Managing Air Cargo: Logistics and Handling of Race Horses

This report provides an in-depth analysis of air cargo management, specifically focusing on the transportation of racehorses. It elucidates the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the supply chain, including shippers, air carriers, ground handlers, and freight forwarders. The report details the processes involved from origin to destination, emphasizing the specific handling requirements for livestock. It covers the shipper's role in ensuring proper packaging and certifications, the air carrier's responsibility for security and adherence to regulations, the ground handler's duties in loading, unloading, and maintaining the aircraft, and the freight forwarder's role in coordinating the entire process. The report also addresses the physical and logistical considerations of transporting racehorses by air, including the specialized equipment and procedures required to ensure their safety and comfort. Desklib is your go to website for similar assignments and past papers.

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Executive Summary:
Air Cargo is the one of the major service houses which undertake the commutation services
of all kinds. From passengers to the animals and pets, all are commuted through the air
services. The commutation of the animals have become much easier through the system of air
cargo. Therefore, in the following essay, the air cargo process for commuting the racer
horses, have been discussed. On that note, the roles and responsibilities of the shippers, the
air carriers, the ground handlers and the freight forwarders have been discussed. Also, the
handling processes and services have also ben illustrated, in the report.

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Introduction:
Cargo handling refers to the transportation of any kind of property. The Air Cargo
system refers to the transportation of properties or live stocks by air. The air cargo system
includes air freight, airmail and air express. The air cargo handling system is maintained and
done in all the airports across the countries. Therefore, thousands of airports all across the
world are dealing in this industry, and hundreds of companies, both small and big are related
to this field. However not all cargo systems deal in all the fields. There are three types of
aircraft system. Firstly, the passenger aircraft, which focus upon the commutation of the
passengers and the spare place in the airplane is used for holding the baggage or the luggage
of the passengers. Secondly, the Cargo Aircraft, which refers to the carry freight system,
which carries people and luggage on the main deck to the belly of the airplane with the means
of side loading and nose- loading (Cargo, 2017). Thirdly is the Combi Aircraft, which carries
the cargo on the part of the main deck, either before or after the passenger’s section.
However, there are many airlines who only deal with the passengers, and then there
are certain airlines, who deal in the livestock only, and certain airlines organizations focus on
the commutation of both the human resource and the livestock.
Therefore, in the following report an analysis will be made upon the physical air
cargo flow from the origin to the destination, the role sand responsibilities of the of the
service providers in the cargo system. Also, the storage requirements and the handling service
related to the various cargo system will also be analyzed in the following report (Reis &
Silva, 2016).
Since the requirement of the report is on the livestock, therefore, the report will
essentially focus upon the transportations of the Race Horses, through the airline system.

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Contents:
Many airlines of the country deal in the commutation of diverse range of livestock,
which vary from precarious race horses to transportation of the zoo animals. They also
undertake the exchange programs and the conservation programmers of the zoo animals.
Also, they take care of the household pets and undertake the commutation of the same. In the
following report the commutation system or the supply chain of the race horses will be
discussed.
There are a lot of factors related to the management of the supply chain of the race
horses. A lot of positions and people are related to this. Also, there are a number of people
involved in the whole commutation process. The transportation of the full grown, pre carious
horses, by air, also involve certain level of risk management. There are many people involved
in the whole process, whose roles are much important for the successful completion of the
commutation process. In the supply chain of racehorses, the main actors involved are the
shippers, origin freight forwarders, the export customs, origin GHA, carrier, the destination
GHA, import customs, the destination freight forwarders, and the consignee. The shippers
perform the task of shipping the cargo from the suppliers to freight forwarders. These
products are then cleared from the export customs and then stored in the warehouses. These
products are then prepared for being transported to the destination place in cargo plane and it
is received in the destination GHA. Then the import customs clears the imported products,
which are then forwarded by the destination freight forwarders to the consignee.

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Measurement:
The flying of the race horses now have become a normal conduct, and the riders of
the horses have stated that flying is the most convenient way of shipping the horse from one
place to the other. The before and after conducts are also short and systematic, and are
presented with an environment that is favorable for the horses, as it is important to keep the
horses comfortable. The size of the airplane and the boxes, in which the horses kept are also
quite short and compact. They are shifted from the horse boxes to the artificial stable that are
created for the horses, which again are boxes, and they are made according average heights of
the horses. Also, the airplanes are also have average occupancy, to fit at a max, 40- 50 horses.
Roles and Responsibilities of the Shipper:
In order to undertake the process of shipping the horses, the shippers hold the most
important role in the hole commutation process, therefore, the role of the shippers include,
 The shippers must check whether or not the goods are properly packaged and if
proper shipping names, hazard label and UN number are provided with the horses.
However since they are horses, therefore, no marine pollute label will be checked,
however, if any of the horse has special features or difficulties related to something
then that must be checked properly and taken care of (Reis & Silva, 2016).
 They must make proper certifications for whether the horses will bale to be commuted
by the sea.
 The shippers must also check the fact that incompatible goods are not supposed to be
stocked or stowed with the horses at the same place.
 The shipper must also check the conditions of the Horses that is whether they are in a
good condition, and whether they can make the journey.

