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Port of Felixstowe
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Know your BIFA
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An export-led recovery
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Web site: www.bifa.org
As I wrote this month’s column, a very interesting email popped into my inbox.
E-mail: bifa@bifa.org It was a Confederation of British Industry (CBI) report on renewing the UK’s role as a
A company limited by guarantee. trading nation, making clear that the opinion of the leading organisation for British
Registered in England: 391973.
VAT Registration: 216476363 business is that the ‘only way is exports’.
Director General The report combines economic analysis of UK trade performance and
Peter Quantrill
recommendations – for business and government – to help UK exporters penetrate new
p.quantrill@bifa.org
Executive Director markets as well as reinforce their position in crucial mature economies.
Robert Keen I agree with the CBI’s assessment that while government has made some progress
r.keen@bifa.org
Director Trade Services on helping slow the decline in our share of exports, there is clearly more work to be
John O’Connell done.
j.oconnell@bifa.org
The report lists a raft of measures that the CBI says are necessary, and the experts will now question if and
Manager Trade Services
Robert Windsor how the measures might lift the UK’s export performance. What will not be questioned is how welcome it will be
r.windsor@bifa.org for BIFA Members should any of the measures translate into greater volumes of visible exports in which their
Member Relationship & Information
Manager
services play such an integral role.
Spencer Stevenson Coincidentally, one of the articles in this issue is about three workshops we hosted at a recent symposium
s.stevenson@bifa.org organised by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to help explain the importance of the
Editorial Co-ordinator
Sharon Hammond relationship between freight forwarders and exporters in the export licensing process. The symposium
s.hammond@bifa.org concluded that an export-led recovery would depend on there being minimal delays as a result of issues with
Administration Controller
the licensing process.
Jane Robinson
j.robinson@bifa.org Elsewhere in this informative edition of BIFAlink, we take a look at recent changes to late payment legislation
Published by and include details of some of the noteworthy amendments.
Park Lane Publishing
peter@parklanepublishingltd.com Our review of BIFA’s STC reaches clause 7, which covers the issue of direct and indirect representation
Contributors regarding the relationship between forwarders and their customers.
Peter Quantrill, Robert Keen, John
On page 10 you can read how BIFA Members were acknowledged by HM Revenue & Customs in pointing out
O’Connell, Robert Windsor, Spencer
Stevenson, Sharon Hammond issues regarding free circulation of goods, as part of the consultation process relative to temporary storage and
Regional Representatives ERTS operations.
Jim McCall - j.mccall10@btopenworld.com
Scotland From the railfreight sector, we include a report about how and why the Port of Felixstowe has doubled its rail
Paul Young freight capacity, whilst in airfreight we consider the positive impact of the recent ratification of the multilateral
youngyes@aol.com e-air waybill agreement, drawn up by FIATA and IATA that paves the way for e-waybill expansion during 2013.
North West, Midlands & Northern Ireland
Geoff Stark Within the ocean freight environment, we investigate the ongoing problem with piracy where the focus
grstark@grstark.karoo.co.uk appears to have changed from East to West Africa; as well as looking at a recent report that examines what
North East (Humber, West Yorkshire)
Colin Young
might happen if the Suez Canal was closed. Possible legislative change in the USA regarding NVOCC tariff filing
young_colin@talk21.com completes a triumvirate of ocean freight articles.
South (London West, Solent, SW England & Our Association works by bringing Members together, both formally and informally, in all types of forums. We
S Wales)
Nigel Peall – nigel.peall@btinternet.com encourage meetings where Members discuss items of mutual interest, both local and national. That is why we
South East (London East, Dover, hold regional member meetings around the UK, and there are some due to occur soon. Contact your Regional
Felixstowe, Rochester)
Representative to find out details of the next one in your area.
Subscription rates: UK £36 As well as regional meetings, we offer continuing training opportunities to our Members. I urge you to take a
Rest of the World £48 few moments to scan the timetable in this issue and book a relevant course today.
Returning to the CBI report; I will be watching with interest to see to what extent the measures outlined are
implemented, whether the UK’s export performance is lifted as a result, and whether that leads to increased
Please be advised that BIFA DOES volumes of visible exports and greater utilisation of the freight and logistics services delivered by BIFA
NOT OFFER LEGAL ADVICE. BIFA is Members.
not a law firm and the authors of this
publication are not legally qualified and
do not have any legal training. The
guidance and assistance set out herein
are based on BIFA’s own experience
with the issues concerned and should
not be in any circumstances regarded
or relied upon as legal advice. It is Peter Quantrill, Director General
strongly recommended that anyone
considering further action based on the
information contained in this publication
should seek the advice of a qualified
professional.

