{"id":109725,"date":"2022-05-26T04:10:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globaltrademag.com\/?p=109725"},"modified":"2022-05-26T01:46:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T06:46:48","slug":"afa-is-rightly-concerned-about-the-present-state-of-affairs-and-with-the-objective-of-minimizing-the-pending-impact-members-of-afas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globaltrademag.com\/afa-is-rightly-concerned-about-the-present-state-of-affairs-and-with-the-objective-of-minimizing-the-pending-impact-members-of-afas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Airforwarders Association is Taking a Leading Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freight is piling up. Back in February 2022, the COVID-19 omicron variant was sidelining employees in all sectors. Air cargo shippers were no exception, and the bottlenecks produced a downstream effect that is still being felt today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While the freight pile-up has eased just slightly, the same cannot be said for Shanghai. With one of the largest manufacturing centers in all of China, the country\u2019s \u201czero-COVID\u201d strategy has resulted in lockdowns that are impacting the entire export (and import) sectors. A mind-boggling 9 out of 10 trucks are sidelined and up to 50% of air traffic has been diverted. While this has yet to be fully felt Stateside, a tsunami of deferred cargo is coming and the impact could be quite severe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All of this has pushed industry players into intense preparation and strategy phases. One such association is the Airforwarders<\/a> Association (AfA). Known within the industry as the travel agents for freight shipments, AfA represents 200 + member companies that move cargo throughout the supply chain. Members are as small as family businesses with 20 or fewer employees to 1,000 + companies. AfA is rightly concerned about the present state of affairs and with the objective of minimizing the pending impact, members of AfA\u2019s Airport Congestion Committee (ACC<\/a>) have agreed to work on five critical issues:<\/span><\/p>\n