLAS Act and mandatory container
weighing. The requirement making container weight verification a condition for
vessel loading will become legally binding
on July 1st, 2016. Canada mentioned they
did not have mandatory container weighing and informed the audience that they
have started to look for solutions.
The next topic that occupied the RAMNS
delegates was the examinations of containers. Mr Chris Gillespie and Ms Ruth
Snowden informed the meeting about a
pilot programme for point of load examination that will help solve several issues.
The discussion then related to empty
container treatment. According to international standards containers can only sit
for a year, although this is rarely enforced.
The next point in the Sea Transport
agenda concerned the West Coast strike.
Delegates agreed that the situation is still
fragile and informed the delegation that
the labour negotiation was signed for five
years. The recommendation is to be cautiously optimistic.
man underlined the importance of being
well-informed.
Afterwards, Mexico commented that
AMACARGA launched a programme to
certify freight forwarders. This certification aims at getting companies ready to
apply to CTPAT and specific Mexican programmes. The certification is supported
by the Ministry of Communications and
Transport as a voluntarily regulation.
Next, the delegates discussed Vocational
Training in the region. Chile provided an
update on the TOT conducted in Santiago
de Chile at the beginning of 2015. The
FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding
Course was launched in March 2015 and
several participants have already enlisted.
Mexico then informed that the first FIATA
Diploma graduates have finalised their
studies in Dominican Republic. Another
class has been started in Colombia. The
Central American countries, namely Costa
Rica, Guatemala and Panama, are willing
to proceed directly with FIATA to validate
their programmes.
Mr Jorge Heinermann, the President of
ALACAT closed the meeting by debriefing delegates on the upcoming 2015
Congress of ALACAT that will be held in
San Pedro Sula, Honduras from the 18th
to the 20th of May 2015.
also provided thought-provoking observations on Swiss perspectives and attitudes
towards Free Trade Agreements and their
mutual benefits. He used the existing
bilateral Free Trade Agreement between
Switzerland and China as his main example to demonstrate his motions.
The role of Switzerland Global Enterprise
is to act as a centre of excellence for Switzerland’s internationalisation, and to foster and
promote partnerships with the Swiss government to increase volumes of Swiss exports,
imports and investments. They help clients
to develop new potential for their international businesses and strengthen Switzerland
as an economic hub. For more information
please visit: www.s-ge.com/en.
Delegates to the meeting shared information and dialogue on current forwarding
issues and benefited from the mutual
exchange of experiences and insights of
other delegates and associations.
The Chairman requested FIATA’s Association Members to encourage their own
members to attend the 9th Region Asia
Pacific Field Meeting to be held in conjunction with the UNESCAP Regional
Conference/Forum for Freight Forwarders, Multimodal Transport Operators
and Logistics Service Providers. FIATA’s
meeting will be held on 24 June 2015
while that of UNESCAP will take place
on 25 June 2015.
ASIA PACIFIC (RAP)
Finally, delegates from Mexico informed
the meeting about the new terminal in Lazaro Cardenas. Phase 1 will be completed
by the end of 2016.
Coming to the agenda point Air Transport, Chile opened the topic by thanking
the FIATA Airfreight Institute for their
support with the ALWB – airlines and
freight forwarders will be meeting to
discuss new financial policies. The Chair-
Delegates to the recently held meeting of
FIATA’s Region Asia Pacific were treated
to a highly informative and thoroughly
interesting presentation by Mr Daniel
Bont, Senior Consultant for China, Hong
Kong, and Australia at Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE). He provided those
attending with sought-after insights into
Switzerland’s trade promotion policies and
its business activities in Asia-Pacific. He
The agenda of the upcoming meeting
looks promising. The objective is to include presentations and speeches from
delegates of international organisations
such as the United Nations Industrial
Development Organisation (UN IDO),
the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the
World Customs Organisation (WCO), the
Asia/Pacific Regional Office for Capacity
Building (ROCB A/P), and TRAFFIC –
the wildlife trade monitoring network.
