Brussels lays out Single Window plans


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The European Commission has set out an EU Single Window Environment for Customs initiative to make it easier for different authorities involved in goods clearance to exchange electronic


information


submitted by traders. It aims to enhance


coordination between different authorities to facilitate


automatic verification of non- customs formalities for goods entering or leaving the EU. The Single Window aims


to digitalise and streamline processes, so that businesses will ultimately no longer have to submit documents to several authorities through different portals. The Commission says it is the first concrete deliverable of


Abu Dhabi group to deliver millions of vaccines worldwide


Etihad Cargo, Abu Dhabi Ports Group, temperature-controlled container specialist SkyCell and healthcare purchasing organisation Rafed have created the Hope Consortium to facilitate Covid-19 vaccine distribution across the world. Members have pooled their expertise to provide


logistics services to handle over six billion doses from the vaccines being developed and manufactured around the world in cold and ultra-cold conditions in 2021, rising to over three times the number by the end of next year. Distribution of the vaccines, which will be stored in Abu Dhabi


Ports Company facilities, will be carried out by Etihad Cargo. It will offer governments, non- governmental organisations, and vaccine suppliers a cohesive solution including


air freight, regional storage, temperature monitoring, inventory management,


cold


and ultra-cold containers, regulatory clearance and quality assurance.


Dutchman Rinaldo Vels has set up a new airfreight wholesaler, particularly targeting non- IATA-licenced


forwarders,


courier companies, trucking companies, ecommerce forwarders and digital forwarders. Based near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport


and fully licenced by IATA, Wholesale


AV Dawson unveils state- of-the-art office plan


AV Dawson has revealed details of the new head office it will build at its Port of Middlesbrough site. With an estimated completion date of summer 2021, the new 24,000sq ſt office development forms part of a £10 million, three-year masterplan recently announced for its recently rebranded Port of Middlesbrough facility. The new office will be built in


the exact location of the original Port of Middlesbrough. During the excavation the sandstone


foundations that supported


one of the first quays have been discovered.


Some of these


foundations, which date back to 1838, will be preserved and displayed at the new offices. The building has been designed


with full glass frontage and rooſtop terraces with views over the River Tees, whilst the interiors will feature open plan office spaces with break out areas, a gym, private meeting spaces, co-working areas, and training rooms.


by Vels combines traditional consolidation of smaller shipments to achieve better rates with his expertise in optimal routes and carriers, and access to IATA carriers’ capacity. The company is strictly neutral, and will only deal with transport intermediaries. It will initially focus on outbound services


to Asia The new office is expected to


open in Summer 2021. AV


Dawson’s Port of


Middlesbrough says it has become the first port to achieve Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Earned Recognition status.


Pacific, Latin America and the US, and inbound from Asia and the US. Despite the shortage of cargo space on many key routes, Vels is confident that his company can provide attractive solutions for those with air cargo to move: “Even in this digital age, it is very much a matter of contacts, reputation and trust - and we have all three. “But for me, it is also very


important to show the true buying rates to our customers. We agree on terms and conditions as well a pre-set profit margin, and this provides total transparency to the customer.”


Operators must demonstrate


that they have robust systems and processes that promote effective and proactive transport management and the scheme allows DVSA to remotely monitor operators’ compliance systems.


the recently adopted Action Plan to modernise border controls over the coming decade. Commissioner for the


Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, said the proposal was “the first step towards a fully paperless and integrated customs environment and better cooperation between all authorities at our external


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borders. I urge all Member States to play their part in making it a true success story.” Currently, the formalities


required at the EU’s external borders oſten involve many different authorities in charge of different policy areas, such as health and safety, the environment, agriculture, fisheries, cultural heritage and market surveillance and product compliance. Businesses have to submit information to several different authorities, each with their own portal and procedures.


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Haulier info sites go live across the country


The Department for Transport has opened 45 information and advice sites across the UK to help hauliers prepare for the end of Brexit transition. The COVID-secure sites, are located at


which key


motorway service stations and truck stops, offer hauliers one-to-one training on the new ‘Check an HGV’ service and upcoming changes to border processes that come into effect at the end of the transition period. The training is available in up to 13 languages. This roll-out follows opening


of five pilot sites earlier in November which, in two weeks, helped almost 7,000 hauliers. Hauliers visiting any one


sites will be met by one of 1,000 staff members to answer questions and walk them through the documents they will need to keep travelling to, from and through Europe. DfT has also published the Hauliers Handbook on the GOV.UK website. The handbook, which will also be translated into 13 different languages, provides key information and advice on customs procedures.


News Roundup


The GMB trade union has accused airport handling company Swissport of pressing ahead with mass redundancies and ignoring calls to furlough them instead. It says that the redundancies were announced before the Government’s belated extension to the furlough scheme and were based on flight scheduling predictions before hopes of announced.


a successful vaccine were


Charter and cargo airline Jota Aviation is to open an operational base at London Biggin Hill Airport. Currently based at London Southend Airport, Jota Aviation specialises in cargo and passenger services, including charter flights for the sports, corporate, music and film industries.


Emirates SkyCargo is now using its Airbus A380 aircraft on cargo charter operations. The first dedicated Emirates A380 ‘mini-freighter’ moved medical supplies between Seoul and Amsterdam via Dubai. The carrier’s engineering and flight operations teams have optimised the aircraft to safely transport around 50 tonnes of cargo per flight in the bellyhold. It is now working on further optimising the capacity of the Airbus A380 through measures such as seat loading of cargo and is planning more dedicated cargo flights.


IAG Cargo has restarted its Heathrow – Seoul-Incheon service, three times a week using 787 aircraft. It has also restarted year-round, three times per week direct flights from London Heathrow to Tokyo, which had been paused due to coronavirus.


IAG Cargo has promoted Darren Peek to the new position of head of sales. Previously regional commercial manager for Europe and Africa, he has held many senior roles with IAG Cargo and British Airways and has over 25 years’ experience in the industry.


Dorothea von Boxberg is to take over as chief executive of Lufthansa Cargo from Peter Gerber, who is to become chief executive of Brussels Airlines from 1 March 2021. She moved to Lufthansa Cargo in 2015, where she initially headed global sales management before being appointed chief commercial officer of Lufthansa Cargo in 2018. Her successor as chief commercial officer will be announced later.


Turkish Cargo has added 95 destinations to its direct cargo network including London Heathrow, Bucharest, Bangkok, Singapore, Beirut and Lahore. The carrier says it now operates the widest freighter network in the world.


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