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More industry representatives have added their concerns over Russian plans to suspend the TIR system.
The forwarders' associations umbrella body CLECAT has joined the British International Freight Association in raising concerns over Russian threats to suspend TIR arrangements for trucks transiting its territory. In a letter to the UK's HM Revenue & Customs on 30 July, BIFA warned that the Russian Federation was considering additional guarantee measures for goods moving under ...
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Russia is threatening to suspend TIR arrangements for trucks transiting its territory, according to the British International Freight Association (BIFA). In a letter to HM Revenue & Customs, BIFA warns that the Russian Federation is considering additional guarantee measures for goods moving under TIR carnets from 14 August, according to ...
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DB Schenker Logistics has opened four new Russian gateways at Berlin, Krakow, Riga and Helsinki which will allow additional transports to St. Petersburg and Moscow to be carried out.
It forms part of a campaign to boost services to the country particularly for customers in the automobile and consumer goods industries. Service options ...
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Lithuanian shortsea and feeder container operator Sea Connect is introducing a direct sailing between St Petersburg and the Port of Tyne in North-East England, with John Good Shipping as UK general agent. It will operate every 10 days from the north east to St. Petersburg with transit times of six ...
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The Russian government has formally ratified its accession to the World Trade Organization on 21 July. It clears the way for it to take a seat at the organisation in August.
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The new Russian port of Ust-Luga can now move containers by rail to Moscow and St Petersburg. The company says that it has the possibility to dispatch up to 30% of its container traffic by rail, by-passing the congested St Petersburg yard. The port’s rail terminal consists of four25-wagon sidings ...
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