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and north-south traffic
and vice versa. They
have a dedicated highway system which is embedded in the European
Road Network. For decades, the Czech Republic has been excellently
connected with their
main maritime port in
Hamburg.
Within the Thai Special Section, organised by the Thai International Freight
Forwarders Association (TIFFA), guests
have been invited from government and
from industry related service providers.
FIATA Senior Vice President, Mr Suwit
Ratanachinda, anticipates that TIFFA will
seek high-level presenters on the issue of
high-speed train routes which are projected to connect China and Thailand.
For more information on the abovementioned event and its registration procedure
please visit the following link: fiata.com/
events/fiata-meetings.html.
EUROPE (REU)
The REU meeting was chaired by Dr Ivan
Petrov of Bulgaria and was attended by
40 delegates.
Mr Jan Ekl, Executive Director, Association of Forwarding and Logistics of the
Czech Republic provided a country presentation and reported that the Czech Republic has the privilege of geo-strategic
location in the heart of Europe and therefore is the perfect hub point for logistics
freight forwarding activities. 300,000
people are working in the transport industry with skilled manpower which has a
tradition in the industry. The Czech Republic is a landlocked country and well
known as a transit point: with east-west
Ms Van der Jagt, Director of CLECAT, reported that on 1 January 2015, Germany
introduced a minimum wage of EUR 8.50
per hour which applies to German and
foreign operators performing transport
activities on the territory of Germany
(cabotage, international transport operations to and from Germany, and transit).
The employee receives the amount of
EUR 8.50 for each hour of work on German territory (driving and other activities
recorded by the digital tachograph as
work). On 30 January the German government suspended the application of the
German minimum wage rules for transit
until the clarification of legal questions.
This National Regulation is unjustified
and excessively burdensome as regards to
international transports (bilateral, transit
and between the Federal Republic of Germany and other countries). The WG road
decided to monitor further developments
and encouraged the European Commission to start an infringement procedure.
CLECAT has published a position paper
on the review of the EU White Paper addressing the future of EU transport policy.
They believe that the logistics sector is
best placed to consider transport as a system rather than a collection of individual
modes, and this way of thinking must be
adopted by the whole transport sector and
policy makers. The goal must be to make
all modes and the connection between
them as efficient and sustainable as pos-
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sible through infrastructure. The success
of this will be strongly dependent on the
success of key policies aimed at market
opening, international cooperation and
agreements safeguarding competition in
international transport and trade, and
greater innovation to improve the efficiency of all modes of freight transport. They
have identified five priorities: completion
of Europe’s single transport market, internationalisation, digitalisation, innovation
and better connectivity through sound
infrastructure investment.
Unlike international transport, cabotage
falls under the scope of Directive 96/71/
EC on the posting of workers, according
to which a worker providing services on a
temporary basis to another Member State
must benefit from local conditions of employment in terms of:
a) maximum work periods and minimum
rest periods;
b) minimum paid annual holidays;
c) minimum rates of pay, including overtime rates; and
d) health, safety and hygiene at work.
The European Parliament did not formally oppose cross border circulation of
longer and heavier vehicles but they asked
the EU Commission to carry out an assessment by 2016 of the existing practices in
Member States and to evaluate the impact
of the use of those vehicles before revising
the current rules.
The EU Council has opened up a lot of
the discussions, and aims to keep the
proposals together as a package. It remains to be seen whether Parliament will
support this approach, with rapporteurs
having been appointed for second reading.
The governance pillar is the most important for CLECAT, particularly regarding
financial transparency. Mr Wim Van de
Camp (EPP, Netherlands) will be the rapporteur for the governance proposals, and
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Focus
he tends to be very pragmatic, favouring
quick results, such as to split the package
and move forward on the technical pillar,
which will bring down costs and therefore
be beneficial to users.
‘Combined transport’ is defined in directive 1992/106 (Combined Transport
Directive) as taking place between member states, requiring a non-road mode
(rail, inland waterway or maritime) section of 100 km or more, necessitating use
of the “nearest suitable rail (un)loading
station” for the road leg and further restricting the road leg to 150 km from any
port. CLECAT responded to the Commission consultation, and adopted a Position
Paper calling for no limitation on distance
to the nearest terminal, harmonisation for
45’ containers, and incentives for an intermodal chain including road transport.
