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HMRC has extended the deadline for companies to apply for £8 million of customs training funding to 31 May. The original closing date for applications was 5 April.
The funding supports customs intermediaries and traders in completing customs declarations, and can be used to help meet the costs of employee training and IT improvements.
Treasury Minister, Mel Stride MP, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said:
“We are doing everything we can to ...
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has issued additional guidance on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), says BIFA. Forwarders were concerned about how the movement of products covered by this regime, which are manufactured in the EU - using for example lizard, snake ...
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CMA CGM has issued a public tender for all publicly held registered shares of CEVA Logistics on 8 April, giving it a 97.89% stake in the company. Earlier it had also proposed that CMA CGM chairman and chief executive Rodolphe Saadé be elected as CEVA chairman at the AGM on ...
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MSC is introducing a new weekly service between London Gateway, St Petersburg and Gdynia. The Baltic Loop 11 will offer transit times of five days from St Petersburg and three days from Gdynia.
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Claus Hemmingsen is to step down as vice-chief executive of AP Moller – Maersk and chief executive of the Energy division, on closure of the latter at the end of June. Hemmingsen has successfully concluded the separation of Maersk Tankers, Maersk Oil and Maersk Drilling as part of a programme ...
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The European Parliament’s revision of the road haulage rules, agreed on 4 April, could damage the industry, warns the Freight Transport Association (FTA). It is urging EU Member States to amend critical elements of the package in upcoming negotiations.
European policy manager Sarah Laouadi, said that while the Parliament was an ...
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CMA CGM has christened the Fort de France, the first of four new ships for its service to the French West Indies. The 3,504teu vessel will be followed by its sister ships in the next few months.
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Eurotunnel officially handed over buildings intended for customs, veterinary and phytosanitary inspection services to the French authorities on 4 April. The Douane-SIVEP control centre will be open 24 hours for Ministry of Agriculture officials and customs officers. It provides nine unloading docks, a refrigerated storage area, 100 parking spaces for ...
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Air Charter Service has chartered aircraft over the past fortnight to fly almost 500 tons of humanitarian aid into disaster-struck Mozambique.
Just a couple of weeks ago, Cyclone Idai swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. ACS has worked tirelessly since then in conjunction with aid agencies and governments, flying in a ...
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Property developer Verdion has let the second, 731,000sq ft (67,912sq m) phase of its iPort logistics hub in Doncaster to an unnamed online retailer.
Set for completion in the second quarter of 2020, the new mega-warehouse will be the first building on the 300 acre second phase in the southern part ...
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