The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has added its voice to growing criticism of government plans to build a huge lorry park in Kent as an alternative solution to Operation Stack – the emergency procedure whereby freight lorries separate into two emergency queues on either side of the carriageway when the are problems with cross channel freight services.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is urging its members and the freight forwarding community not to be complacent about new rules concerning the reporting of the “verified gross mass” of every container, in light of the recent IMO circular on VGM urging a policy of ‘practical and pragmatic’ enforcement by authorities over the first three months after the new rules take effect on July 1.
In advance of the potential development of a professional qualification, the trade association for the UK freight forwarding and logistics industry is undertaking a survey to find out exactly what sort of skill development the sector wants.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for over 1,500 UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, notes that HMRC is placing ever-increasing emphasis on compliance, with stricter enforcement being an inevitable outcome.
BIFA – the British International Freight Association – will be exhibiting in full force at the forthcoming Multimodal 2016 from May 10-12, 2016, and is looking forward to meeting existing and prospective Members, as well as other stakeholders, as it delivers its messages to the wider UK freight industry.
The British International Freight Association has urged the Unite union and Forth Ports, the owner of Grangemouth port in Scotland to meet in order to achieve a swift resolution to the current industrial dispute.
BIFA, the British International Freight Association, says that there was little in today’s Budget that was of specific relevance to the freight and logistics services undertaken by its members in support of the UK’s international trade.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) – www.bifa.org – has revealed the winners of its Freight Service Awards competition 2015.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for UK freight forwarders, says that 2016 will see its members continuing to face numerous challenges, with some the result of legislative changes and government policy, rather than economic issues.
The trade association for UK freight forwarders and logistics service providers has expressed its frustration at the news that a decision on the expansion of UK airport capacity is likely to be delayed for a further six months.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) welcomes the appointment of BIFA Board Member Steve Parker as President of CLECAT, the Brussels-based European Association for forwarding, transport, logistics and customs services.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed the news in the UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement that transport capital spending will increase by 50 percent to a total of £61 billion, funding the largest road investment programme since the 1970s.
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