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Issue 7 2019 - Freight Business Journal


Environment, Food & Rural Aff airs (Defra) the


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of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System (IPAFFS) to monitor and control the import of animals, animal products and high-risk food and feeds from outside the EU, it “had not been able to undertake the degree of user testing which it would have liked”. Likewise, there was insuffi cient


HMRC infrastructure and system capacity to handle an expected increase in transit goods coming through Dover and Eurotunnel. However, the New


Computerised Transit System was now able to deal with the expected


increase in goods


movements, and HMRC had also secured three further sites in addition to the three Offi ces of Departure and Destination needed for handling the anticipated increased volume of freight moving through the short Channel crossings under transit arrangements. Additional staff


for


government departments are now in the process of being identifi ed and deployed including up to 500 additional Border Force staff to support a projected increase in transit checks, of which around 250


posts are required from day one of Brexit. Given the timescales, Border Force plans to use agency and temporary staff to fi ll the immediate requirement and to recruit


for permanent posts


in parallel. On 11 October, it had secured around 200 agency staff for day one, supported by around 100 additional staff from across the civil service for transit checks and a further 175 staff to provide additional resilience for its front- line activities. The report said that while the


government has made progress in putting in place the systems, infrastructure and resources required to manage the border if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, there is still work to do to fi nalise arrangements in the short time that remains and bringing all these elements together for the fi rst time in a live environment carries inherent risk. The most signifi cant are the


readiness of business, controls on UK exports imposed by EU member and arrangements for the Northern Ireland/Ireland land border. Although the government has actions under way to infl uence these, mitigating these risks is now, to some extent, out of its control and it is impossible to know exactly what would happen at the border. Many of the new


arrangements the government plans to implement to facilitate traffi c fl ow on day one would be temporary, and it will take some time for a fully functioning border to be put in place. In determining longer-term arrangements, the government would need to balance enabling trade with controls to minimise the risk of non compliance or criminal activity. The report said that HMRC


now estimated that around 270 million customs declarations would be required under a no deal, compared with around 55m currently. Moreover, only 25,000 traders


had registered for Transitional Simplifi ed Procedures, out of the 150,000 to 250,000 who may need to make a customs declaration for the fi rst time in the event of a no deal. Only between 5% to 20%


of small and medium-sized enterprises will be ready for customs clearances in France, under the government’s ‘reasonable worst-case scenario, the report added. The latest reasonable worst-case scenario, from October 2019, is that the current fl ow of goods across the short Channel crossings could be reduced to 45–65%, but that rates would gradually improve to 100% over 12 months.


French truck park gets top security cert


The Delta Park Truck Secure Parking site in Dourges, France, has become the fi rst location to achieve the highest Level 1 certifi cation under the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) new Parking Security Requirements (PSR), launched earlier this year. The Dourges site in Hauts-de- France provides 146 parking spaces close to the busiest road hub in Europe. In addition to providing


secured parking spaces for drivers and their goods, there are driver facilities including free showers and wi-fi , laundry


There would be new


mandatory readiness checks on lorries to identify and divert hauliers without the right documentation if queues build on the approaches to Dover and Eurotunnel, but these would be challenging to operate, says NAO. The plan is for checks on the M20 and at Manston Airport if queues occur as part of Operation Brock, the plan to manage traffi c fl ow in Kent in the event of disruption to services across the short Channel crossings. Hauliers lacking


documentation would be given the option of travelling to specifi c sites where they would have up to 24 hours to obtain it, without which they would not be able to proceed to the EU border. The Department for Transport estimates that, in a reasonable worst-case scenario, just over 3,000 lorries a day (80% of lorries carrying loads) may need to be diverted. But there is very limited time


for the government to get the necessary infrastructure and resources in place to undertake these checks. In addition, freight industry stakeholders are


concerned about how


the checks would operate in practice, including the lack of an agreed operating model and the feasibility of obtaining


including one of €3.4 million. Over fourth fi ſt hs involved


vehicles in unclassifi ed parking places. Later, at its conference in


the Netherlands, Tapa said it would consider aligning its PSR standard with the European Commission’s new Safe & Secure Parking Places for Trucks programme to establish a common solution to help tackle cargo crime. The Association – the leading


and vending machines. France is now a particular


hotspot for incidents in Europe reported to the Association’s Incident


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(IIS) database. In the fi rst half of 2019, TAPA


recorded 1,220 cargo crimes in France with losses averaging nearly €100,000 per crime,


Security Expert Network for everyone in the supply chain – agreed to look for ‘a common understanding on the best way forward for secure parking’ at a conference in Rotterdam hosted by TAPA EMEA for Parking Place Operators and also attended by a diverse group of supply chain industry stakeholders.


documentation within the 24- hour period available. Temporary arrangements


for managing the Ireland to Northern Ireland border are not likely to be sustainable. There is no customs infrastructure, and people and goods can currently cross freely. If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, Northern Ireland and Ireland would have diff erent customs and regulatory regimes. In March 2019, the UK government confi rmed that in


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the event of a no deal, it would not introduce any new checks or controls on goods at the land border and there would be no customs requirements for nearly all goods, with some limited exceptions. However, there is still uncertainty about what the Irish government would do; the EU is likely to require Ireland to impose controls on goods entering from Northern Ireland by land, but it is not yet clear what they would be or where they would take place.


News Roundup


Biman Bangladesh Airlines is to return to Manchester Airport, with a new service to Sylhet and Dhaka set to start on 4 January next year. The carrier will use a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the route, and will operate on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. Biman operated a Dhaka-Manchester-New York service until 2012. It follows a visit to Bangladesh and India by a delegation spearheaded by Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.


Aerospace group Avia Solutions has completed its 100% acquisition of UK-headquartered aircraſt charter fi rm Chapman Freeborn aſt er obtaining all necessary approvals. Chapman Freeborn’s expertise includes delivering time-critical shipments, heavy and outsize equipment, humanitarian goods and other types of freight. It will maintain its existing product portfolio and continue to operate under the group’s existing brands, including subsidiaries Chapman Freeborn Airchartering, Chapman Freeborn OBC, Intradco Cargo Services, Logik Logistics, Magma Aviation, and Wings 24.


GAC UK has launched a new service to move pets by air to and from the UK in partnership with airline general sales agent, ECS Group. PetCare allows animals to travel on the same fl ight as their owners (subject to aircraſt limitations and routes), in a temperature-controlled environment. Customers are also advised of the documentation required for the country they are travelling to under the IATA Live Animal Regulations.


IAG Cargo has chosen AllRead MLT, a company that has developed cost-effi cient soſt ware that simplifi es data extraction using machine learning technology as one of the winners of its Hangar 51 global innovation programme. AllRead will be embedded in the programme for 10 weeks where it will work side by side with mentors and experts from the airline, gaining access to resources to develop, shape and scale up its business.


DHL Express has signed a concession agreement with Incheon International Airport in South Korea for a €131 million expansion plan. The expanded facility will have 58,700sq m of space, compared with the current 20,000sq m and will be equipped with the latest technology for faster, more secure and effi cient handling.


FedEx Express has expanded its Asia Pacifi c to Europe International Economy service to include Malta, Bulgaria and Cyprus and International Economy Freight option to Romania and Estonia. FedEx International Economy service is described as an aff ordable, cross-border, customs-cleared, door-to-door service.


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