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BIFA has appointed Rachel Morley to its board, replacing Carson McMullan who has stepped down. She is general manager for operations at East Midlands based Spatial Global. Carson McMullan has been appointed a consultant representing BIFA in Northern Ireland.
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is calling on calls on the freight community to back a specific Apprenticeship Standard for an International Freight Forwarding Operative.
An employer group has recently submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) – but before the Department for Education makes its final decision and as part ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) revealed the winners of its Freight Service Awards competition 2016 at its annual luncheon in London on 19 January, hosted by former swimmer and now TV presenter, Sharron Davies.
The winners of the nine General, Modal and Specialist categories were Delamode, DSV Road, Greenshields Cowie, ...
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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 ...
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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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