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Ian Matheson, from Impress Communications, reviews some recent news that might impact on members’ business
New round of haulage
firm mergers predicted
Overland
Haulage operators should brace
themselves for a new round of
merger and acquisition activity, as a
series of curious circumstances
begin to shape the industry,
according to a new report from
analyst Plimsoll Publishing. The
study warns that a combination of
stockpiling cash, difficult growth,
low interest rates and ageing
directors has left at least 75
companies ripe for acquisition as
the sector consolidates, evolves
and starts to prosper again.
After an industry campaign, HM
Revenue & Customs is set to
increase the overnight subsistence
allowance for HGV drivers. For
lorries without sleeper cabs, the
amount will rise to £35.90, an
increase of £1.05, while the amount
for lorries with sleeper cabs will rise
to £26.20, an increase of 80p.
Lobby group Freight on Rail is
calling on Brussels to set maximum
limits on the length and weight of
HGVs in its new legislation. They
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would like to see maximum HGV
dimensions of 18.75 m in length
and 44 tonnes for international
transport, and the blocking of
cross-border traffic of mega trucks.
A Freedom of Information request
from a local resident has revealed
that St Albans District Council
spent almost £1 million in opposing
a rail freight terminal being built in
the city, with £937,880 having been
spent on the application over the
last four years, not including council
officers’ time.
In the air
The late timing of the Chinese New
Year skewed global cargo statistics
in February, IATA figures show.
Freight volumes stalled 6.2% from
February 2012, though February
volumes actually rose 2%, on an
adjusted basis year-on-year. In fact,
seasonally adjusted freight volumes
were 2.5% higher than they were at
the October 2012 low point. Both
North American and European
cargo carriers also posted declines
in the month.
IATA is set for a major restructuring
this summer “to even better
address the needs of its 240
member airlines” said a statement.
Emirates SkyCargo has become the
first carrier to implement Electronic-
Air Waybill (e-AWB) shipments
under the industry’s recently ratified
multilateral e-AWB standard.
Portside
Construction is set to begin this
summer on the Heysham to M6 link
road, which was given the green
light three years ago and will allow
traffic travelling to and from
Heysham port to avoid Lancaster.
The link road is expected to be
completed in two years.
Road haulage traffic at the Port of
Dover increased 6.75% to 518,979
vehicles during the first quarter of
2013 compared with one year
earlier, helping the Kent gateway to
beat the UK’s economic trend with
positive traffic growth for the
period. Last year, the cross-Channel
market had only two ferry services
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operating out of Dover. The arrival
of a third ferry operator has
supported the growth and improved
the market share for the Port of
Dover, said managers.
On the waves
According to the latest Drewry
Logistics Executive Briefing for
importers and exporters, nearly 150
sailings were cancelled on the
transpacific and Asia-Europe routes
between October 2012 and February
2013. The report says that these
have had demonstrable effects on
freight rates and on the regularity of
service provided to shippers. Drewry
asks whether this carrier practice of
cancelling sailings will continue
beyond the winter months?
The Global Shippers’ Forum has
launched a global campaign to
enhance safety in the maritime
transport supply chain by securing
improvements in logistics practices
to ensure safer transport operations.
In business
Since the launch of Real Time
Information (RTI) submission of PAYE
returns last month, HM Revenue &
Customs has reported six-digit
volumes of activity. Under the new
PAYE reporting system, introduced
on 6 April, employers report PAYE in
real time whenever they pay their
employees, rather than annually.
The CBI has demanded a new
package of export-boosting
measures to help British firms
unlock overseas opportunities. They
include an incentivising tax break, a
review of the practicalities of the
Bribery Act and making export
finance schemes easier to access.
The European Commission has
launched a €66.7 million call for
proposals to counter road
congestion and make freight
transport more environmentally
friendly under the Marco Polo
programme, which funds
sustainable freight transportation.
Project proposals must be
submitted before 23 August 2013
from companies throughout the EU.
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BIFA
Members
raise £10,000
The BIFA Liverpool Region Annual
Dinner was a sell-out on
22 February.
Hosted by Radio Merseyside
broadcaster Willie Miller, and with
entertainment provided by
acclaimed comedian Josh Daniels,
the evening proved to be not only
the most enjoyable in recent years,
but also the most productive in
raising over £10,000 on the night for
the chosen charities, the Ellesmere
Port Sea Cadets, Help for Heroes
Maersk Triple-E containership
construction to feature on TV
The world’s largest vessels
(Maersk Line’s 18,000 teu Triple-E
containerships) are to be the
subject of a television
documentary on Discovery
Channel next November. Split over
six programmes you will be able
to follow every stage of the Triple-
E development starting at the
design stage to the ship’s naming
ceremony and maiden voyage on
the Asia-Europe route. The
documentary series will be titled
The World’s Largest Ship.
The Triple-E has a unique hull
and promises environmental
improvements with new safety
systems. “The Triple-E is an
exceptional ship, in terms of its size
as well as its energy-saving
technology and design. We are
AFSS celebrates 20th anniversary
BIFA notes that this month the
Association of Freight Software
Suppliers (AFSS), chaired by Ken
Gower, celebrates its 20th
anniversary.
The association brings together
and represents many of the leading
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and Zoe’s Place.
Plans are already in place for
2014 when the event will be held at
excited about these vessels and
proud to have Discovery Channel
as a partner for showing how it is
built, and the people and passion
behind it,” said Morten Engelstoft,
chief operating officer, Maersk Line.
Readers may be interested in
