#INTHEAIREVERYWHERE

Gabriela Ahrens
EVP Product & Sales
Jade Cargo International Co.

     I was sitting in a Restaurant in HKG when I received the first message (that the Towers had been hit)
     I think I thought what everybody thought: It just cannot be true. It was pure disbelief. Only hours after and of course for days later, the impact of this became a fact.
     (That day) simply changed everything. It has changed the whole industry and safety in air cargo has become another dimension of our industry. From the safety of a pallet build up, just DGR, it led to full scanning of each and every shipment. Now you have to find the balance between keeping 'flight and cargo safety first' to 'speed on the ground.'
     It has become a different world and cargo security has increased tremendously.
     Cargo security needs to be kept in focus, however it needs to be a team effort between all involved partners.
     We need worldwide harmonization of standards. New rules have been implemented and money has been invested, and we now need to concentrate on the efficiency.