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IATA cargo messaging, workflows, and operations — explained for handlers.

• cargo-imp · 7m

  Cargo-IMP — the IATA messaging standard that still runs air cargo

  Cargo-IMP is the flat-file IATA messaging standard from the 1980s. It still carries every FWB, FFM, and FSU between airlines and handlers today. Here is the message family and why it persists.

• customs · 9m

  e-CSD — the electronic Customs Security Declaration, explained

  e-CSD restructured the security declaration on FWB messages for EU air cargo departures. Handlers need a Regulated Agent designator per station, a signed declaration at acceptance, and OCI fields on outbound FWBs.

• cargo-imp · 6m

  What is an FWB? The IATA Freight Waybill, explained

  The FWB is the IATA Cargo-IMP message that pre-alerts a shipment from forwarder/airline to handler. It starts the 21-state workflow and carries the canonical air waybill details everything downstream depends on.

• operations · 8m

  The IATA 21-state air cargo workflow, explained

  Every IATA air cargo shipment moves through a defined sequence of states from forwarder tender through carrier acceptance, departure, arrival, and delivery. The 21-state model is the backbone of every FSU.

• one-record · 7m

  IATA ONE Record 2.2.0 — what it is and how Skidd implements it

  ONE Record is IATA's REST + JSON-LD replacement for Cargo-IMP — air cargo as a graph of LogisticsObjects rather than a stream of TELEX messages. Skidd ships an early-access ONE Record server (beta) today.

• billing · 7m

  What is SGHA? The IATA contract template behind air cargo billing

  The IATA SGHA is the contract template for every airline-handler relationship. Annex B defines services; rate schedules attach as appendices. Understanding the structure is the foundation of correct invoicing.