suppliers of software to the freight
and transportation industry, and is
well respected within HM Revenue
& Customs, having involvement
with all of the main consultation
groups covering imports, exports,
excise and transit.
the Liner at Liverpool Hotel on
Friday 28 February. Look out for
details when bookings open in June.
seeing a time lapse video of the
building of the Triple-E, available on
the below website URL. It consists
of 50,000 photos taken over a
three-month period.
www.worldslargestship.com./
building-triple-e/
As he looks forward to the
challenges ahead, Mr Gower said:
“Major developments over the next
few years in EU Customs
procedures, and a greater emphasis
on security issues, will have a big
impact on software development.”
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US legislative
changes planned
at the Federal
Maritime
Commission
It was back in 1990 that FIATA first
petitioned the US Federal
Maritime Commission (FMC)
regarding NVOCC tariff
exemptions.
Since then there have been
many attempts to lobby for
changes to these regulations, so
we were pleased to hear that
during its meeting on 13 February,
the FMC approved a proposed
new rule for public comment.
Under the proposed rule,
foreign Ocean Transportation
Intermediaries will be able to enter
into negotiated rate agreements
(NRAs) in lieu of publishing rates.
In order to enter into an NRA
they will need to register with the
FMC and provide slightly more
information than that which is
currently required. They will also
need to renew their registrations
every three years.
BIFA has a key role in the
activities with FIATA, as the
chairman of the FIATA Working
Group Sea Transport is BIFA’s
Robert Keen.
BIFA representations are made
in support of FIATA activity
together with the Transport
Intermediaries Association (TIA) in
the US.
Our joint response supporting
the proposed new rule was
submitted in April.
BIFA members will be kept
informed of timescales as this
develops.
Don’t keep it to
yourself
Remember to circulate BIFAlink to
your colleagues. Not your copy of
BIFAlink? – register for your own
copy by contacting Jane
Robinson in membership
(j.robinson@bifa.org).
BIFAlink is free to BIFA member
companies or available by
subscription to non-members.
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Port of Felixstowe doubles
rail freight capacity
Increasing volumes of cargo are
being moved to and from our
major ports by rail, as has been
reported previously in BIFAlink.
Underpinning this change is the
increasing capacity resulting from
improvements to the rail network
and at the ports. These
developments, coupled with cost
savings and better service
provision from the train operators,
have generated growth in rail
movements.
In February, Hutchison Ports
updated BIFA’s surface policy group
on the progress of its new North
Rail Terminal at Felixstowe.
Between 2001 and 2012, rail freight
volumes doubled from 250,000 to
500,000 units.
The port owns and operates the
UK’s busiest intermodal rail
terminal, servicing 17 inland
terminals with 58 train movements
per day. In 2012, rail accounted for
27% of all movements to and from
Felixstowe and there are ambitious
plans to expand this further.
The Port of Felixstowe will double
its rail capacity with the arrival of
three state-of-the-art rail mounted
gantries (RMG) as part of the
development of the new North Rail
Terminal. These first three RMGs
will span the new nine-track
terminal, making them the biggest
intermodal rail terminal cranes in
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the UK. In addition to these
technologically advanced cranes
the terminal boasts the only
intermodal locomotive traverser in
the UK.
The new rail terminal has been
co-financed by the European Union
Trans-European Transport Network
(TEN-T) programme. Construction
work is nearing completion, with
10 km of track laid and the rail
traverser successfully installed in
February 2013.
When the new rail terminal opens
later this year, it will double the
port’s rail capacity at a time when
low carbon transport solutions are
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BIFA’s Robert Keen
is new chairman
of the UKACC
Robert Keen
(pictured), BIFA’s
executive director,
has been elected
Courtesy of the Port of Felixstowe
chairman of the United Kingdom
Air Cargo Club for 2013/2014. The
club used to have branches across
the UK but as industry socialising
has diminished over the years there
is now only the central club based
in London. Nevertheless, the club is
open to all UK air cargo sector staff
increasingly being demanded. Not and continues to provide a full
only will there be more trains social programme for members.
handled but these will increase in Robert has chosen Headway (the
length up to 35 wagons. brain injury association) as his
This new terminal, plus track charity and the club is planning
improvements on the rail network, business lunches, a quiz night, a
will increase capacity to 1.8 million football tournament and a golf day,
teu per annum. It is envisaged that so that industry colleagues can
750,000 lorry movements a year will socialise and raise money for a
be saved, which in some people’s good cause. The culmination of his
minds has raised questions about chairmanship will be the traditional
the need to improve the A14. The gala ball in London which usually
estimated carbon saving is put at attracts over 400 people.
100,000 tonnes per annum. If you want to support Robert in
Further information on the project his year as chairman, find out more
can be found at about UKACC by visiting the club
www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk website at www.ukacc2000.co.uk
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By road – CMR £1.97 per kg
(8.33 SDR):
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£18.67 per kg
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New outbreak
of piracy in the
Gulf of Guinea
Just as the number of attacks off
Somalia decreases there has
been an increase in piracy
incidents to the west of Africa.
The new high risk area is the
Gulf of Guinea.
So far this year there have
been 11 attacks in which three
vessels were hijacked. There
were 55 attacks last year.
Currently the main target is oil
and the hijacked ships have had
some product stolen. This
contrasts with Somali attacks
where the targets are held for
ransom.
The UN Security Council
issued a series of resolutions
allowing foreign navies to

