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‘New runway will be at Heathrow’ – BIFA

BIFA says it believes that a decision on new runways for south-east England will be made soon and that it will favour expansion of Heathrow. Robert Keen, director general of the freight industry trade association said: “In the last week there have been a number of indications that a decision is imminent and that the decision will favour Heathrow. That will be long overdue good news for our 1,500 member companies ... [+]

Pragmatic forwarders make light work of container weighing rules

With 1 October marking the end of the three-month settling-in period for the International Maritime Organisation’s container weighing rules, predictions that ports would be clogged by immobile boxes have proved unfounded, says the British International Freight Association. Director general Robert Keen said that some of the wilder predictions were similar ... [+]

BIFA extends awards deadline

The British International Freight Association has extended the deadline for its annual Freight Service Awards. The deadline for entry registration is now 30 September while written award entry submissions due by October 14th. The awards ceremony luncheon will take place on Thursday 19 January next year and will be hosted by ... [+]

BIFA unveils new training programme

Bifa has published its programme of freight forwarder training courses from in September. They include: BTEC Intermediate Awards in Multimodal International Freight Procedures and in Customs Export and Import Procedures. Other courses cover Customs Import Entry and Procedures, Custom Procedures For Export Cargo, Custom Procedures For Import Cargo and The Basics ... [+]

BIFA backs call to end shipping surcharges

BIFA says its is backing a call by the Global Sjhippers' forum to end seafreightsurcharges. “Forwarders do not like shipping line surcharges and we have been challenging their legitimacy on behalf of our members – and their customers – for many years,” explained director general, Robert Keen. Forwarders do all they ... [+]

Time for government to make up its mind on Heathrow

British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general, Robert Keen is urging the new transport secretary and new secretary of state for international trade Government to stop procrastinating over the expansion of UK aviation capacity “and move forward with the recommendations made by the Airports Commission by building more capacity at ... [+]

Time to get in the swim for BIFA awards

The British International Freight Association - www.bifa.org - is seeking entries for its 28th annual Freight Service Awards competition. Sponsored by blue chip companies, winning one of the 11 awards has become more coveted year-on-year. The deadline for entry registration is 23 September, with written submissions due by 7 October. The awards ... [+]

Brexit turmoil is a worry for airport plans, says BIFA

BIFA asays it is concerned that the UK's political turmoil will lead to further procrastination. Director general Robert Keen said that following the earlier postponement of a decsion in December to, allegedly, summer 2016, , “with last week's developments, we are now entering a period of great uncertainty on the ... [+]

Bifa’s Keen not keen on lorry park plan

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has added its voice to growing criticism of government plans to build a huge lorry park in Kent as an alternative solution to Operation Stack. It said that the government had not clearly demonstrated what options have been evaluated and that the decision to ... [+]

Don’t sleepwalk into new weighing rules, warns BIFA

The British International Freight Association is urging freight forwarders not to be complacent about new Verified Gross Mass (VGM) rules, despite a recent IMO circular urging ‘practical and pragmatic' enforcement by authorities in the first three months after 1 July. BIFA director general Robert Keen, director general said the grace period ... [+]

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