Cargo Breaking News
Fraport AG is developing an innovative digital data exchange platform for freight handling at Frankfurt Airport. The project is carried out in cooperation with the Freight Unit of the German Customs Office, the Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association of Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate (SLV), the Association of Air Cargo Handlers in Germany (VACAD), as well as DAKOSY AG and other partners from the cargo community at Frankfurt Airport. The new platform, ‘FRA-OS’, will serve as a digital marketplace providing numerous applications for process optimisation.
Following a year of preparation headed by Fraport, SLV and VACAD as well as initial investments by these parties, a first element of the project is now being implemented. Together with the German software company DAKOSY, Fraport AG is investing in the development of the digital import platform “FRA-OS Import”. This platform will help standardise, simplify and speed up customs and import processes at Frankfurt Airport. ‘FRA-OS Import’ automates the data exchange between all parties involved in the import processes. This will facilitate even complex customs procedures, including those which in the near future will be required for the presentation of goods for customs clearance. For example, the system will be able to support the risk assessment of goods to be imported. Moreover, the platform can provide shipment-related information on every single step along the import process at the airport. This will allow customs applications to be submitted earlier and with greater precision than is currently the case, hence speeding up the entire import process.
“We expect the new import platform to result in even smoother and more reliable processes. Our aim is to make work easier for our on-site partners. In particular, we expect the import platform to deliver significant benefits regarding the presentation of goods for customs clearance,” says, Head of Cargo Infrastructure and Development at Fraport AG, Max Philipp Conrady.
