Shanghai overtakes Tokyo as top city for CPS bookings, Unisys Says
Shanghai, South China’s major air logistics hub, moved slightly ahead of Tokyo in September as the city from which forwarders are making the most air cargo bookings on Unisys-operated Cargo Portal Services (CPS). Tokyo forwarders had previously led as early adopters of CPS, so this change demonstrates that their performance can be replicated elsewhere.
The 5 top cities generating the most CPS air cargo bookings after Shanghai were Tokyo, Toronto, Hong Kong, Beijing and Los Angeles. Unisys had reported on Tokyo’s previous top position in April 2006 (see http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/news_a_events/04288654.htm).
“These results demonstrate the value of a global multi-carrier booking portal like CPS and the willingness of forwarders, especially in Asia and North America, to make bookings electronically,” said Christopher Shawdon, vice president and partner, Logistics Solutions at Unisys.
Developments of interest to Logistics Service Providers and the results of a major survey into the emerging transportation needs of shippers can be found in the just-published issue of the Unisys FastForward newsletter. The issue can be downloaded from www.unisys.com/logistics and interested parties can register there to receive future copies by e-mail.
About Cargo Portal Services
CPS is an electronic booking and Cargo 2000-accredited shipment management service for the air cargo industry. It was designed in cooperation with major carriers and forwarders, and is operated by Unisys. CPS serves the global cargo networks of American Airlines, Air Canada, Austrian Airlines, KLM, Northwest Airlines and United Airlines. Continental Airlines and SAS Cargo are in the process of going live on the service. Access to CPS is free for forwarders, both through the public Internet (www.CargoPortalServices.com) and through secure system-to-system connections. Over 5,500 branch offices of 2,500 forwarder companies in 95 countries are on-line with CPS.
About Unisys
Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company. Our consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology to help our clients achieve secure business operations. We build more secure organizations by creating visibility into clients’ business operations. Leveraging the Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise approach, we make visible the impact of their decisions – ahead of investments, opportunities and risks. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
