July 2013
Funding cuts are threatening the ability of HM Revenue and Customs do do its job of protecting government revenue, warns Peter MacSwiney. Lack of money is inhibiting the service's ability to keep proper control of cargo, and fraudsters would prosper as a result, he says.
Already, there is a growing disconnect between customs policy and what actually happens at the frontier, he complains. “The people who determine the law are increasingly ...
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Trade members of the Joint Customs Consultative Committee (JCCC) have set out their aspirations for customs and the freight industry over the next few years, in a straw poll carried out by ASM chairman Peter MacSwiney.
Among other measures, they are calling for pilot schemes based on business’s interpretation of the ...
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The EU's Council of Industry Ministers rubber-stamped the new Union Customs Code (UCC) on 29 May – and has finally published a timetable for its implementation. The UCC is intended to modernise the EU’s customs regulation and facilitate and support intra-EU trade through new technology while reducing costs and improving ...
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DB Schenker has established its own legal entity in Laos and will now operate under the name of Schenker (Lao) Sole, having had a representative office in the country since 2001. The fully-owned company will enable DB Schenker to expand its service offerings and operational capabilities and becompetitively priced.
In the ...
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DB Schenker Rail UK has selected Roadways Container Logistics and its Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT) as its Midland rail hub of choice. The terminal is served by two intermodal trains a day from Southampton and one from Felixstowe.
Roadways will move over 770 containers a week in and out of ...
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Regional winners of this year's FIATA Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award, sponsored by the TT Club, are: Africa/Middle East: Mr Mohamed Samy, Egypt; Americas: Mr Kaloyan Petrov, Canada; Asia-Pacific: Mr Prabhjot Singh, India; and Europe: Miss Janna Marie van Burgeler, Germany.
The finalists will travel to Singapore this ...
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Max Sauberschwarz, global head of carrier and gateway air logistics at Kuehne + Nagel, has taken over as chairman of the Cargo 2000 airfreight standards organisation. He was Cargo 2000's vice chairman of Cargo 2000 for the last three years, and will act as chairman up to the AGM of ...
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UPS has improved its services to Croatia, following the Balkan country's official accession to the European Union. Express shipments from EU countries – including UK – can now arrive at destinations in Croatia in one business day and for less urgent shipments there are day-definite options with UPS Standard. The ...
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Shipping operator DAL is offering a weekly service from all European and Mediterranean ports to Beira via Durban on its IMMA service. The situation in the port has improved recently, says the line.
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The Port of Dover is calling for option 'C' for the Lower Thames Crossing consultation, saying that to will do most to improve the north-south movement of trade from the Channel ports to destinations north of London. Option C is the easternmost and longest of the three options being considered, ...
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