The Stat Trade Times - September 2016

In the September edition of The STAT Trade Times, we bring to you an in-depth cover story on pharmaceutical transportation with a focus on IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification. With 1100 people trained, nearly 80 entities to be certified and 119 entities to be assessed by the end of the year under CEIV, this validation is slowly becoming the industry standard for pharmaceutical logistics.

The regional report presents the top airports in the Middle East. The air cargo market in the region continues to surprise the world with the highest airfreight growth compared with other regions despit tough economic conditions.

The issue also has a report on the PANYNJ-administered airports where cargo volume continues to fall while passenger traffic has been growing significantly.

Our trend report features the super-speed Hyperloop technology of which the freight sector will soon be a beneficiary.

The shipping feature focusses on ports on the West Coast which await a fairly robust peak season this year and expects to handle rising import cargo from Asia despite the opening of an expanded Panama Canal.

Also, do not miss to read the latest news from the Shipping, Aviation, Transport and Tourism sectors.