cargo.one announced that its Founder & Co-CEO, Moritz Claussen, has received the TIACA Rising Star Award. Presented by The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) at its Executive Summit in Hong Kong, the award celebrates the young leader who has, in recent years, driven significant impact on the industry through innovation, leadership, and the ability to inspire meaningful change.

TIACA has recognized how Moritz has directly contributed to enhancing the way airlines and freight forwarders communicate and conduct business digitally. The TIACA Rising Star Award is widely regarded as a benchmark for next-generation excellence in the industry – highlighting future leaders and fostering innovation and continued progress.

Glyn Hughes, Director General of TIACA, comments,

“We are proud to award Moritz as the first TIACA Rising Star. Moritz’s passion, dedication and delivery reflect the best of what this award stands for — measurable industry impact, user-driven innovation, and the ability to inspire. Air logistics is at its heart a people-business, and Moritz continually builds relationships, enthuses and mobilizes stakeholders at all levels to effect meaningful change.”

Moritz Claussen, Founder & Co-CEO of cargo.one, responds to the award:

“It is a great honor, especially in light of the many leaders and innovations across the ecosystem. This award is really a reflection of the work our team performs every day to build a digitally integrated global air cargo community that puts freight customers first.  It gives me great joy to see firsthand that digital freight today is firmly established as a cornerstone of the industry, and is delivering powerful benefits. We are more energized and focused than ever to deliver a new era in connected global air cargo.”