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Trade links between the UK and Ireland can be stronger than ever with effective customs arrangements, argues freight forwarder Woodland Group in a new paper published on 21 December.
It says that when the new Brexit trade agreement came into force earlier this year, data from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed a marked surge in Irish imports from Europe, accompanied by a sharp fall in goods bought from Britain. The ...
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The Bolloré Group has received an offer from the MSC Group to acquire 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics, comprising all of the Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics activities for €5.7 billion.
It has granted MSC until 31 March 2022 to enable it to carry out additional ...
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European forwarders’ organisation Clecat is urging shippers and hauliers to prepare for the introduction if full customs controls into the UK from the end of the year. It points out that from 1 January, customs controls will apply to all goods moving between the EU ...
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The UK Government said on 15 December that it would further postpone introduction of post-Brexit border controls on goods moving from the island of Ireland to GB.
Irish traders will be exempt from some new Brexit import requirements from January 2022 as a consequence of the ongoing negotiations around the Northern Ireland ...
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Freight forwarder Woodland has produced a summary of the changes to import rules and border controls from the EU to Great Britain which will be phased in throughout 2022, from 1 January 2022.
Changes for 1 January 2022 are:
Full import declarations will now be required at ...
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Suffolk forwarder Darren Ryan is reminding businesses that the option to delay import customs declarations comes to an end on 1 January 2022. The Morrison Freight director strongly urges them to start putting in place procedures to ensure everything runs smoothly.
From the start of 2022, ...
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A new Quay Connect service is available on the Naviporta logistics blockchain platform to smooth exports from Europe to the UK, says the Port of Rotterdam.
It automatically exchanges information with the customs authorities at ports in the UK and will save at least 30% of ...
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Hauliers will be responsible for ensuring their drivers have a Goods Movement Reference (GMR) barcode, in addition to the Transit Accompanying Document (TAD) and Movement Reference Number (MRN) barcode, warns courier Speedy Freight.
Although easy to produce, via the Government website, the new GMR barcodes are ...
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Manchester-based Avocet Clearance has expanded its services to Northern Ireland to help traders with the new declaration requirements following Brexit. The company has opened a city centre office in Belfast and appointed Patrick Stratford (pictured, right) to lead the team in Northern Ireland. He has ...
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Most aspects of Northern Ireland’s trade are working well – with the exception of movements from Great Britain to the province, Manufacturing NI chief executive Stephen Kelly told a session of the House of Commons International Trade Committee on 8 December. “GB suppliers were wholly ...
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