Gerd von Mansberg and Arnold Garber . . . joining forces in track and trace
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THE CARGO Connection and Compu-Clearing Outsourcing have joined forces to provide a rapid service link for agents and airlines, enabling them to track a shipment to any point in the world.
“The major airlines have had a track and trace system of this nature for some time, but they have had to invest millions to set it up,” says Cargo Connection director Gerd von Mansberg. “We are bringing this type of facility as a service to airlines who do not have it.”
Working through its recently established Brussels office, trading as TCC Europe, the company has brought Compu-Clearing on board to supply all 13 of its appointed GSAs in Europe with a total commercial function in which all are connected to the same data base.
“To be connected to the same base until recently was an extremely complex and costly operation,” says Compu-Clearing MD Arnold Garber. “But nowadays our systems work well and fast via the internet. As long as you have a PC connected to the internet, and are on line with Compu-Clearing, you have connectivity throughout the TCC European network.”
Currently The Cargo Connection services Hydro Air, Egypt Air and Khalifa Airlines, but is currently negotiating with additional carriers which are interested in taking up the service.
“The hub of the operation is our Brussels office,” says Von Mansberg. “There we are not merely a GSA operation but are listed as airline representatives, offering a total commercial service.”
With Von Mansberg announcing ‘Compu-Clearing now goes global’, Garber adds: “If you book cargo in Johannesburg or Cape Town, the information is immediately available in Brussels. The world at large will have limited control information on cargo movements, with the system being taken to the GSA and leaving the airline free of concern about documentary information.
“Our ‘Power Term’ system has moved this type of information away from the conventional browser, which means response time is speeded up considerably. There are plans afoot in our new linkup to have African countries, where there is little or no service of this type available at present, brought on board. Negotiations are also in progress for consignments to North and South America.”
