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The British International Freight Association is warning shippers sending goods to Southo Korea to pay special attention to manifest descriptions or risk penalty charges and customs delays. The description of the goods must be completed in specific and precise manner as outlined by the Korean Customs Service (KCS) and BIFA is strongly advising shippers to avoid generic and meaningless terms such as “part, sample, accessory, gift, assembly, product or goods” ...
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Shifts in global sourcing and the many new channels to market will force companies to seek out multiple locations for their stocks, DP World supply chain expert Peter Ward tpld a conference in Birmingham. Speaking at commercial property adviser Jones Lang LaSalle’s agents briefing on 9 November, he said that ...
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NYK Group executive vice president Svein Steimler, received an honorary degree from Southampton Solent University for his outstanding accomplishments in the maritime industry on 22 November.
He started his shipping career after leaving the Norwegian Navy 35 years ago and has held a variety of senior positions in ship broking and ...
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Dover Harbour Board (DHB) has sold its customs clearance arm, Freight Services Agency (FSA) to Ulster-based Motis Ireland. The port's chief executive, Bob Goldfield, said he was “excited by their plans for the FSA” which would “give Dover an edge in the marketplace.” Paul King, Finance director of Motis, said ...
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Rugby-based Exact Logistics has bought into the German CTL transport system. The deal gives Exact Logistics the right to deliver and collect from CTL’s 130 partners between Germany and the UK and Ireland. It will also speed up deliveries to and from Germany and the company targeting a 48-hour transit ...
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AEB has published the fourth of its white paper, 'Putting Freight Costs in their Place'. It demonstrates the advantages of accurate freight cost reallocation and how to do it efficiently with real-life examples of how successful businesses manage the freight cost reallocation process. There are also case studies from the ...
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FedEx has extended its SenseAware high-tech shipment monitoring service to the UK, Canada, Australia and Singapore. Previously only available in the US, the latest version of the tracking device, the SenseAware 2000, offers customers more accurate, near real-time location information, more reliable connections and longer battery life.
As well as FedEx's ...
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Etihad Cargo re-introduced a weekly, 124-tonne capacity 747-400 freighter service from Abu Dhabi to Lagos, Nigeria on 15 November along with 16 new interline destinations across West Africa. The network consists of Libreville (Gabon), Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Douala (Cameroon), Accra (Ghana), Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Conakry (Guinea), ...
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The Universal Postal Union (UPU) voted to make its security standards mandatory for its 192 member countries at its congress in Qataron 7-11 November , creating a legal basis for the provision of advance electronic data to Customs and aviation security authorities. The move was welcomed by the World Customs ...
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Door-to-door operator Containerships is to add 200 new 45’ pallet wide containers to its fleet. They will have a capacity of 88.7cu m or 33 euro-pallets.
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