Air Cargo Management - Air Freight and the Global Supply Chain

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. It reviews the role & strategy of air cargo and its contribution to world trade.

List of contents

1 Basics of Air Logistics; 2 Integrators; 3 Ground Handling; 4 Airports; 5 History; 6 Security; 7 Special Cargoes; 8 The Multimodal Family; 9 Technology in Air Logistics; 10 The Environment Challenge; 11 Career Opportunities in Air Logistics; 12 Views of the Future; 13 Glossary of Common Terms

About the author

Michael Sales has worked in international business magazine publishing since 1977 but joined Air Cargo News in 1990 to develop the newspaper's global impact and influence. Michael has published three books about the air logistics industry, this volume being the fourth. He is also consulting with the Rotterdam Business School to create a new Air Logistics course.
Sebastiaan Scholte has been the CEO of Kales Group since 2020 and a senior advisor for Boston Consulting Group since October 2020. In April 2010 he was appointed CEO of Jan de Rijk Logistics, based in Roosendaal, the Netherlands, and in May 2012 was appointed Chairman of the Cool Chain Association. In 2013 he joined the board of TIACA, where he was elected Vice Chairman in April 2015 and Chairman in 2017 until 2019.

Summary

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. It reviews the role & strategy of air cargo and its contribution to world trade.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Sales, Michael (Imc Creations Sales, Sales Michael, Sebastiaan Scholte
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2023
• EAN: 9780367764890
• ISBN: 978-0-367-76489-0
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / Commercial, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Exports & Imports, International business, environmental science, engineering & technology, Transport industries, Aerospace & aviation technology, Purchasing & supply management, Production & quality control management, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Aerospace & Air Transport Industries, Aerospace and aviation technology, Production and quality control management, Purchasing and supply management