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Security tops TIACA agenda as air cargo sector wakes up to cybercrime
CYBER security will be one of leading topics at the three-day The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) convention at the Margaritaville Resort in Hollywood Beach, Florida from May 24 - 26.
The implications of the US Senate passing a bill that would reauthorise the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will also be discussed.
One of its provisions includes items that could affect cargo, including a requirement that, within two years of enactment, that the FAA allow drones to make package deliveries and create a safety certification programme for operators of drone delivery fleets.
The bill also requires new steps to limit access to secure areas at airports and enhanced vetting of employees with access to those areas.
The senate bill is much different from FAA reauthorisation legislation under consideration by the House of Representatives.
For the bill to become law, both houses of Congress will need to agree to common language and pass the resulting measure ?something which could take quite a bit of time, given the current focus on the presidential and congressional elections later this year.
The Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Gil Kerlikowske announced plans to leave CBP by the end of 2016.
He indicated that a top priority for his remaining time in office is the implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, which recently was signed into law and which mandates a wide range of customs updates.
Mr Kerlikowske was the first, and only, CBP Commissioner to be approved by the US Senate during the Obama Administration and has been in charge of the agency since March 2014.
As the final year of the Obama presidency progresses, additional departure announcements by political appointees are likely.
TIACA will also renew its call for greater cooperation in the fight against counterfeit goods
New TIACA position paper calls for rights holders, service providers, and regulators to come together and adopt a multi-pronged approach.
Goods that infringe Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) account for a growing proportion of international trade, estimated at over US$250 billion by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
"The industry's cooperation with law enforcement agencies contributes to the increase in seizures by government agencies," said TIACA secretary general Doug Brittin.
"Any potential liability for air cargo industry members should be limited to instances where air cargo operators have actual knowledge of receiving or handling IPR infringing goods and have failed to take action based on that knowledge," he said.
The implications of the US Senate passing a bill that would reauthorise the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will also be discussed.
One of its provisions includes items that could affect cargo, including a requirement that, within two years of enactment, that the FAA allow drones to make package deliveries and create a safety certification programme for operators of drone delivery fleets.
The bill also requires new steps to limit access to secure areas at airports and enhanced vetting of employees with access to those areas.
The senate bill is much different from FAA reauthorisation legislation under consideration by the House of Representatives.
For the bill to become law, both houses of Congress will need to agree to common language and pass the resulting measure ?something which could take quite a bit of time, given the current focus on the presidential and congressional elections later this year.
The Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Gil Kerlikowske announced plans to leave CBP by the end of 2016.
He indicated that a top priority for his remaining time in office is the implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, which recently was signed into law and which mandates a wide range of customs updates.
Mr Kerlikowske was the first, and only, CBP Commissioner to be approved by the US Senate during the Obama Administration and has been in charge of the agency since March 2014.
As the final year of the Obama presidency progresses, additional departure announcements by political appointees are likely.
TIACA will also renew its call for greater cooperation in the fight against counterfeit goods
New TIACA position paper calls for rights holders, service providers, and regulators to come together and adopt a multi-pronged approach.
Goods that infringe Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) account for a growing proportion of international trade, estimated at over US$250 billion by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
"The industry's cooperation with law enforcement agencies contributes to the increase in seizures by government agencies," said TIACA secretary general Doug Brittin.
"Any potential liability for air cargo industry members should be limited to instances where air cargo operators have actual knowledge of receiving or handling IPR infringing goods and have failed to take action based on that knowledge," he said.
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