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The Government's Airports Commission formally ruled out London Mayor Boris Johnson's plan for an airport in the Thames Estuary to replace Heathrow, on 2 September.
While the Mayor said he would fight on, insisting that the Commission's thumbs-down did not spell the end of his vision for a Hong Kong-style airport in the middle of the Thames to replace Heathrow, Commission chairman Sir Howard Davies said the idea was unviable because ...
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BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty is to host BIFA's 2014 Freight Service Awards ceremony and luncheon in London on 22 January, 2015. She will present certificates and trophies to the winners of the nine award categories. There is still time to enter, but the deadline for entering this year’s competition ...
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The US Department of Transportation has issued new standards for the shipment of lithium cells and batteries, reports BIFA in its latest newsletter. The new rules, developed by the Department's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), aim to ensure that the batteries can ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Robert Keen as its new director general to succeed Peter Quantrill who retires from the trade association in August.
Mr Keen joined the industry in 1970 and worked for a succession of forwarders before joining BIFA in 1999. He was appointed an executive ...
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Confusion reigns over the Chinese Ministry of Transport's NVOCC registration requirements, reports BIFA in its latest newsletter.
Over the last few weeks BIFA has received several enquiries from members after a shipping line said that it would not be able to accept bookings directly from UK based freight forwarders unless they ...
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The US Department of Homeland Security has announced a further two year dely for its troubled scheme to security screen all inbound containers. It appears that major technical and logistical problems remain and there are also concerns about the effect on the country's international trade.
According to a letter from chairman ...
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The Vietnamese government hs introduced a new law (effective from 1 April) 2014, limiting the total combined weight of 20' and 40' containers to 20 tons including the tare weight of the container, reports BIFA in its latest newsletter. Enforcement will be rigorous, according to BIFA's advice with mobile weighbridges ...
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BIFA reports in its latest newsletter that Europol, the international police organisation, is warning of ‘Trojan horse’ thefts from delivery lorries in which thieves hide themselves inside large wooden boxes. The boxes, marked ‘Fragile’ are picked-up by parcel delivery services and, once the box is inside a lorry, en route ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is offering guidance to its members on the forthcoming HGV levy, which will be levied on all lorries weighing 12 tonnes or more to use the UK road network from April 1, 2014. UK registered vehicles will pay the levy alongside their vehicle excise ...
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The Chinese Ministry of Finance has clarified that shipping and airline agents who make payments to international transportation providers directly or indirectly are entitled to VAT exemption, rep[orts BIFA. When Notice [2013] No.106 was published on December 12th, 2013, it seemed to imply that only agents directly making payments to ...
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