Shanghai, South China's major air logistics hub, moved slightly ahead of Tokyo in September as the city from which forwarders are making the most air cargo bookings on Unisys-operated Cargo Portal Services (CPS). Tokyo forwarders had previously led as early adopters of CPS, so this change demonstrates that their performance can be replicated elsewhere.

The 5 top cities generating the most CPS air cargo bookings after Shanghai were Tokyo, Toronto, Hong Kong, Beijing and Los Angeles. Unisys had reported on Tokyo's previous top position in April 2006.

'These results demonstrate the value of a global multi-carrier booking portal like CPS and the willingness of forwarders, especially in Asia and North America, to make bookings electronically," said Christopher Shawdon, vice president and partner, Logistics Solutions at Unisys.