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Issue 5 2020 - Freight Business Journal


This package is on top of the


£84 million already provided in grants for training and IT customs intermediaries


the


expected upsurge in customs declarations. Chancellor of the Duchy of


Lancaster Michael Gove said: “With or without further agreement with the EU, this £705 million will ensure that the necessary infrastructure, tech and border personnel are in place so that our traders and the border industry are able to manage the changes and seize the opportunities as we lay the foundations for the world’s most effective and secure border.” On 1 January 2021 the transition


period with the European Union will end and the UK will leave the


single market and customs union, regardless of the agreement the UK reaches with the European Union on its future trade relationship. The


government will will also


launch a new public information campaign which


include


detailed guidance for traders and hauliers explaining what they may need to do to prepare for the end of the transition period. It has also published a Border


Operating Model outlining how customs clearance will be managed aſter Brexit. As outlined in the previously published Cabinet Office statement, controls will be phased in, with full declarations required for controlled and excise goods from 1 January 2021, physical checks for high-risk animals and plants and export declarations


for all goods. From April 2021, all products of animal origin and regulated plants and products will require pre-notification and health documentation. Finally,


from July 2021 all


goods will require full customs declarations and pay tariffs at the point of import, and full Safety and Security declarations will then be required. Commodities subject to sanitary and phytosanitary controls will also have to be presented at Border Control Posts and there will be an increase in checks and sampling. BIFA director general Robert


Keen said that the Border Operating Model suggested a more cohesive approach to managing the UK’s trade flows and regulatory procedures with the EU: “Importers/


exporters, in particular those that have previously only traded with the EU, really need to consider what they need to do, collect data, appoint someone to act on their behalf and give the intermediary the necessary information. “Government appears to have


woken up to the fact that Customs procedures are complicated and are not simply about ticking a few boxes.” However, BIFA remains


concerned that the information was not made available to the trade earlier and that some of details appear to be at the conceptual stage, with detail lacking. Keen added: “The recruitment


of staff qualified and experienced in Customs procedures is not a five- minute job.”


Government plans Brexit truck-holding park at Ashford


The government is planning to set up a 27-acre holding area for trucks on the outskirts of Ashford, according to press reports. The site at Sevington on the A2070, close to junction 10a on the M20, had previously been earmarked for an Amazon warehouse. It appears to be a replacement


for the previously proposed holding site at Manston Airport, whose owner Riveroak Strategic Partners has just been given development consent to reopen as an operational airport. The Sevington site, which has


been codenamed Mojo by the government’s planners, would be


brought into operation in the event of ‘Operation Brock’ holding areas on the motorways


themselves


becoming full and has been described as a temporary measure. However,


the Kent Online


website reports that local MP Damian Green is strongly opposed to the plan.


Trade deal more vital than ever as Brussels rejects light touch customs


A trade deal is more important than ever, said the British International Freight Association, aſter the EU ambassador to the UK ruled out a reciprocal six- month phased transition for


customs controls and checks on goods from the UK from 2021. While the UK has said that


it will operate a ‘light touch’ customs regime for imports from the EU from 1 January


21, Ambassador Joao Vale de Almeida said that Brussels will impose full customs controls and checks on goods arriving from the UK from 2021. BIFA reiterated its hopes that a


The website also says that while


Mojo is being built, custom checks will be carried out at the nearby the nearby Waterbrook Park industrial estate. Ashford deputy council leader


Paul Bartlett, who lives close to the Mojo site, says that surveyors have already been seen at work.


trade deal between the two sides can be achieved before the end of the transition period. However, director general


Robert Keen warned that even if a deal is agreed, forwarders will have to manage a huge increase in paperwork and administration with potential for disruption and delays at the border.


News Roundup


CLdN is to introduce a weekly triangular ro ro-service between Santander, Liverpool and Dublin. It will cater for unaccompanied, containers and project traffic. It brings the total number of calls from Iberia to Liverpool to eight.


BG Freight Line has added an additional weekly container service between Liverpool and Dublin. The Peel Ports-owned short sea operator now operates three times a week between the two ports.


Containerships has added a third weekly connection from Portugal to the UK, adding a service from Setubal and Leixoes to Tilbury in addition to its existing weekly sailings to Tilbury and Liverpool. It has also enhanced services from Portugal to other north-west European ports and added a direct link between Morocco and Portugal via Casablanca and Leixoes.


Rob Waterman has been appointed as chief executive of Containerships–CMA CGM GmbH based in Hamburg. He replaces Claude Lebel who is retiring. Waterman has been chief executive of CMA CGM (UK) Shipping since March 2013, based in Liverpool.


The British Ports Association is to postpone its 2020 Annual Conference scheduled for October in Aberdeen until next year, 6-7 October 2021. Anyone who has booked a Partnership Package or made enquiries with the sponsorship team will have been contacted directly to discuss options for the rescheduled event.


A group of shipping industry players have launched the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping - ABS, A.P. Møller - Mærsk, Cargill, MAN Energy Solutions, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, NYK Line and Siemens Energy. The centre, which will be based in Copenhagen, Denmark, will work with industry, academia and authorities to create overviews of decarbonisation pathways, accelerate the development of selected decarbonizing fuels and powering technologies, and support the establishment of regulatory, financial and commercial means to enable transformation.


Dublin Port reported a decline in overall tonnage of -10.9% in the first six months of 2020. Having seen a decline of -4.8% in the first quarter, due to Brexit stockpiling in the first quarter of last year, there was a further and steeper decline in the second quarter of 2020 of -17.0% due to the Covid pandemic. However, the fall was less than had been feared following a decline in the month of April of -26.2%. This was followed by a smaller decline of -20.5% in May and by a decline of just -5.5% in June.


John Slater is retiring from Globelink Fallow on 31 July aſter over 50 years in the industry. He was one of the Romford-based consolidator’s best-known faces, particularly in the North of England and the Midlands, where he worked on the sales team for over 20 years.


Maersk is to acquire Swedish trade and customs management specialist KGH Customs Services from Bridgepoint Development Capital. It said that with its specialised expertise across freight modes and deep knowledge in selected industries, combined with innovative technology, KGH will significantly improve Maersk’s overall customs service offering.


Shipping line MSC’s Instant Quote function is now live for cargo shipments from North America to Europe and from Asia to Europe. Users can quickly fill out and receive quotes, choose from (and to) door, ramp and port and rapidly progress to booking.


Dunkerque-Port has again been awarded Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification by the EcoPorts network. The latest certification, issued by the European Sea Ports Organisation praised in particular the Dunkerque’s redevelopment of brownfield sites and the manual of environmental recommendations for site set-up by new industrialists.


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