<div class="htmlview paragraph">The recent technological and logistical advances in the Air Cargo industry have not significantly altered transit loss exposures. Shipments are still subject to hazardous conditions in-flight and on the ground. These conditions combined with shippers' tendency toward reduced packaging (thus unit weight) and similar cost savings do not create the ideal loss control environment.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">Active cooperation between shipper and carrier is a requisite for effective air cargo loss control. The direct control they exert on shipments implies their considerable influence.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">This paper introduces positive steps, both shipper and carrier can take to prevent or minimize cargo loss. These steps, or opportunities, are arranged in a framework the respective management teams can recognize and adopt. We are not presuming supererogatory efforts but instead, a heightened awareness of their responsibilities: shipper to consignee, carrier to shipper and shipper and carrier to world trade.</div>