What would happen if the operate anti-piracy operations

close to, and even into, Somali
waters. Such action is unlikely to

Suez Canal was shut? be repeated for the Gulf of

An article in a recent edition of
Drewry’s Container Insight Weekly
featured an article which asks
‘What if the Suez Canal was shut?’
All eyes are currently watching
the deteriorating political situation
in Egypt. Recent civil riots in Port
Said were, arguably, too close for
comfort for those dependent on the
Suez Canal. Although the arterial
trade route is unlikely to close, the
possibility cannot be ignored.
According to Drewry’s
calculations, there is enough spare
vessel capacity to absorb most of
the shock of sailing from the Far
East to Europe via the Cape of
Good Hope simply by increasing
vessel speeds, which means that
closure of the Suez Canal tomorrow
would not be a “train smash”.
To read the full article, go to the
following link:
http://tinyurl.com/d8lnszo
Guinea as the coastal states are
functioning nations.
Not all these attacks are for
oil, with other commodities also
stolen. Currently this has not
impacted the freight forwarding
sector and it is hoped this will
continue to be the case.
If circumstances change we
will alert you via BIFAlink.

More scammers than ever attempting to con you

We have joked before that we could issue an
edition of BIFAlink dedicated to scams, and
from feedback lately it is clear that there are
more people than ever trying to con you. Mostly
these scams are easy to spot, with the usual
tale-tell sign being an e-mail address such as
Yahoo or G Mail for what is supposed to be a
trading company. However, sometimes the
scams are more elaborate, such as the recent
spate of fake demands purporting to have
originated from iata.org.
Many Members have reported a recent
approach seeming to come from the legitimate
company Towelsoft. This company is registered
in the UK with Companies House and
rudimentary checks would indicate a request for
a quotation was authentic. Fortunately the
scammer was not too bright and signed the
e-mail “Peter Pan”, causing a ripple of amusement
from the Members. However, the point to beware
of is that if a more believable person’s name had
been used then credit checks would indicate the
company asking for the quote was bona fide.
Most of these scams start with you being asked
to quote to move a commodity. Our sector
grapevine is full of these, such as the teddy bear
scam or the wedding dress scam. Another
common one doing the rounds is to move furniture.
In most cases the scammer deposits many times
the quotation into your bank account and then
requests you send the “accidental overpayment”
back to him. You send him legitimate money and
the bank in the meantime says the deposit you
have repaid against was worthless.
Traders are being ripped off too. A company
recently purchased bills of lading for goods sold
whilst en route, only to find the BIFA Member’s
website had been cloned and what they had
bought was forged documentation.
Finally, we still receive calls from individuals
who think they have bought a car over the
internet and the BIFA Member will deliver it to
them and collect the balance. The car does not
exist and the company has copied a BIFA
member website. The scammers make a quick
hit and collect some deposits (usually €2,000)
before disappearing completely.
If it seems too good to be true...

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Know your BIFA Standard
Trading Conditions
Clause 7 deals with the complex subject of direct and indirect
representation
In this month’s examination of the
BIFA Standard Trading Conditions
(STC) we reach clause 7, which was
a new addition when the 2000 STC
were superseded in 2005.
Direct and indirect representation
is a difficult subject, as if a
forwarder is indirect and his
customer disappears leaving a debt
with HM Revenue & Customs
(HMRC) then the forwarder
becomes liable for the debt.
When the legislation was
introduced in the early 1990s, BIFA
advice was that a forwarder should
obtain a declaration from each
customer stating that all transactions
were made as a direct representative.
However there are instances
(such as goods that are delivered
duty paid) where you can only be
an indirect representative.
Freight forwarders should always
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have evidence that their
relationship with their customer is
as a direct representative and
correct incorporation of the BIFA
STC in contracts with the customer
are another piece of this evidence.
CLAUSE 7
In all and any dealings with HMRC
for and on behalf of the customer
and/or the owner, the company is
deemed to be appointed, and acts
as, direct representative only.
Chapter 2, Section 1 of EEC
Regulation No. 2913/92 of 12
October 1992, which established
the Community Customs Code,
states under the heading Rights of
Representation and Article 5 (1) that
any person may appoint a
representative in his dealings with
the customs authorities to perform
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the acts and formalities laid down by
the customs rules. Art. 5 (2) states
that such representation may be:
• direct, in which case the
representative shall act in the
name of and on behalf of
another person or
• indirect, in which case the
representative shall act in his
own name but on behalf of
another person.
Art. 5 (4) of EEC Regulation
No.2913/92 states that a
representative must state that he is
acting on behalf of the person
represented, specify whether the
representation is direct or indirect,
and be empowered to act as a
representative.
A person who fails to state that
he is acting in the name of or on
behalf of another person, or who
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states that he is acting in the name
of or on behalf of another person
without being empowered to do so,
shall be deemed to be acting in his
own name and on his own behalf.
Art. 5 (5) of EEC Regulation No.
2913/92 states that the customs
authorities may require a person
stating that he is acting in the name
of or on behalf of another person to
produce evidence of his powers to
act as representative.
Clause 7 of the BIFA 2005A STC
establishes the role of the company
when making customs declarations
and the like to HMRC as that of a
direct representative (and thus not
as an indirect representative) so
that the liability for any unpaid
duties rests with the customer and
not with the company.
The customer is deemed to have
confirmed the direct representative
status of the company when the
BIFA 2005A STCs are accepted by it
as the company’s trading conditions.
We are grateful to BIFA Legal and
Insurance Policy Group member
Derek E. O’Brien who wrote the
original publication Know your
Trading Conditions, which is part of
the STC training course and on
which this series of articles is based.
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Temporary storage
rules take shape
In March, HM Revenue & Customs issued information paper (13) 16 entitled Update 1
– Review of ERTS & Temporary Storage Policy. Although it fails to provide complete
clarification of regulations, its main perceived benefit is that it will reduce overall costs

