Customs

Portsmouth is a port looking to diversify as Brexit approaches

Brexit continues to cloud the UK, but amid the uncertainty Portico Shipping, which operates the port of Portsmouth, is looking to diversify operations.  
Until recently, the port’s main business had been fruit, in particular bananas – it handles some 50% of the total consumed in the UK.   
“Thirty million bananas a week from the Caribbean, South Africa,and South America,” operations director Steve Williams told The Loadstar on the sidelines of Multimodal this week.  
“Until 16 months ago, our...

https://theloadstar.com/portsmouth-is-a-port-looking-to-diversify-as-brexit-approaches/

Belgium aims to meet e-commerce boom with customs Be-Gate platform

Belgium’s logistics community has launched a new platform aimed at speeding up the growth of its e-commerce market.

Be-Gate was launched by a collective, including Brussels and Liege airports, the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge and the country’s customs authority, at Air Cargo Europe in Munich last week.

The head of marketing at Belgium Customs & Excise, Werner Rens, said: “With Be-Gate, we have developed an efficient and effective e-commerce tool.

“It prevents …

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https://theloadstar.com/belgium-aims-to-meet-e-commerce-boom-with-customs-be-gate-platform/

Freight association welcomes HMRC decision to extend Transitional Simplified Procedures

Robert Keen

Freight association welcomes HMRC decision to extend Transitional Simplified Procedures

Commenting on the recent announcement by HMRC on Transitional Simplified Procedures (TSP) for Customs in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Robert Keen, Director General of the British International Freight Association, says:

“Having criticised HMRC when it originally published its Transitional Simplified Procedures in February, we now welcome the news that, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the date...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/25/freight-association-welcomes-hmrc-decision-to-extend-transitional-simplified-procedures/

Weekly Maritime Security Report- Week 8, 2019

  • Pirates attempted to board underway container ship off the coast of Brass on 21 February.
  • Brazil authorities seized 680 kg of cocaine at Santos port on 19 February.
  • Dominican Republic authorities seized 91 kg of cocaine at Caucedo port on 24 February.
  • Navy seized 630 kg of cocaine off the coast of Sinaloa on 18 February.
  • Netherlands Customs intercepted 90,000 bottles of vodka at Rotterdam port on 22 February.
  • United Arab Emirates authorities eased Qatar shipping ban on 20 February.
East Africa...

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