Transport service stakeholders handling cargo movements via Singapore Port face a heightened operational challenge complying with a new set of customs rules due to come into effect from 1 September.
The requirement calls for advanced or pre-filing of export/import/transhipment cargo information, under what the authority calls a revised “free trade zone (FTZ) regime that was implemented in March 2024.”
The FTZ regulations require cargo interests to submit import cargo information on long-haul...