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The British International Freight Association (BIFA has been forced to repeat the call it made earlier this year for an end to shipping line surcharges.
Director general Robert Keen said that extra charges imposed by lines were mushrooming, with equipment imbalance surcharges from 1 November on the eastbound Europe/Asia trades, another line adding a peak season surcharge, administration fees and container sealing fees.
“Our members have become used to shipping lines adding ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has published the list of finalists for next January’s Freight Service Awards.
BIFA director general, Robert Keen, commented: “We were pleased by the response once again this year. The awards encourage entries from small, medium and large companies, with the
goal of identifying the highest standards ...
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As widely expected, the government came down in favour of a third runway for London Heathrow Airport as its preferred route to airport expansion in south-east England on 25 October. The scheme will now be submitted as a draft ‘National policy statement’ for consultation.
However, the scheme still faces a number ...
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BIFA says it believes that a decision on new runways for south-east England will be made soon and that it will favour expansion of Heathrow.
Robert Keen, director general of the freight industry trade association said: “In the last week there have been a number of indications that a decision is ...
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With 1 October marking the end of the three-month settling-in period for the International Maritime Organisation’s container weighing rules, predictions that ports would be clogged by immobile boxes have proved unfounded, says the British International Freight Association.
Director general Robert Keen said that some of the wilder predictions were similar ...
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The British International Freight Association has extended the deadline for its annual Freight Service Awards. The deadline for entry registration is now 30 September while written award entry submissions due by October 14th.
The awards ceremony luncheon will take place on Thursday 19 January next year and will be hosted by ...
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Bifa has published its programme of freight forwarder training courses from in September. They include: BTEC Intermediate Awards in Multimodal International Freight Procedures and in Customs Export and Import Procedures. Other courses cover Customs Import Entry and Procedures, Custom Procedures For Export Cargo, Custom Procedures For Import Cargo and The Basics ...
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BIFA says its is backing a call by the Global Sjhippers' forum to end seafreightsurcharges. “Forwarders do not like shipping line surcharges and we have been challenging their legitimacy on behalf of our members – and their customers – for many years,” explained director general, Robert Keen.
Forwarders do all they ...
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British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general, Robert Keen is urging the new transport secretary and new secretary of state for international trade Government to stop procrastinating over the expansion of UK aviation capacity “and move forward with the recommendations made by the Airports Commission by building more capacity at ...
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The British International Freight Association - www.bifa.org - is seeking entries for its 28th annual Freight Service Awards competition.
Sponsored by blue chip companies, winning one of the 11 awards has become more coveted year-on-year. The deadline for entry registration is 23 September, with written submissions due by 7 October.
The awards ...
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