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Freight Development Pathway in the spotlight at Microlise Conference
Call for stronger data governance standards FIATA, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, and the Global Shippers Forum, have jointly issued an agreed Charter for Protection and Governance of Data in International Trade The charter sets out the minimum arrangements for data security and confidentiality that providers and operators of digital booking and trading platforms should adopt and incorporate in their End-User Agreements (EUAs). Recommendations in the charter seek to enable a safe and trustworthy environment for conducting business based on a level playing field. The charter has been approved by Members of both organisations and is believed to be the first declaration of rights for platform users in the trade and logistics sector.
The Freight Development Pathway (FDP), a three-week employability programme that BIFA and Manpower launched at the end of last year, was showcased at the recent Microlise Conference, a free-to-attend one-day event for those involved in the operation of a road transport fl eet. During a workshop, Carl Hobbis from BIFA and Mat Beecham from Manpower gave an overview of the Freight Development Pathway. This aims to help identify, attract, and train suitable candidates from outside the freight forwarding and logistics sector, help them to familiarise themselves with the sector and become work
and industry-ready for career opportunities with Members of BIFA. They covered its aims, intent, content and how it could potentially be replicated across the logistics industry. In addition to the employability programme, the FDP gives participants an introductory freight and Customs training course, delivered by BIFA’s team of
qualified trainers, and is part of a wider initiative to address the well-documented staffing issues that the sector faces. The programme is administered by Manpower and includes group sessions, weekly one-to-one meetings, employability training to get each participant ready for interview and employment, as well as the BIFA training.
Graeme steps up to head BIFA training team
Graeme Wilkinson has become the Training
and now heads BIFA’s five- strong training team. Graeme reports to Carl Hobbis, Member Services Director, who has overall responsibility for the trade association’s training activities. Carl said: “During Graeme’s six years at BIFA he has shown how his wide range of industry knowledge, covering many aspects of forwarding and logistics, can provide excellent support for the delivery of our freight and Customs training programmes.”
Development Manager, a new position created as part of a strategy to further develop the portfolio of training activities offered. Graeme joined BIFA’s training team in 2017 and has played a major role in the re-design of all of BIFA’s training materials since it took its extensive portfolio of training and education activities in-house, replacing an external contractor. He has over 25 years of freight forwarding experience,
including spells at Pantos Logistics, C.H. Robinson, MIQ Logistics and Emery Worldwide,
The Limits of Liability for Carriers
In association with
By air – Warsaw Convention (17 SDR): £18.27 per kg
By sea – Hague Visby rules (2 SDR): £2.15 per kg £716.56 per package
BIFA STC: (2 SDR): £2.15 per kg
By road – CMR (8.33 SDR): £8.95 per kg
Insurance for the Marine & Logistics industries
(The SDR rate on 19 May 2023,
By air – Montreal Convention (22 SDR): £23.65 per kg
according to the IMF website, was 1.07484)
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