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Kent calls for truck management measures

Kent County Council (KCC) is calling on the Government to consider additional legislative powers and technology to stagger the arrival of lorries into Kent if the situation demands it after Brexit. It is also calling for more investment in the country’s ports including alternatives to Dover and to consider setting up a system to hold freight at its point of origin or specific hubs when port capacity is limited. In a ... [+]

Time to go AEO?

With the entire Cabinet at Chequers to try to thrash out a Brexit plan today (6 July), customs specialist David Miller is urging import and export firms consider getting AEO status. It will stand such firms in the best possible stead, regardless of what is decided, he says. He said: “While ... [+]

Technological fix to solve Brexit customs dilemma? (Updated)

The UK is to set its own import tariffs but using as yet unspecified technology to determine the goods’ final destination and whether UK or EU duties should apply, under Prime Minister Theresa May's so-called 'third way' solution for post-Brexit Customs. Downing Street said the system could be partly in place ... [+]

PM plans customs ‘third way’

Downing Street has produced a “third model” for post-Brexit customs, reported the BBC on 2 July. The plan, details of which have not been revealed, is understood to differ from both the customs partnership and the maximum facilitation models that have previously been discussed. According to the BBC senior ministers are ... [+]

EU to talk Brexit at Brussels summit

EU leaders are due to discuss Brexit at their summit in Brussels today (Thursday 28 June) although the talks are likely to be dominated by other issues, including the emerging migrant crisis in Europe, along with US President Trump’s trade tariffs. The EU is expected to urge Prime Minister Theresa May ... [+]

We could leave UK if no Brexit deal, warns Airbus

There are “urgent risks” to Airbus’ operations if the UK leaves the European Union without a withdrawal agreement, warned the plane-maker in a statement published on 21 June. Airbus, which makes aircraft wings at Broughton on the Wales-England border near Chester, warned that the UK leaving both the single market and ... [+]

Give us the tools and we’ll do the job, says FTA chief

Freight Transport Association (FTA) president Leigh Pomlett called on the government to give the logistics industry the information it needs to keep the nation's trade moving efficiently post-Brexit or face delays and shortages of roducts and services. Speaking at the Keep Britain Trading conference in London on 20 June, he said:  "The ... [+]

Government agrees time-limited EU customs plan – updated

The Government has approved its so-called ‘backstop’ plan for trade with the EU after Brexit including an end date of 2021 – the latter apparently at the insistence of Brexit Secretary David Davis,. Under the plan, the UK would continue to align its tariffs on goods with that of the EU, ... [+]

Frictionless trade hopes are fading fast, says FTA

With three weeks to go until crunch talks in Brussels, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) says that its confidence in Government's ability to deliver a ‘frictionless' Brexit is fast collapsing. Deputy chief executive James Hookham said that the lack of progress on the industry's key demands of government for a ... [+]

IRU calls for UK to remain in NCTS

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has called for the UK to remain a member of the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) and use other trade facilitation systems such as TIR, after Brexit. It also called for road transport operators established in either the EU or UK to continue to ... [+]

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