DPDgroup has signed a deal with cross-border trade compliance experts Eurora Solutions in a bid to streamline and cut the cost of its customs processing. The parcels giant will use Eurora’s artificial intelligence and machine learning-backed cro…
Inland border facilities (IBFs) in Warrington and Ebbsfleet will close earlier than planned, according to HM Revenue and Customs. It said testing at the Sevington and Holyhead IBFs showed that these larger facilities could handle all IBF traffic…
The Trader Support Service (TSS) that helps shippers and hauliers moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been extended until December 2023. The move follows increasing calls from businesses on both sides of the water for the…
HMRC is warning businesses that import goods that they only have a few weeks left to move across to the UK’s new streamlined customs system. Import declarations must be submitted through the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS) from 1 October t…
Thousands of operators risk losing the ability to import goods unless they move to the UK’s new customs system now, HMRC has warned. Businesses submitting import declarations must switch to the customs declaration service (CDS) from 1 October wh…
The decision by the government to defer border checks on EU imports has led to threats of legal action by British ports that invested millions of pounds to create control facilities. Logistics firm PML said it was also now considering legal acti…
Lorries headed for Dover were trapped in 20-mile long queues again this weekend with further delays in the pipeline as another wave of holiday-makers prepare to head for the port this week, ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend. The queues began…
Freight rates are expected to remain high for most of this year due to a potent mixture of reduced cross channel capacity, business uncertainty, soaring fuel prices and the war in Ukraine, according to analysts. Data from Transport Intelligence,…
HM Revenue and Customs said problems with its goods vehicle movement service (GVMS) in Dover had been fixed and it expected business as usual from Monday (11 April). This week, HGVs were forced to queue on the M20 and A20 into the port town as d…
Lorries are continuing to queue on the M20 and A20 into Dover today (5 April) as disruption to traffic crossing the Channel enters its fifth day. Hauliers have faced severe delays getting in and out of Dover since last week, as a result of a lac…
A crackdown on organised immigration crime saw Cheshire Police check 148 lorries at service stations across the county over the past three months. The search resulted in one Iranian stowaway being found and £11,200 in outstanding civil penalty f…
The government must not delay the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on imports due to be implemented from July, according to Logistics UK. However, its call to stick to the planned timetable came as the Cold Chain Federation (CCF) told M…
Lorries bringing goods into Britain from Europe are being held up at the border following the introduction of new customs regulations this month, with hauliers warning the situation is set to get worse as trade picks up after the January lull. T…
Brian Yeardley Continental is rising phoenix-like from near collapse, 14 months after it was forced to issue a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) after seeing its turnover plummet by 60% during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns in the UK and …