Air cargo security manual

Each of these has a different scope of liabilities, exemptions, and liability limitations. One has to study the contract closely. The airway bill, much like the seaway bill is non-transferrable.

This means that the airliner only releases the cargo to the named consignee on the airway bill. This does not facilitate the buying or selling of goods while in transit.

While as detailed in this article , an Airway Bill does not represent the ownership of goods by the Airliner, but merely the possession of the goods in question. Possession of goods, similarly to having custody of the goods does not allow the airliner to sell, trade or modify the goods.

The key difference is that it is a pre-printed form that bears the Warsaw Convention as the term of the contract of carriage, and it can be used across multiple airlines and freight forwarder.

House Airway bill is used by Freight Forwarders and Agents that consolidates the cargo for air transport. In essence, it still functions similarly to a standard Airway Bill, albeit in electronic form. Accompanying document in this sense comes in the form of a Cargo Pouch that contains ancillary documents. A Letter of Instruction or SLI is a necessary document prepared by the shipper to preempt the logistics service provider of an incoming instruction.

An SLI is a working document for Airliners to acknowledge and accept the cargo to be shipped, it is also used for the calculation of freight charges and the issuance of Airway Bills. A Document with the item description, cargo value and cargo amount. An important document for all logistic party. A document certified by the local chamber of commerce that the exporting goods are of local origin, whether it is wholly obtained, manufactured, produced or processed. The key differences between a ULD and a container are that ULDs comes in various shapes and sizes that contours the dome-shaped fuselage of the airplane.

A ULD is made with a light material such as aluminum in order to reduce as much weight as possible as the fuel consumption of aircraft carriers is very high. Shippers who frequently rely on airplanes as a mode of transportation, and have a steady production line of products may be heavily reliant on ULDs. The key to calculating air freight is to accurately calculate the Chargeable weight.

Chargeable weight essentially means the greater of the volumetric weight or the actual gross weight of the cargo. The volumetric weight and the actual gross weight are often different because the density of every cargo is different. If you take a tonne of sulfuric acid and juxtapose it with a tonne of steel, in actual gross weight the cargo will be the same.

However, the density of steel is much higher, therefore does not occupy a lot of space as compared to feathers.

Knowing the density of the cargo is very helpful as it gives us a picture of how much storage space is used. The density of sulfuric acid is at kilograms per metric cube, or The density of steel, on the other hand, is kilograms per metric cube, or The other method is more rudimentary but effective, which is to measure the length, width, and height of the cargo and multiply it to get the volumetric weight.

There are several types of rates applicable in the air transportation industry, we have listed the key rates and briefly explain when the rate applies. The General Commodity Rate GCR is the rate applicable for a normal commodity that does not require any special handling expertise or poses any significant hazard to the air carrier by transporting them. The air freight structure is similar to passenger fare structure in that there is a normal or basic price applicable to all commodities in all markets.

The GCR is rated by the volumetric weight, the higher of its cubic meter weight or its absolute weight. The Chargeable Weight. The heavy cargo is the rate per pound of cargo decreases. There is also a general minimum charge in order for the service to be economically viable for the aircraft carriers. Due to the added security and safety requirement of cargoes applying the SCR rate, specific packaging and containerizing requirements are laid out by the air carriers.

Exception rates are higher than usual air freight rate and apply to a certain type of cargo that requires special handling. It is similar to the SCR rate but only at a higher rate due to the complexity of the transportation. For transportation requiring the coordination and planning among two or more mode of transportation.

Predominantly, the coordination is between connecting aircraft carriers and the land transportation of the cargo. The rates charged to shippers are usually in the form of a joint rate.

In circumstances where direct flight between two airports are far and between, if not, non-existent, joint rate can be very handy in planning the delivery of cargo to ports that were previously not able to reach. Moreover, shippers has more flexibility in choosing the right transit time and delivery schedules.

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A Known Consignor means the originator of goods for carriage by air, who has an established business with a Regulated Agent on the basis of agreed security criteria as prescribed in Part , and who complies with the criteria prescribed in Part for a Known Consignor. A Known Consignor must ensure that:. Friday, 14 January Home About Us Services. Security Investigations. Dog Patrols. Strike Force Team. Known Consignors How will Part regulations affect air carriers?

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