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BlueBox Systems GmbH
Martin Schulze
CEO www. bluebox-systems. com
As the CEO of a LogTech company active in the air freight market, I naturally look out for what will happen regarding ONE Record. Will the industry make significant progress in the rollout of the new standard, or will the obstacles remain too complex to overcome? As a German, I am curious how the football( or soccer, for the American readers) world championship in the US will impact travel and trade to the US. Will the decline in summer travel continue or be reversed by this event? How will it impact air freight capacities?
Speaking in more general terms, the air cargo market in 2025 was defined by the uncertainties, external events and decisions, where supply chains reacted quickly and often in anticipation of coming changes such as tariffs and changes to the de minimis rules in the US.
It will be very interesting to see if 2026 is more of the same— a market reacting to external events— or if the
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uncertainty is so much the new normal that supply chains have already adapted and will be more stable. That would result in less demand for air freight and benefit other modes of transportation.
IMS Worldwide
Curtis Spencer CEO Steve Schellenberg
Senior Vice President, Logistics and Business Development
www. imsw. com
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Cargo owners and their logistics services providers must deal with the constant threat of theft in their global supply chains, and the answer is not GPS devices bolted onto trailers and containers. Roughly $ 18 million in goods are stolen per day across the US, with the average value of individual cargo theft incidents rising to $ 202,364.00 in 2024, according to the American Transportation Research Institute( ATRI). |
Solutions abound that claim to deter or detect threats and theft in the supply chain. However, there are two clear requirements that must be available from an advanced security solution: conveyance security and accurate location reports, in near or real time.
To be effective, a cargo security solution must be covert and capable of reporting the condition and location of cargo globally with redundant communications pathways. Most importantly, it needs sufficient battery life to support up to five years of reporting, under the most extreme conditions. The unit should be able to store data for reporting at a later time, as well as deliver that data to the user’ s interface in real or near real time.
Very few devices offer these technological advancements today. Hoopo Systems, Orbcomm and Bloodhound Tracking Device, for example, provide units that contain several sensors and can communicate via cellular or satellite networks, and one includes an IoT mesh network that tolerates disruptions. All three systems are supported by back-end interfaces, which can provide flexible geofence, a location monitoring tool. They also support a dwell calculator to optimize equipment utilization, a value to the trucker, ocean carrier or intermodal carrier that deploys these devices.
Secure + accurate + covert is the next generation in visibility and transparency in the global supply chain. Anything less is just guessing.
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“ The air cargo market in 2025 was defined by the uncertainties, external events and decisions.”
Martin Schulze
“ Secure + accurate + covert is the next generation in visibility and transparency in the global supply chain. Anything less is just guessing.”
Curtis Spencer and Steve Schellenberg
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