Charles Hogg has succeeded Rachel Morley as the elected National Chair of BIFA – the British International Freight Association – for a two-year period.
UK freight association elects new national chair and vice-chair
Category: General
FIATA Launches Latest Edition of Dangerous Goods Brochure
FIATA has announced the release of its highly anticipated ‘Introduction to the regulations for the safe handling and transport of dangerous goods (3rd Edition)’, designed to equip freight forwarders with essential knowledge and guidelines for the safe transportation of dangerous goods.
Single Trade Window Programme – SPS User Research Invite
HMRC Single Trade Window (STW) team is seeking volunteers to participate in user research related to the development and design of the SPS processes of the STW, in relation to a new range of commodities.
ICS2 Release II: FIATA calls for Members to assess readiness of air cargo sector
The below survey aims to assess the readiness of the air cargo industry for the implementation of the ICS2 Release 2. FIATA would like to gain an overview of how prepared freight forwarders are for these changes, and how they will comply with the new regulation.
Continental Shelf Entries
Legislation is set to be laid before Parliament on May 23rd 2023 which will bring into force the first stage of declarations for the continental shelf industry including the declaration by conduct process previously discussed with industry.
Review: The Functions of the Traffic Commissioners
BIFA has been advised that a review of the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain and traffic commissioners, is being undertaken. Please see below for more information.
CDS Process between BPU and NCH for managing Trading Standards split consignments
The Border Profiling Unit (BPU) of the Office of Product Safety and Standards has distributed the latest (& still valid) CHIEF version (7.0) of the NCH (National Clearance Hub) / Trading Standards Process Document for managing split Trading Standards consignments.
A Beginner’s Guide To Navigating Carbon Markets
Guest Blog Post | BIFA is cooperating with Pledge, an integrated carbon measurement and offsetting platform, to help its members better understand and address the environmental issues that affect how they manage international supply chains.
Customs Supervised Exports (CSE) – CDS Migration Requirements
Please see below a message issued by HMRC addressed to exporters holding a Customs Supervised Exports (CSE) approval.
Message to exporters who only submit declarations through GVMS locations
All export declarations are due to move from CHIEF to CDS by November 30th 2023. If you only use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) through a non-inventory linked location, please see below for further information on the next steps you should take for moving your export declarations to CDS.
IATA | Air Cargo Declines Moderate in March
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March 2023 global air cargo markets showing a continued decline against the previous year’s demand performance. This trend began in March 2022.
DEFRA – The TOM risk categories for EU SPS imports have been published
On the 28th of April, DEFRA published the initial Target Operating Model (TOM) risk categorisation.
