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The WACO System (World Air Cargo Organisation) is an exclusive network consisting of a number of independent freight management companies.
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WACO APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD AS MEMBERS CELEBRATE 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Delegates vote in new executive board and commemorate 50-year landmark at record breaking AGM
London, UK, Wednesday 17th May 2023: Independent global freight management and logistics network The WACO System has elected a new executive board at its annual general meeting (AGM) in Sorrento, Italy, where it also celebrated 50 years of operations.
The 50-year milestone was formally toasted at a gala dinner attended by 150 WACO delegates, making it the best attended event in the network’s history.
“Fifty years is a significant achievement for the network with many of our members having been with us for the majority of the journey,” said Richard Charles, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), The WACO System.
“In 1973 WACO started with just seven members and has since grown to 124 members in 118 countries, which gives it the ability to offer shippers a superb, robust, and comprehensive forwarding solution.”
The newly elected executive board will serve a three-year term and includes: Reena Kapoor of ITN Logistics Group, member for Canada; Sean Bradley of dnata Logistics, member for UAE; Vincent Touya of Dachser SE, member for Germany; Kristjan Palsson of Jonar Transport hf, member for Iceland; Stephen Knight of TransGlobal Freight Management Ltd, member for the United Kingdom (WACO Chairman); Arthur A. da Silva of Jet-Speed Air Cargo Forwarders (HK) Ltd, member for Hong Kong and China (WACO Vice Chairman).
Delegates at the AGM also heard presentations from keynote speakers Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association, and Hind Chitty, Principal Consultant at Drewry Supply Chains Advisory Practice, analysing the air cargo and container shipping markets, respectively.
WACO’s general meetings provide networking opportunities for members who can furthermore take part in bilateral meetings in order to grow business.
About WACO
Founded in 1973, WACO is the world’s foremost independent global freight management and logistics organisation.
WACO has a community of 124 members in 118 countries with a combined network of more than 400 locations, employing over 21,000 freight professionals who handle over 1.85 million shipments each year including one million tonnes of airfreight.
The exclusive network has a combined annual turnover of USD four billion.
The company is an Association owned by its members with its Corporate Head Office in Zurich, Switzerland, and operational management in London, UK.
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WACO APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD AS MEMBERS CELEBRATE 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Delegates vote in new executive board and commemorate 50-year landmark at record breaking AGM
London, UK, Wednesday 17th May 2023:Independent global freight management and logistics network The WACO System has elected a new executive board at its annual general meeting (AGM) in Sorrento, Italy, where it also celebrated 50 years of operations.
The 50-year milestone was formally toasted at a gala dinner attended by 150 WACO delegates, making it the best attended event in the network’s history.
“Fifty years is a significant achievement for the network with many of our members having been with us for the majority of the journey,” said Richard Charles, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), The WACO System.
“In 1973 WACO started with just seven members and has since grown to 124 members in 118 countries, which gives it the ability to offer shippers a superb, robust, and comprehensive forwarding solution.”
The newly elected executive board will serve a three-year term and includes: Reena Kapoor of ITN Logistics Group, member for Canada; Sean Bradley of dnata Logistics, member for UAE; Vincent Touya of Dachser SE, member for Germany; Kristjan Palsson of Jonar Transport hf, member for Iceland; Stephen Knight of TransGlobal Freight Management Ltd, member for the United Kingdom (WACO Chairman); Arthur A. da Silva of Jet-Speed Air Cargo Forwarders (HK) Ltd, member for Hong Kong and China (WACO Vice Chairman).
Delegates at the AGM also heard presentations from keynote speakers Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association, and Hind Chitty, Principal Consultant at Drewry Supply Chains Advisory Practice, analysing the air cargo and container shipping markets, respectively.
WACO’s general meetings provide networking opportunities for members who can furthermore take part in bilateral meetings in order to grow business.
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About WACO
Founded in 1973, WACO is the world’s foremost independent global freight management and logistics organisation.
WACO has a community of 124 members in 118 countries with a combined network of more than 400 locations, employing over 21,000 freight professionals who handle over 1.85 million shipments each year including one million tonnes of airfreight.
The exclusive network has a combined annual turnover of USD four billion.
The company is an Association owned by its members with its Corporate Head Office in Zurich, Switzerland, and operational management in London, UK.
More at waco-system.com
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The objective of SESAR is to modernise European ATM by defining, developing and delivering new or improved technologies and procedures (SESAR Solutions).
SESAR’s vision builds on the notion of trajectory-based operations’ and relies on the provision of air navigation services (ANS) in support of the execution of the business or mission trajectory — meaning that aircraft can fly their preferred trajectories without being constrained by airspace configurations.
SESAR Deployment Manager
The SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) function is defined by the Article 9 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) N°409/2013. Under the oversight of the European Commission, the SDM function consists of the synchronisation and the coordination of the deployment of the Common Projects. A Common Project is a Commission Implementing Regulation which mandates the implementation of the most essential operational changes in the European ATM Master Plan by the Member States of the European Union and their operational stakeholders. The first Common Project is known as the Pilot Common Project (PCP) and is defined by the Regulation (EU) N°716/2014. The SDM synchronises and coordinates implementation against the SESAR Deployment Programme which is a project view of the Common Projects organizing their implementation into optimum sequences of activities by all the stakeholders required to implement. To develop and maintain the SESAR Deployment Programme in close consultation with all the stakeholders is another important task under the SDM function.