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Members
would be
advised to
review their
existing
authorisation
in preparation
for the
forthcoming
changes
Since Customs Information Paper
(CIP) (11) 26 was issued, BIFA
along with other organisations has
been actively involved in the HM
Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
consultation process concerning
temporary storage and enhanced
remote transit shed (ERTS)
operations.
During this period, HMRC
consulted with trade on many
aspects of temporary storage. In
March 2013, HMRC issued CIP (13)
16 entitled Update 1 – Review of
ERTS & Temporary Storage Policy.
The consensus amongst our
Members is that HMRC missed an
opportunity to “provide point-blank
clarification” of the regulations
surrounding the operation of an
ERTS.
This important CIP is nationally
applicable for all goods arriving at
the frontier, which are subsequently
removed to an ERTS (renamed as
an External Temporary Storage
Facility (ETSF)) using Transit. The
import process for handling the
goods from arrival at the frontier to
arriving at the ETSF is in three
stages:
• Stage One – Frontier arrival
• Stage Two – Transit
• Stage Three – Arrival at the
ETSF.
At Stage One, a record is created
to indicate that goods have arrived
or that their arrival is imminent. This
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will allow carriers to renominate the
record to the ETSF operator or for
them to claim the UCR.
Goods are removed under Transit
(Stage Two) from the frontier to the
ETSF on public roads using either
full Transit or Simplified Transit
procedures. Discussions with
HMRC established that goods
entered transit when physically
loaded onto a vehicle and are
discharged from it upon their arrival
at the ETSF – Stage Three.
Agreement reached
During discussions with HMRC it
was agreed that freight forwarders
could enter goods against their own
ETSF inventory record to a customs
procedure or use prior to the
physical movement of the goods
receiving a numbered and routed
CHIEF (Customs Handling of Import
and Export Freight) entry.
When the vehicle collects the
goods to be moved to the ETSF,
those consignments that have not
been declared to HMRC enter
Transit. It is only during the actual
movement of the vehicle from the
frontier to the ETSF that
declarations can no longer be
submitted. The freight forwarder will
have to delay declarations for T1
status goods in transit until they
have arrived at the ETSF. In effect,
the freight forwarder has to ‘lock’ its
records to inhibit the submission of
a routed entry during the Transit
Trade Services
movement.
After goods have arrived at the
ETSF, the freight forwarder can
‘unlock’ its records and submit
routed entries in the normal manner.
Although no reference is made to
Route H entries in the CIP, it is
important to note that procedures
remain unchanged for this specific
type of entry.
Looking into the future, BIFA is
seeking clarification from the Border
Force on how to process Route 1, 2
and 5 entries being transferred from
the frontier to the ETSF. BIFA
believes that on an individual basis
the ETSF operator should discuss
with the Border Force and, if they
satisfy their requirements, a general
authorisation could be written into
the ETSF Approval document
permitting them to remove Route 1
and 2’s to the ETSF.
BIFA believes that shipments
should be removed to the ETSF for
final examination and clearance,
and any frontier examinations
should only be undertaken in
exceptional circumstances. This
concept is acknowledged within the
CIP where it states: “The Border
Force may agree for physical
examination to take place at the
ETSF whether on a specific or
general basis.”
After publication of the CIP, some
Members noted that cleared goods
do not enter Transit and need not
be included in any guarantee
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calculations. BIFA approached
HMRC for its view on the matter. Its
very prompt response was: “Your
astute Members are absolutely
right. If goods are released at the
UK frontier (in other words released
for free circulation, with all customs
duties at import paid) they have the
status of Community goods and do
not need to be placed under Transit
to move them to the ERTS, the
guarantee amount only needs to
cover the customs duties and other
charges on the goods not in free
circulation.”
Benefits
In practice, this means that lower
sums need to be declared as being
in Transit, thus reducing the level of
guarantee required for those
Members who do not benefit from a
100% guarantee waiver. The main
perceived benefit is that as the sum
that needs to be guaranteed is
reduced, the overall cost will be
reduced.
During 2013, it is anticipated that
HMRC will issue further updates
regarding temporary storage. It is
important that Members keep up to
date with these announcements. On
1 April 2013, a roll-out programme
commenced to convert existing
ERTS to the new ETSF. In the light
of this programme, Members would
be advised to review their existing
authorisation in preparation for the
forthcoming changes.
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being required to print it on the

face of a paper air waybill, became
a legal possibility.

Reality dawns
So far so good, so during 2009/10
IATA and FIATA worked together to
develop a model e-AWB
agreement that the forwarder and
the airline would sign on a bilateral
basis before starting to submit
e-AWBs.
Subsequently though the reality
was that both parties soon realised
that having to sign numerous
separate agreements was simply
too onerous to undertake.
Moreover, the primary objective,
which of course was to promote
greater adoption of the e-AWB,
would be hampered. There was
nothing for it but to draw up a
standard multilateral agreement
that could be signed once by
airlines and forwarders with IATA
administering the project.

Legal framework
The multilateral e-AWB Agreement
provides the legal framework to
conclude air cargo contracts by
electronic means. It includes
provisions for the consent to do an
e-AWB, the rights and obligations
of the parties, and the
confidentiality and security of data.
Nothing in the agreement
changes the airlines’ conditions of
contract nor mandates that either
airlines or forwarders who
participate in the multilateral
agreement are obliged to have an
e-AWB with each other.

New impetus for e-Cargo It simply provides the platform

to do so when the parties mutually
agree to.
l Where to Start: You can
The multilateral e-Air Waybill (e-AWB) Agreement smooths the download a copy of the multilateral
way to removing the paper air waybill and improving e-AWB agreement, along with joining
instructions and a list of FAQ, from
take up the IATA website: www.iata.org/e-
What is the purpose of a paper air the legal contract of carriage of a paper air waybill. awb-multilateral and for more
waybill? between the airline and either the It was not until much later when information contact IATA Cargo at
Of course on one hand it forwarder or the shipper. Warsaw was effectively amended cargo@iata.org
contains data and information that Back in 1929, the Warsaw by the Montreal Protocol 4*, and
facilitates the movement of a given Convention established liability for more definitively replaced entirely
air cargo consignment from origin international carriage of cargo as by the Montreal Convention *MP4/MC99 trade lanes currently
to destination airport. But on the performed by airlines. It (1999)*, that the ability to submit account for 80% of air cargo
other it (importantly) constitutes specifically required the issuance data electronically, instead of volumes.

