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HM Revenue and Customs says that traders can now move their export declarations to the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), the replacement for the existing CHIEF computer.
There will be a transition period to until 4 June 2024 after which declarations cannot be submitted CHIEF, it adds.
CDS is already handling import declarations and is already handling 30% of export declarations, says HMRC.
HMRC’s director of border change delivery, Sarah Hartley, said: “We ...
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Ports are often caught up in planning and regulatory challenges and quicker and faster decisions are needed, UK Major Ports Group chief executive Geraint Evans told a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group on 18 March.
At the session, entitled: ‘Freeports: what's been ...
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The Multimodal supply chain industry event will have a focus on how net-zero targets can be achieved this year with the bulk of this year’s conference programme focusing on sustainability, with keynotes from speakers including Amazon, Pledge, Zeus and the Smart Freight Centre.Amazon will explain ...
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Geopolitics has had little effect on the trend towards globalisation, except in a few specific cases says DHL in the 2024 edition of its Global Connectedness Report, due to be published on 15 March.
It claimed that in 2023 globalisation remained at close to the record ...
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European forwarder’s group Clecat, the European Shippers' Council and the European Express Association have welcome a European plan for a common framework for calculating emissions but warn that they have serious concerns over its practicality and effectiveness.
They says that the CountEmissions EU initiative would enable ...
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Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss ended its 2023 fiscal year with a net revenue of €2.47 billion compared with €3bn in 2022. However, the company says it remains above the growth trend seen between 2015 and 2020 and the coronavirus-related effects of the two previous years ...
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Dachser formally completed its purchase of Frigoscandia on 4 March and will now fully integrate the Scandinavian specialist into its Food Logistics network.
It follows the agreement signed at the end of December to acquire the company from private equity investor Mutares and approval for the ...
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Wincanton Directors have recommended an offer to buy the company by GXO for about £762 million, or £6.05 per share, 26% higher than that made by CMA CGM subsidiary Ceva Logistics in February.
West Country-based Wincanton operates more than 170 sites across the country with a ...
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Forth Ports outgoing chief executive Charles Hammond has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce. Charles Hammond, who already has an OBE, steps down from the Scottish and English ports operator after 23 years later this year. He received the accolade at ...
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CMA CGM Group has almost completed its acquisition of fellow French company Bolloré Logistics to CMA CGM, after the European Commission has approved the deal in late February.
Transfer of Bolloré Logistics Sweden to CMA CGM remained subject to foreign investment clearance in that country, at ...
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