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OBITUARY Harry Tapner


It is with great sadness that we report the recent death, age 95, of industry veteran and ASM co-founder Harry Tapner. Harry was one of the pioneers of LACES


(London Airport Cargo EDP Scheme), the first computerised Customs Clearance system in the world, which was introduced in 1971 by Customs at Heathrow for the Clearance of Import Consignments. The true scale of the ground-breaking vision


shown in the early planning documents was remarkable and was not fully realised until the addition of an inventory-linked solution for


Midlands Young Forwarder Network launch


Governors and Chairs of the Midlands region are pictured at their Young Forwarder Network launch. L to r: Scott Powell (Europa), Colin Smith (Metro Shipping), Chadd Blunt (Millennium Cargo), Jay Williams and Julian Frattaroli (both Kuehne+Nagel). Below: The launch meeting.


exports some 34 years later. He was instrumental in the formation of ASM,


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with the express objective of protecting and furthering the interests of airfreight forwarders in matters relating to community computerisation. As a consultant to ASM, following the


collapse of the Travicom system, Harry managed negotiating the fall back to ACP80 and for distributing the compensation obtained from Travicom to the agents involved. Harry was a truly remarkable man who had a


fundamental and extensive influence in all areas of the industry. He had a wealth of experience and remained


passionate about the industry long after his retirement. We owe him a debt of gratitude for his


outstanding contribution and commitment to the industry.


By sea – Hague Visby rules (2 SDR): £2.19 per kg £730.93 per package


By road – CMR (8.33 SDR): £9.13 per kg


By air –Montreal Convention (19 SDR): £20.83 per kg


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By air –Warsaw Convention (17 SDR): £18.64 per kg


BIFA STC: (2 SDR): £2.19 per kg


(The SDR rate on 17 June 2019, according to the IMF website, was 1.09639)


July 2019


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