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more flexibility and reduce

bureaucracy. Also there is a
commitment to publish clear and
meaningful data regarding
turnaround times by country.
All these announcements are to
be welcomed as steps in the right
direction; however, perhaps
thought could be given to
improving the primary target, either
by increasing the percentage of
licences issued within 20 days or
reducing the 20-day target to a
lower figure. It is accepted such

New export licence targets changes would be difficult to

achieve in the current economic
environment.
Two of BIFA’s main themes at the
The government is aiming to reduce the time taken to obtain a workshops were:
licence, although BIFA has discovered there is also demand for • For exporters to provide
more cohesive and targeted intervention at the borders accurate licensing information to
the freight forwarder and for the
latter to follow these instructions
The licensing of strategic and dual robust export licensing process in applications are issued within this • The need to build long-term
use goods, and intervention by the world. timeframe – the average is more working relationships between
either HM Revenue & Customs On 19 March, BIFA hosted three likely to be 15 to 16 days. Currently both the above parties
(HMRC) or the Border Force, is a workshops for exporters on the role this means approximately 5,000
subject that is frequently raised. of the freight forwarder, at the applications take longer than 20 One theme that did materialise
From Members’ feedback, Department for Business, Innovation days and 800 longer than 60 days. at the symposium was the need to
licensing issues usually impact on and Skills Export Controls The change will reduce the latter to make government intervention at
their customers, whilst frontier Symposium. Michael Fallon MP, approximately 100. the frontier more cohesive and
interventions impact both the Business Minister, announced targeted to prevent delays. BIFA, in
freight forwarder and the during his keynote address that the Aims conjunction with other trade
shipper/exporter. ‘secondary’ target will see 99% of It is important to note this new associations, is discussing with the
Government frequently states export licences being issued within target relates only to Standard Border Force frontier delays and
that it is seeking an export-led 60 days of application instead of the Individual Export Licences, but the best way in which to avert
recovery but business believes that current 95%. beyond this, Government is them. If anybody is able to provide
delays caused due to the licensing The primary target will remain at seeking to improve open licensing. case history where frontier delays
process actually inhibit this 70% of licences issued within 20 A strategy is being devised to impacted significantly on members
process. All agree that the UK has days, although current figures encourage more exporters to use or their customers, please e-mail
one of the most, if not the most, show that 74% of licence open licences in order to give them these to r.windsor@bifa.org

Support your local Region Date Time Venue BIFA Contact

member group Scotland Central

regional Members’ meeting
Tue 7 May 1800 Brodies LLP, Glasgow Jim McCall

Stansted Tue 14 May 1130 LSC, Stansted Colin Young

BIFA holds regional Member meetings around regional Members’ meeting
the UK and here are some due to occur soon. If Heathrow Thu 16 May 1400 Redfern House, Feltham Colin Young
you would like to attend and find out more regional Members’ meeting
Solent Tue 21 May 0800 Duke of Wellington Colin Young
about BIFA and what we do, why not contact
regional Members’ meeting
your Regional Representative. Full contact Gatwick Thu 30 May 1230 Timberham House, LGWColin Young
details are on the BIFA website www.bifa.org in regional Members’ meeting
the Contacts section. London East Tue 18 Jun 1400 DP World, Nigel Peall
All BIFA Members are entitled and encouraged Members meeting London Gateway
Anglia Wed 19 Jun 1000 Holiday Inn, Nigel Peall
to attend their regional meetings. However pre-
regional Members’ meeting Ipswich – Orwell
booking is essential. Heathrow Thu 20 Jun 1400 Redfern House, Colin Young
Contact your BIFA Regional Representative at regional Members’ meeting Feltham
www.bifa.org >Contacts

