b'10American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comNecessity drives changes in air cargo industry (PLANScontinued fromourintegratedmodel,said page 4) Diogo Lobo, Regional Head age,fulfillment,distributionofColdChainforMaersk By Lothar Moehle, Executive Director, Cargo iQ andinlandtransportationNorthAmerica.Commodi-needs.Transpacific, Transatlan- ties include fish, poultry, beef, Necessityissaidtobethe movement of a shipmentaccess to this plan in advancetic,SouthAmerica,Centralpork, fruits and vegetables. themotherofinventionand,andtoknowwhenaship- of the actual movement of theAmerica, Africa and MiddleTheDaytonfacilitywill ifnothingelse,theCOVID- ment was due to become theirshipment,sotherequestedEastmarketsareallservedopeninOctober2022and 19pandemic,staffshortages,visibility can be provided. byMaersk,SealandandbeoperatedbyPerformance insufficient air cargo capacity,TheMOPhasbeeninHamburgSudoceancarrierTeam- AMaerskCompany. extendedanddelayedtransitexistence for years now andservices via the Port of NewSiteselectionwasbasedon times, low ocean freight capac- itisamandatory,standardYork/New Jersey. closeproximitytothecon-ity, sailing schedules in chaos,featureforforwardersandPerformanceTeamAtainer port at Elizabeth, NJ as andthewarinUkrainehaveairlines within the Cargo iQMaersk Company New Jerseywellasonehourdrivefrom revealedthetrulyadaptiveorganization. operations offer ideal accesstheportofPhiladelphiaand nature of the air cargo industry. to the citys major ports with2.5 hrs to Baltimore and Dela-COVID, particularly amongD ataa nalysis adedicatedfleetoftrucksware.Thefacilityfeatures thelistabove,revealedtheThe verification of an actualandchassisusedbetween167,812 square feet of space overarchingurgentneedformovement against the plannedthewarehouseandtheportwith13,000rackpositions, better transparency and visibil- movement generates data forto expedite inland transit for30dockdoors,adrysprin-ity throughout the supply chain. all respective parties. Analy- refrigerated cargoes. kler system, refrigerated dock, Apart from the need forresponsibility.Knowingthesis of this data was the firstColdchainbusinessintrailerplug-ins,in-house adequatestoragefacilitiesexact schedule of the physi- stepinimprovingthequal- theNewYork/NewJerseyclearance,refrigeratedand andproperhandlingonthecalmovementofthecargoity of the process, and all ourmetropolitanareacontinuesfrozen storage, 24 hour moni-ground,specificallygearedenabled stakeholders to planmembers have subscribed tostrongandourplansaretotoringandaback-upgen-towardpharmaandperish- their resources, be it technicalthis data sharing.expandsupplychaincapac- erator.USDAimport/export ables,thereisanobviousequipment or manpower. Now,dataisalsobeingityinthismarkettoserveservices,repack,re-boxing, need for up-to-date informa- Technically, it is possible(DRIVEScontinued onthe growth aspirations of ourlabelingandco-packingare tionwhentemperature-sen- to provide the customer withpage 24) exporters and importers withalso available.sitivepharmaproductsare being transported. Buttheneedforclarity and visibility is not restricted tohealthcareand/orfood products only. W E L C O M E T O M I A M ITherequestfortranspar-entplanningfromcustomers at large stems from the need to plan their own processes, be it themanufactureofsemicon-ductor products or advertising campaignsforfashionitems. Evenpigments(classedasBOOK YOUR BOOTH NOW!Dangerous Goods) for the paint producersneedtoarriveonJoin the premier event for time, so that paint, and subse- the entire supply chainquently cars, can be produced.Forpharmashipments, requiringuninterruptedtem-peraturecontrolthroughout the supply chain is also vital duringtheclearanceprocess and transportation after arrival at the destination airport. Full visibility of the processes the shipmentismovingthrough enables the consignee to orga-nizecustomsclearance,col-lectionfromtheairport,and onwarddistributiontophar-macies,hospitals,andulti-mately to patients.C argo i Q F ounDeDThe demand for better qual-ityintheaircargoindustry wasvoicedbytheshippers communitymanyyearsago. Thiswasthereasonforthe foundation of Cargo iQ, a not-for-profitmembershiporgani-zation, supported by IATA.In1997,membersofthe newlyformedCargoiQ (then Cargo 2000) began by investigating,analyzing,and improvingthevarioussteps an airfreight shipment moved through,fromtheship-pertotheenddestination. These steps were documented inaMasterOperatingPlanNovember 0810, 2022(MOP), which was subsequently endorsed by IATA as the rec- Miami, Florida, USAommendedpracticeforthe entire air cargo industry.www.aircargoforum.orgTheimplementationofwww.tl-americas.orgCargo iQs MOP meant that stakeholders had clear infor-mation enabling them to plan'