It is expected that the Commission will
propose a review since the Directive is out
of date and ambiguous.
Mr Steve Parker explained that the Union
Customs Code entered into force on 30
October 2013 and will be applicable as
from 1 May 2016. They could achieve an
outcome whereby multiple filing is permitted. This will have the following outcomes: any HBL/HAWB issuing freight
forwarder will be
able to submit its
house bill data directly to customs;
Air – ENS may be
submitted in two
stages (minimumset pre-departure /
full set pre-arrival);
and Ocean – if the
freight forwarder
does not have buyer/
seller data, this data will be required
from consignee as
indicated in lowest
level HBL.
Furthermore, the subjects of CEN Standard of Competency, the Harmonisation of
Infringements and Sanctions, and the
Road Packages 2016 were debated.
FIATA LOGISTICS ACADEMY (FLA)
The FIATA Logistics Academy Chairman,
Mr Issa Baluch, opened the meeting by
underlining the goals and objectives of
this new academy. These include:
• Positioning training in freight logistics
and soft skills among the top priorities of
FIATA’s deliverables;
• Participating in the planning, designing and development of educational opportunities and courses;
• Attracting and assembling best practices, applications and training programmes
available in vocational training in the
freight logistics industry;
• Striving towards upgrading the FLA
and ABVT current training modules with
respect to modernisation of classroom,
online and digital applications.
He then expressed his gratitude to the
recently appointed FLA Mentors and his
readiness to collaborate with them in the
near future. The FLA Mentors (as of March
2015) include: Wang Xuefeng, CIFA,
China; Qun Huang, CIFA, China; Masood
Tariq, PIFFA, Pakistan; Kayıhan Özdemir
Turan, UTIKAD, Turkey; and Rachelle
Fondaw, TIA, USA.
The FLA Manager, Verena Schaer provided an update on cooperation in elearning projects with MIT and other
institutions. Course introductory videos
were featured to show the audience how
Massive Open Online Courses are structured. There are quite a number of courses
on the EdX platform on many topics such
as data management, finance for managers, presentation skills, and IT. The EdX
system has around 30 universities across
the world, and includes online courses in
several languages. Mr Baluch said the FLA
planned on signing an agreement with
EdX through MIT soon.
A Memorandum of Understanding to
make available the Shipping Lithium Batteries by Air online course to FIATA
Association Members was then signed
between FIATA and CIFFA, the CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT
FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Mr Parisi expressed his enthusiasm and
saw the agreement as a good beginning to
start filling the FLA library with products
for the freight forwarding industry.
Next, the FLA Website project was introduced. A new website will soon be
launched. In it, information on FLA,
course offerings, upcoming events, media, links and didactic material will be
published.
The FLA Chairman closed the meeting
looking forward to the next FLA Meeting,
at the FIATA World Congress 2015 in
Taipei.
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News
Elements of success for a TOT Learner:
FFVT Special Guests
This spring, the FIATA Foundation Vocational
Training, FIATA’s capacity building powerhouse, looked at the educational landscape
of the Tanzania Freight Forwarders Association (TAFFA). Of special interest, is what has
happened there since 2012, the year when
our Train-the-Trainer course was conducted.
AS THE FFVT FOLLOWS a continuous
improvement philosophy, it constantly
re-defines the prerequisites for successful
train-the-trainer operations. Evidence of
success includes facts such as whether the
Association Member validated and conducted a FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding Programme, how many students Mr Honest Roman Shayo, Mr Aldo Da Ros, FFVT President, Mr Ahmad Mohmaed Yahya
have graduated and acquired the diploma,
if they have plans of escalating their train- will bring a lot of unrest during the comes to time management and classroom
ing programme and validating the FIATA training session and eventually poor per- participation. “Any delay is catastrophic
Higher Diploma in Freight Forwarding, formance. For one to be successful, you at the end of the day, even if it is a two
and what course evaluations and statistics need to consider the following: a TOT is minutes delay. Observing the timetable
an ongoing learning activity/circle. It is is essential for a TOT learner. Those who
say about trainer performance.
built on the premises that you have the managed to be motivated are successful,”
But apart from fact-based evidence, the knowledge of the industry and you are they add.