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Changes introduced to
late payment legislation
Statutory instrument provides criteria to determine whether a
late period payment is grossly unfair
There was a change to late
payment legislation from 16 March
2013 and we have detailed here
some aspects of the amendments
that are worth mentioning. However,
the BIFA Standard Trading
Conditions are not affected as
clause 21(B) applies the 1998 Act
as amended (and these regulations
do amend the Act).
In relation to statutory interest, 30
days is allowed before interest
begins to be run by the supplier, if it
is not a public authority, although
this does not apply if parties agree
a longer period, as long as the later
date is not grossly unfair to the
supplier.
Criteria
In determining whether a period is
grossly unfair, the statutory
instrument says all circumstances
of the case shall be considered and,
in particular, (a) anything that is a
gross deviation from good
commercial practice and contrary
to good faith and fair dealing, (b)
the nature of the goods or services
in question and (c) whether the
purchaser has any objective reason
to deviate from the standard
position (30 days).
The instrument also provides that
if the fixed compensation (£40 to
£100 per debt) is insufficient to
cover the reasonable charges of the
supplier in recovering the debt, then
the supplier shall be entitled to the
equivalent sum of the difference
between the fixed compensation
and the reasonable cost of
recovery.
The instrument expressly applies
section 3(2)(b) of the Unfair
Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA),
which provides that where
contracting parties involve one
acting as a consumer or on the
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other’s standard terms of business,
the other party (the non-consumer
or party with standard terms)
cannot exclude or restrict any
liability for breach of contract or be
entitled to render a contractual
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performance substantially different
for that which is reasonably
expected of him, or to render no
performance at all unless it satisfies
the reasonableness test.
This therefore blocks any attempt
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to circumvent the effect of the
regulations, particularly as regards
the points above relative to
unfairness and reasonableness.
In other words, the regulations,
whilst allowing certain freedom to
agree a longer period before
interest begins to run and extra
compensation to that fixed
compensation allowed under the
1998 Act, cannot be grossly
deviated from using standard terms
or when dealing with a consumer.
Questions
This all means that forwarders who
are in industries where long credit
periods are imposed through
standard terms should ask the
customers why they need more
than 30 days, given the effect of the
new enactment. This should serve
to get credit periods down to 30
days in all but the most exceptional
cases, which should reduce the risk
of forwarders dealing with huge
debts on long credit term periods.
This would also be an ideal time
to consider the effectiveness of
credit terms – do they protect you
in the event of any breach such that
you are able to regard all
outstanding sums as immediately
due and owing, or do they just
allow you to sue on the breach itself
and require you to continue to offer
credit on all other sums? Do you
have freedom to allot payments to
the oldest debts? Do you have
freedom to waive reliance on terms
without losing the benefit of the
terms in case of future breaches?
Fair but effective
It is important to ensure that credit
terms are fair but effective in the
event of a breach to enable you to
protect against cashflow difficulties
of your customers in these difficult
financial times.
Do not just give credit; ensure the
credit is given on the basis of
reasonable terms that protect you.
BIFA is grateful to Kay Pysden of
Pysdens Solicitors for her
assistance in preparing this article.
Pysdens is a BIFA associate
member.
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Service speed delivers results
NNR Global Logistics UK has developed a consolidated but
premium product that flies customer cargoes to market in the
fastest possible time, writes Giles Large
NNR Global Logistics UK won the
Air Freight award, sponsored by
IAG Cargo, at the BIFA Freight
Services Awards 2012, held in
London in January.
According to the judges, the
company’s case study showed that
continuous improvements had
resulted in significant benefits for its
client, resulting in the saving of
thousands of transit days per year.
They added that NNR’s decision to
use express air freight within
Europe, linked to consolidated
services, was “a prime example of
deriving speed benefits from the air
freight network”.
According to Lee Griffiths,
director, NNR Global Logistics, its
entry was based on the
fundamentals of air freight and its
importance to the supply chain, in
that the faster a product gets to the
market, the faster it is sold,
consumed and re-ordered.
“In 2010, one of our customers
had a real need to increase the
speed of its order-to-cash ratio. So
we decided that we would use daily
express air freight services, which
offered the customer a huge
financial advantage, even if it was
far more labour intensive for us,
compared with conventional air
freight services.
“In effect, we re-enforced the
liquidity advantages of taking days
out of the supply chain,” he stated.
“We asked them how they would
feel if we could save them 1,000
days of transit time and how much
it would be worth to them to save
one day’s inventory. They
quantified that as an extremely
large sum of money, and so we
changed operations and made a
product to provide this. We have
since honed the product to take
out latent days and even latent
hours from the supply chain. To our
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Profile
Lee Griffiths (left), director,
NNR Global Logistics, with
managing director Junichi
Ogata after winning the BIFA
Air Freight award
customer, each day’s inventory is
equivalent to tens of thousands of
pounds.”
Case study
While this service is available to all
of NNR’s customers, the case study
concerned a particular client
moving over 2,000 shipments and
over 100 tonnes of air freight a year
between China, the US and Europe.
“Our unique selling point is our
attention to fine detail, to ensure that
there is no latency anywhere in our
part of the supply chain. Everything
is booked and picked up on day
zero or day one, and is moved via a
cross-dock on day two and arrives
at its destination on day three”, he
explained. “This is done on a daily
basis and there is no minimum
charge applied and no minimum
quantity requirement. It is a premium
product, yet it does not cost any
more than a consolidated product.”
“We can track everything by its
serial number or by its purchase
order number. So, if we pick up 20
units from a customer and each has
a different serial number but is under
one purchase order, the customer
can identify the units in our system
by either method. If the product has
a lifecycle, the customer can see the
return merchandise authorisation
and serial number history, when it
was removed from the EU customer,
transited back to the repair platform
for refurbishment and then put back
into circulation.
“How our product differs from
that of the integrators is that we
give our customers a consolidated
cargo price, so that if the customer
has 10 to 20 shipments a day, they
do not get 10 to 20 shipment
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charges, they just get one
