The freight-forwarding element of supply chain management has developed considerably over the past forty years. Containerisation, multi-modal operations and the expansion of airfreight and express services have all combined to revolutionise the cargo industry.
Greenshields Cowie (freight forwarding and logistics subsidiary of Crown Agents, the international development company), in association with leading trainers, Peter East Associates, launched the first in a series of courses covering the issues of air cargo security and safety.
For a country that had not experienced major natural disasters, the tsunami that occurred in Sri Lanka on Boxing Day was both traumatic and calamitous.