FFVT also considers the human aspect of eager to be a trainer. This notion is among
training and education. That is why, as the key success factors for a TOT learner They finish with a valuable tip: “It is usual
part of the follow-up, the FFVT decided to and is even more important when you are for a trainee to get surprised when a trainer
celebrate success and invited the two best exposed to new terms like ‘Andragogy’”, introduces new things. At the TOT course
you may get many surprises and new
students of the TOT in Tanzania, Mr Ah- they tell us.
information, but don’t get overwhelmed.
mad Mohamed and Mr Honest Roman, to
attend the FIATA Headquarters Session in In their opinion, successful training that The best thing to do is to find linkages
Zurich with honours. Ahmad is a Certified produces the desired results lies almost between the newly introduced topics and
Public Accountant CPA(T) and a Trainer entirely in the hands of the trainer. Hav- what you always do or you already know.”
in Customs and Tax Management at the ing professional and experienced trainers
Institute of Tax Administration in Tanza- like Mr Thomas Sim, Mr Peter Wong, Dr The FFVT will conduct its second TOT
nia and Honest is a Business Development Vincent Valentine and Mr Uwe Schick course in 2015, this time in Zimbabwe
Manager and Consultant, currently work- was the key to their success as they were from April 30th to May 14th. The FFVT
ing as Business Development Manager in constantly motivated to be proactive and international facilitators certainly look
Fifa and Flow Freight Company Limited. participate, and also received thorough forward to another group of students
The FIATA Review editors met with them explanations to their queries.
that shows the same enthusiasm, energy,
in Zurich to ask them what the elements
positive attitude and genuine interest as
of a successful TOT Learner are.
Honest and Roman insisted in making those in Tanzania. And the FIATA Review
future TOT attendants aware of the fact editors look forward to learning more
“Attending a TOT, you may find every- that this course requires a high degree of from them.
thing new and hard to understand. This discipline and dedication especially hen it
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News
FIATA’s First Fellow: Mr Andrew Kemp
During the recently held Extended Board
Dinner on March 21st 2015, FIATA President
– Mr Francesco Parisi – presented for the first
time ever a newly introduced title, namely
that of ‘FIATA Fellow’ to Mr Andrew Kemp
of Thomas Miller Group/TT Club.
THIS AWARD is an initiative by the
FIATA Presidency with the aim of congratulating and acknowledging eminent
personalities that have contributed significantly to FIATA and its activities.
Mr Kemp, who joined the TT Club in
1995 in order to open a branch office in
Dubai, has also worked in London, Singapore and Hong Kong, where he was given
the title of Regional Director Asia Pacific.
In 2010 he returned to London to become
the Regional Director Europe, Middle
East and Africa.
Recently he held the office of Senior Underwriting Director of the UK P&I Club
within Thomas Miller. Prior to joining the
TT Club, he worked as a cargo underwriter
in London, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and
the UAE.
words of gratitude to Andrew, and not just
the few of us that form part of the YIFFY
Award Steering Committee, or those involved with the ABVT, which presented
Andrew was also Chairman of the Steer- us with more opportunities to work with
ing Committee for the FIATA / TT Club Andrew and appreciate him as a genuine
Young International Freight Forwarder person and a true professional.
of the Year Award since 2008 and has
now stepped down to be succeeded by Mr We are all really grateful to him for all the
Michael Yarwood.
effort and positive inputs he brought to
the table during his 8 years as Chairman of
The FIATA Presidency decided to confer the Steering Committee, and it was indeed
the distinction of FIATA Fellow to its an honour and a pleasure to work together
first recipient Mr Andrew Kemp for his with him.
longstanding and fruitful dedication to
the YIFFY Award, which developed sig- While we wish Andrew and his family all
nificantly while he was Chairman of its the best for the future, we will be happy to
Steering Committee. Part of its success welcome him if he ever decides to join us
is no doubt due to Andrew’s passion and at future meetings. We also wish to take
this opportunity to warmly welcome Mr
commitment.
