Air Cargo Management
eBook - ePub

Air Cargo Management

Air Freight and the Global Supply Chain

  1. 238 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Air Cargo Management

Air Freight and the Global Supply Chain

About this book

This is the third edition of a popular introductory guide to the function and future of the air cargo supply chain, an industry which responded with remarkable efficiency when faced with the challenges and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book reviews the role and strategy of air cargo and its contribution to world trade and international economies. This industry, which accounts for more than 35% of the world's trade in value, will be even more vital in the coming years.

Building on the success of previous editions, Air Cargo Management now puts the emphasis on basic functionality, economics and historical precedents, but most of all it focuses on how traditional legacy methods are being replaced by the adoption of technologies and cloud-based applications – new methods which are changing and streamlining the entire industry. The book reviews the supply chain process and the technology applications as well as the effects of the pandemic and the fundamental lack of cargo capacity hitherto supplied by passenger aircraft. It also explores the increased use of freighter aircraft and the need for faster and more efficient processing, particularly on the ground and in road transport.

The third edition features new content on:

  • Security and crime, including pharmaceutical counterfeiting and fraud
  • The role of airports and road feeder services
  • Typical air cargo products, including the heavy-lift sector
  • Regulations and treaties
  • Aircraft in use, historically and currently
  • New technologies

The book is illustrated with statistical evidence, examples and photographs and is enriched with comments from industry leaders and experienced professionals. The style and breadth of content are designed to be easily readable and should be of practical interest to anyone either currently working in the logistics, supply chain or transport industries, or contemplating a career in this sector.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9780367764876
eBook ISBN
9781000852417
Edition
3

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. 1 Basics of Air Logistics
  11. 2 Integrators
  12. 3 Ground Handling
  13. 4 Airports
  14. 5 History
  15. 6 Security
  16. 7 Special Cargoes
  17. 8 The Multimodal Family
  18. 9 Technology in Air Logistics
  19. 10 The Environment Challenge
  20. 11 Career Opportunities in Air Logistics
  21. 12 Views of the Future
  22. 13 Glossary
  23. Index