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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155134003321

Autore

Sales Michael

Titolo

Air cargo management : air freight and the global supply chain / / Michael Sales

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-62016-2

1-317-21612-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

387.7/44

Soggetti

Aeronautics, Commercial - Freight

Business logistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The air freight supply chain / Martin Roebuck -- 2. The viability of air freight -- 3. A brief history of the air freight industry -- 4. Airports : the vital connection -- 5. Ground handling and IT systems for cargo processing / Michael Sales with Gerton Hulsman -- 6. Cool logistics : food-flowers-medicines -- 7. Animals by air -- 8. Security : keeping cargo safe -- 9. Outsourcing : the charter broker -- 10. Air freight to the rescue : care by air when disaster strikes -- 11. Aircraft : the role of freighters : past, present and future / Stan Wraight -- 12. Heavy-lift air transportation / Vladimir Vyshehirsky -- 13. Express and mail : fast and faster -- 14. Technology in air freight : the impact of technology on the air freight process -- 15. The environment : the challenge of noise and pollution -- 16. Crime in air logistics -- 17. Careers in air freight.