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 The shipper must also check the physical condition of the horses, that is, if any injury
is been made, and also they must ensure whether the horses are compatible with the
commutation by the sea. Another important role of the shipper is to gain the
knowledge of whether the stuff are trained enough to take care of the horses. Since,
the race horse are much stronger and very unpredictable, therefore, it is important for
the shippers to make sure that the employees or the stuff on the airplane are trained
enough to take care of the horses (Budd & Ison, 2015).
Roles and Responsibilities of the Air Carrier:
The air carrier is the one who undertakes the role of managing and commuting the
passengers and the commodities to the destination. Therefore the air carriers or the air cargos
have certain distinguished roles to carry out when it comes to the commutation of the
livestock. Therefore, the roles and the responsibilities of the air carriers are,
 The essential role of the air carriers are the executing and maintaining effective
security system. The air carriers must ensure that the physical location is maintained
and the laws that re governing, in this particular scenario are also properly
maintained. It is more difficult to commute the horses than commuting of passengers.
Therefore, the laws related to this particular sector are strict and maintaining of those
laws are imminent (Cargo, 2017).
 The air carriers must also take into account the security system of the whole
commutation process and they must also include in their orientation, the role and the
opinions of the stakeholders (Hsu, Chen & Chen, 2013).
 The air cargo organizations must also ensure that the combination of laws and rules
are properly maintained and followed. The air cargos must also take into account the

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resources and the laws regulating the terrorism and the criminal acts must also be
preserved and further, followed. The air cargo process is a system of shared and
complementary relations and roles of the federal government, and air carriers, and
since the commutation of the livestock are require more potential, knowledge and
resources, therefore the process of maintaining the whole process and fulfilling all the
requirements are needed (Budd & Ison, 2015).
 The air carriers system must also take care of the baggage and the cargo. It is the role
of the air carrier system as a whole to maintain the baggage of the horses. Also, it is
the role of the air cargo system as a whole to make the animals, feel at home. As the
trace horses are pre carious and full grown, therefore, special attention must be
provided for the whole commutation process.
 The air carriers must also focus upon the air operations area and the automated access
control must be provided and then maintained.
 The air carriers must also establish a law enforcement support (Builder, 2017).
The Roles and Responsibilities of Ground Handler:
The ground handlers are the employees who undertake the jobs loading and unloading the
baggage of the passengers, and in case of the livestock commutation and management, the
ground handlers are to take care of the bagging of the race horses and then uncaging them.
Since, it is more difficult to make the horses, or for that matter to make the animals commute,
the roles and the duties of the ground handlers are one of the essential ones (Cargo, 2017).
Therefore, the roles and the duties that the ground handlers are supposed to maintain are,
 The ground handlers must ensure that all the horses are proper stamped and marked.
 They must also get the details of the horses that is regarding their physical health and
their age, height and weight and their background.

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 The ground handlers must also check with the timings and the other details regarding
the air service as well, in order to ensure a sound docking of the horses on the plane.
 The ground handlers must also make sure of the RAMP before the loading or the
dicking of the animals and also before the unloading or uncaging of the horses.
 The evacuation of the animals must also be checked by the ground handlers (Hampel
& Wolke, 2015).
 The ground handlers mist also ensure the anti- sabotage check and other notions that
are related to the whole air freight process, that are, loading, refueling, unloading,
tallying at the gate, signatures of the captains, documentations of the horses, and
lastly, releasing the aircraft, all must be met and ensured by the ground handlers of the
air cargos.
 The services in the interior, that is, cleaning the interior, replacing the commissary
items and the restoration of the lavatories, must also be met and maintained by the
ground handlers.
 The ground handlers are also provided with the job of cleaning the exterior of the
plane, cleaning of the dirt and mud, de- icing it, washing the windows.
 Also, the safety and the security of the procedures of the air freight must also be
maintained. They also have to focus on the security protocols of the planes (Caves,
2015).
The Roles and Responsibilities of the Freight Forwarders:
The roles of the freight forwarder are,
 The freight forwarder are the ones who suggest and advice the responsibilities as per
the law of the organizations.
 Check the import licenses.

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 They also provide estimates on the exports and the imports.
 They also provide the proper understanding of the letters of credit ad also must take
the role in organizing them.
 The freight forwarders must also take the role on receiving the payment on the
exported goods.
 The freight forwarders are essentially viewed as the ones who take the role of
communicating with all the other branches and managing the whole commutation
process in a detailed and sound manner (Saeed, 2013).
Handling Requirements:
Transportation of the horses, through ships and then through air, are the most
important aspect of the air shipment process of the horses, and it includes certain steps.
Transport:
The transportation process of the horses include all the processes, which is initiated
with the equines being loaded onto the trailer, and are taken to the airports from their
respective farms. The goal of the whole export process is to make the transportation process a
smooth and safe one, so that when they are unloaded from the plane they can perform in a
full-fledged manner (Hampel & Wolke, 2015).
Packing:
The packing of the horses refer to the loading of the horses onto the trailer in the
rightful way, so that they do not get scared or are not harmed or injured (Hampel & Wolke,
2015).

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Documentation:
The documentation process refers to the naming and labelling and numbering of the
horses and further checking the demographic and health records of the horses as well, and
further matching both of them while boarding the animals onto the trailer (Caves, 2015).
Storage Requirements:
The storage requirements refer to creating the proper atmosphere for the horses, so
that they do not understand the differences and feel homely, it also refers to keeping the horse
trainers on to the plane so that the horses can be managed when the time comes (Hampel &
Wolke, 2015).
Conclusion:
The essay can be concluded upon saying that the supply chain management in the whole
process holds the most important role. The transportation of the race horses have become a
common phenomenon, but the packaging and the management of the supply chain process
must be done in the rightful manner, as the industry deals with live stock, and the
management of this is difficult to conduct.

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