02.02.11
Electronic Air Waybill: Logwin is leading partner of Lufthansa Cargo
- © Lufthansa Cargo AG: They have signed the
agreement between Lufthansa Cargo and Logwin:
Mario Blumenröhr, Key Account Manager at
Lufthansa Cargo (standing on the left) and
Helmut Kaspers, COO Air + Ocean at Logwin
(standing on the right), Markus Witte, Head of
Technology and Innovation at Lufthansa
Cargo (sitting on the left) and Andy Nutz,
Director Information Technology at Logwin.
Grevenmacher (Luxemburg) – The global logistics service provider Logwin signed an agreement with Lufthansa Cargo AG on 7 December 2010, covering the use of electronic data interchange (EDI). This makes Logwin the first company to be chosen by the carrier as a leading partner. The agreement applies retroactively from 17 November 2010, since when Logwin has been able to conclude freight contracts with Lufthansa Cargo AG and handle transportation exclusively on the basis of an electronic Air Waybill. The first air freight shipment covered by an electronic Air Waybill took off from Stuttgart for Chicago on 18 November 2010.
“Being able to conclude agreements electronically means that we can simplify and hence speed up transportation”, says Helmut Kaspers, COO of Air + Ocean at Logwin. “For us this is the starting point for general e-freight processing – we can begin to say goodbye to paper-based documents.” Logwin has been able to model the entire documentation for air freight shipments for its customers electronically – provided that processing by other players in the supply chain is also e-freight capable.
Setting standards
The idea and the standards for the electronic Air Waybill originated with the International Transport Association (IATA), who developed the process together with various interest groups from the industry. The aim was to make the paper-based Air Waybill redundant, removing the need for printing, transporting and physically archiving the documents. The IATA specifications regulate every detail of the processes covering the “Carriage of Cargo using Electronic Data Interchange” and these form the basis for the corresponding agreements between Logwin (as shipper) and Lufthansa (as carrier). “As a general rule, the agreement applies to all air freight transport that Lufthansa Cargo and Logwin execute together”, explains Helmut Kaspers. “Our customers benefit not just from faster processes but also from increased transparency and greater security, since the contents cannot be subsequently modified, the unauthorised use by third parties is ruled out and the form and required content of the electronic document have been specified in detail.” Logwin intends meeting IATA’s target of processing at least 10 percent of all air freight shipments as e-freight this year.
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Volker Hoebelt
Director Global Sales + Marketing at business segment Air + Ocean
Tel.: +49 6021 343-9000
Fax: +49 6021 343-9008
volker.hoebelt@logwin-logistics.com
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