HMRC’s new Customs Declaration Service launches in days
The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) will become the only UK customs platform when HMRC turns off the legacy CHIEF system on the 30th September and we can only submit customs…
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Felixstowe strife may continue and Liverpool set to follow
With employers seemingly standing firm, the Unite Union is threatening that industrial action at Felixstowe could continue until Christmas and while dates for strike action had yet to be determined…
Felixstowe strike and industrial action on
Last-ditch ‘closed door’ talks between the owners of Felixstowe Port and the Unite union have failed to reach agreement and with no further meetings planned the eight day strike will…
Asia market update; July
The peak season from Asia into Europe has yet to begin and while demand has been slowing down, rates have not softened significantly because supply is kept relatively tight by…
Felixstowe port strike threat
While negotiations continue today between employers and dockworkers at the UK’s biggest container port, expectations are not high and we are preparing contingency plans to deal with the threat of…
Importers not ready for new HMRC system
HMRC’s new Customs Declaration Service (CDS) launches in two months and concerns are growing that 200K importers could be blocked out of the system. With time running out, HMRC identified…
Port of Oakland fully operational again
It seems that the port’s warning to truckers on Thursday that they should confine protests to designated zones and that anyone blocking gates faced immediate action by police has had…
Problems mounting at West Coast ports
While shippers through the West Coast have been concerned by the lack of progress in the ILWU’s negotiations with the Pacific Maritime Association, the Biden Administration has had to issue…
Asia market update; June
The lifting of lockdowns in Shanghai was expected to trigger massive demand for sea and air capacity, but operations at Shanghai-Pudong have returned to normal, the build-up of export containers…
Headlines threaten Shanghai lockdown
With Shanghai experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks and mass testing currently underway, the trade press are raising the spectre of a city-wide lockdown and the supply…
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