Michael Yarwood to the team. We look
I was asked to write this article when I forward to rewarding cooperation in the
provided a few pictures I took during the future, which no doubt will be the case.
presentation of the distinction and I know
Antonella Nana Yaa Straulino
that all FIATA members will share my
Mr Andrew Kemp giving his thanks for being the first person receiving the title of a FIATA Fellow
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News
Meet Paul Golland
Vice President of FIATA
If you had not joined the transportation
business, which profession would you
have chosen?
Something in the sporting business – not
necessarily a professional sportsman, but
perhaps a managerial or coaching role,
particularly in football. I have always been
interested in sport since a very young age
and still coach in Australia.
Born in 1952 in London, United Kingdom,
Paul’s career started in the UK where he
worked for a few forwarders before starting
with Meadows Freight as their UK/Austral­
asian sales manager until 1987 when he and
his family immigrated to Sydney to take
the role up full time.
Since then he has worked for MSAS and
Activair and is now the General Manager of
Brownways Logistics. He is also the Chairman of the Australian Federation International Forwarders and has been on the board
since 1999. Paul is married with two
children and four grandchildren.
be able to be pre-cleared at origin which
needs governments to agree. All countries
should accept e-documentation so the flow
of freight is smoother and quicker which
is what our customers all want.
Looking at the future, what advice
would you give a young person joining
the industry today?
Work hard, learn as much as you can, don’t
be afraid to ask questions, and make mistakes, you will learn from the experience.
This industry is going to be around as long
as something has to move from A to B.
So what fascinates you about the freight
forwarding industry?
The fact that no two days are the same; one
day you have a special load for export, the
next you are bringing in the biggest sheet
of glass ever moved by air (actually hap- Generally speaking, what, in
pened to me). The regulations are chang- your opinion, has been mankind’s best
ing constantly and you have to be on top invention?
Antibiotics. They have saved countless
of the game.
lives and continue to do so.
And what was the motivation to accept
Which famous person would you like to
your post with FIATA?
I had been involved with our local or- have met?
ganisation AFIF for over 15 years. Once I Winston Churchill. He was a man that
was made chairman, I wanted to become suffered great setbacks but came back
more involved in an international role as Britain’s greatest leader as well as an
so jumped at the opportunity to join the author, painter, and orator.
FIATA’s Extended Board. I had a great role
model in Barry Vinning who was a FIATA Do you have any unfulfilled wishes
VP for 15 years as well.
(professional or personal)?
Professional, a closer relationship between
How do you view the state of the
IATA and forwarders. Personal, to watch
industry today?
my four grandchildren grow up and deThe industry is very competitive and tech- velop into adults (so far so good) and to
nology is playing an ever important role. visit Machu Picchu having already been to
There is still a vital role for the SME for- the Pyramids and Angkor Wat.
warder when their demise was predicted
less than 10 years ago. Because of security What plans do you have for the future
restrictions today most forwarders never or for your retirement?
see their freight so do not understand as I have no real plans to retire as I’m enjoying what I do too much. I want to continmuch as we used to about the business.
ue developing my own company’s business
as well as working with AFIF domestically
What changes would you like to see?
More consistencies between countries in and FIATA internationally to push for the
relation to moving freight. Cargo should rights of the Industry.
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Here & There
Happy Birthday!
FIATA congratulates three well known delegates on their birthdays. We wish them many more years of good health and happiness.
Mr Heiner Rogge (Germany),
Mr Richard D. Gluck (United States),
Mr Sergey Zhelannov (Russian
65 on 25 March 2015
65 on 13 March 2015
Federation), 65 on 9 May 2015
Mr Heiner Rogge has been a FIATA
Mr Richard Gluck has been a FIATA
Delegate since 2000, was a Vice President Delegate since 1999, and has been Chairfrom 2007–2009, and has been Secretary
man of the ABLM since 2009.
General
of
FIATA
since
2009.
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Mr Sergey Zhelannov has been a FIATA
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