ETIHAD Airport Services – Cargo (EAS-Cargo), a subsidiary of Etihad Airways of the UAE, is working with the Singapore-based Cargo Community Network (CCN) to roll out a new information technology platform for the Abu Dhabi cargo community called Cargo Community Service (CCS).
The one-stop service is designed to facilitate the air cargo booking and shipment processes for Abu Dhabi-based freight forwarders and clearing agents, by linking them directly with air cargo carriers, ground handlers and third parties.
Furthermore, under CCS, a number of comprehensive electronic cargo services for the Abu Dhabi air cargo community will be introduced utilising a secure online portal called CCNhub. This includes electronic customs manifest and electronic delivery orders (eDO) functions, which offer freight forwarders a timely and cost-effective way of submitting customs data electronically for cargo clearance, in addition to obtaining pricing information for printing delivery orders.
EAS-Cargo and CCN expect the new information technology platform services to go live in the last quarter of 2013.