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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is warning forwarders not to switch bills of lading without being fully aware of potential liabilities.
Issuers, carriers or the carrier's agents can be asked to issue a second set of bills of landing in substitution for the original documents issued at the time of shipment, often occur at a port other than the load port and subsequent to initial loading.
Although often legitimate, BIFA says ...
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The British International Freight Association is launching a BIFA Young Forwarders Network (YFN) to support people who have recently joined the sector.
The launch will take place on 6 March at National Apprenticeship Week.
Training development manager Carl Hobbis, said BIFA aimed to create several regional networking groups, run by young forwarders ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has launched a dedicated website – https://apprentices.bifa.org/ - to highlight apprenticeship opportunities in freight forwarding.
It follows last year’s introduction of the International Freight Forwarding Specialist apprenticeship. The microsite includes case studies and tips from the experiences of BIFA members and their apprentices and ...
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Five youngsters studying for apprenticeships at freight forwarding have been shortlisted for the new Apprentice of the Year category at the BIFA Annual Awards, which take place this Thursday (17 January) in London.
They are: Paige Baldwin of TPS Global Logistics; Kyle Lawrence of Unsworth; Thomas Turner of Panalpina World ...
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BIFA has welcomed the one-off £8 million funding scheme for customs intermediaries and traders, details of which were announced recently.
Director general Robert Keen, said: “During our meetings with both HM Treasury and HMRC, BIFA highlighted the concerns of our members regarding the capability of the Customs brokerage sector to ...
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BIFA said that whilst it welcomes some of the announcements in the Budget on 29 October, it was all overshadowed by the ongoing uncertainty over the UK’s exit from the EU.
Director general Robert Keen commented: “Whilst the investment in road infrastructure might make a difference to our members, we should ...
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A total of 26 freight forwarders have made it to BIFA's freight service awards shortlist.
Air Cargo Services award – sponsored by IAG Cargo - Bermuda Forwarders (UK); Dimerco Express Group; Ligentia; Metro Shipping
Cool award – sponsored by American Airlines Cargo - Bermuda Forwarders (UK); DB Schenker; Kuehne + Nagel; Morgan ...
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BIFA has complained that it has been kept in the dark over Government plans for Customs, saying that it only learned about plans to invest £8 million in customs training and automation from a report in The Times newspaper.
Director general Robert Keen said that in light of the significance of ...
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Three finalists for BIFA’s 2018 Young Freight Forwarders of the Year award were recently treated to a familiarisation day at Virgin Atlantic Cargo which has sponsored the competition since 2011. Award winner, Louis Perring, a director of Hemisphere Freight Services, was joined by fellow finalists Katie Brown, air freight manager ...
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BIFA is to add a new Apprentice of the Year in Logistics category to its annual Freight Service Awards.
The winner of the new award - sponsored by Outsource Training and Development - will be the apprentice – or new recruit undergoing similar training with a member company – who has ...
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