consolidated per-kilo fee at the
same time as getting the benefits of
a daily express service. On arrival at
the destination, they receive one
customs processing fee, regardless
of how many items there are, so
they benefit from consolidation here
too. In essence, we are offering a
consolidated but premium
product,” he declared. “There are
now several of our customers who
are using this type of service.”
He pointed out that this type of
operation does not suit every
customer, as many are not geared
up for daily, immediate expedited
shipments but instead consolidate
the shipments with NNR on a
weekly basis.
NNR Global Logistics is part of
the Nishitetsu group, which was
founded in Japan in 1908. NNR is
an acronym for Nishi Nippon
Railroad Company and it is now an
international multimodal logistics
provider. In the UK, there are offices
in Glasgow, Manchester and
London, and it is due to open a 3PL
centre at a yet to be chosen site
with good access to London
Gateway and Southampton ports.
One of its fastest-growing
operations is ocean cargo, where it
plans to double the size of its ocean
division year-on-year.
Expanison plans
The group’s expansion plans tend
to be towards products rather than
geography, although NNR already
has its own extensive NNR branded
global network and has opened
new facilities recently in the
Netherlands, Poland and the Czech
Republic, as well as other parts of
the world, such as Mexico. “We
have our own facilities in all our key
trading areas,” he declared.
“Winning the BIFA Air Freight
award confirms our belief that we
must listen carefully to our
customers and react to what they
are saying, rather than what we
think they might want,” he said. “It
is pleasing to find that customers
really do want resilient fast-moving
supply chain solutions, as opposed
to just a cheap price.”
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Ambitious Greg Barnes looks
forward to an exciting future
Greg Barnes moved into freight
forwarding with Panalpina after his
previous prospects faltered. But he has
not looked back since making a success
of his initial tasks and moving on to new
challenges, eventually becoming a BIFA
Young Freight Forwarder finalist, reports
Giles Large
Greg Barnes, ocean freight import
clerk at Panalpina’s Manchester
office, was one of four finalists in
the 2012 BIFA Young Freight
Forwarder Award.
Greg, 27, was born in Stockport
and both of his parents were freight
forwarders. Although his mother
has since retired, his father is still in
the industry. As such, unlike nearly
all newcomers to freight forwarding,
he has had no problems explaining
to his family precisely what he does
for a living, although he admits that
the industry remains a closed book
to many of his friends.
Background
He was educated at Altrincham
Grammar School for Boys and then
spent two years studying
psychology at Manchester
University before switching to
Manchester Metropolitan to read
geography. While there, he worked
part-time in the kitchen and
restaurant of a local health club.
Following his graduation, with a
2:1, he took on a mortgage and
worked fulltime at the health club
for a year. Greg then tried
copywriting for six months but that
did not work out. His father, who
was the London-based UK area
manager for Panalpina at that time,
told him a temporary position was
available in the Manchester office to
cover for a staff member going on
maternity leave and, as Greg’s
copywriting career was not going as
he had hoped, perhaps he should
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apply. Greg contacted the manager,
who offered him a job for 10
months.
“To start with, it was just a case
of filing and making cups of tea,
and keeping myself busy for 10
months while she was on maternity
leave, but I can apply myself and I
am customer-focused. I reckon I
was fully operational within three
months, with my own customers. I
took to the industry like a duck to
water,” he declared. “By the end of
10 months we had generated
enough new business in the
department to justify an extra
position and they offered me a
fulltime contract.”
The majority of the traffic that
Greg deals with consists of toys
from China. “I tell my friends that I
am technically Father Christmas for
a lot of the kids in the UK. I know in
the summer what the hot toys are
going to be at Christmas,” he
stated.
China visit
Most of this traffic enters the UK via
Felixstowe or Southampton. “It is
ironic that I have been to Yantian
but I have never been to either of
the UK ports,” he said. Greg
worked in Hong Kong for three
months from the end of January
2012, as part of the Panalpina
apprenticeship programme. While
there, he was involved in ocean and
air exports and imports, finance and
logistics, as well as sales and
marketing.
YFF Profile
While most of his work involves
ocean imports, he has started to
develop some expertise in air
imports. “If I was offered a role in
exports, either ocean or air, I would
leap at it. I think it is really important
to gain as much experience as
possible of all modes, especially if
you want to progress in the
industry,” he commented.
Part of his planned progression
was to enter for the Young Freight
Forwarder award. “We get BIFAlink
every month and on my return from
Hong Kong, I read in the magazine
that they were taking applications
for the award. I remembered some
advice that I had been given while
in Hong Kong that ‘you need to
make as much noise as you can if
you want to be recognised in this
industry’ and the Young Freight
Forwarder award seemed like a
perfect chance for me to make
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some noise,” he explained.
“I went to see my manager, told
him I was thinking of applying and
asked him whether that would be all
right. He agreed, so I got cracking
on the essay. It was on remote
learning, which was something I
had a fair bit of experience about,
having been to university where the
amount of direct contact with
lecturers seems to be going down
as fast as the fees go up.
“It was a pleasant surprise when
the letter arrived saying that I was a
finalist. I went down to London with
the view of just enjoying the day
and that if I won, it would be an
added bonus,” he said. “As it
turned out, I was more gutted at not
winning than I had thought I would
be. At the same time, it was quite a
proud moment for me, as Panalpina
had a table at the awards lunch and
my branch manager made a fuss of
us all. My parents were invited and
my girlfriend came as well and it
was a really good day, even though
I did not win.”
Career ambitions
Greg has some definite thoughts
about his future career. “In terms of
the freight industry and what I can
do and where I can go, essentially
the world is my oyster,” he
declared.
“What has recently grabbed my
attention is logistics; providing
customers with end-to-end
solutions. While I was in Hong
Kong, I found the logistics side to
be really fascinating. I would also
love to go and work in Hong Kong,
although I realise that finding a job
at my level of experience would be
difficult. Also, sooner rather than
later, I need to become more
multimodal and I need some export
experience. These are the tools that
I need to be able to do the job at a
higher level.”
When not working, Greg likes to
keep fit and is a keen cyclist, albeit
only a summer cyclist. He also
supports Manchester United. His
girlfriend Rachel, who graduated
from Salford with a degree in
performance arts, is a singer-
songwriter.
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Staff from past-winner and multiple
finalist company Atlantic Pacific
Global Logistics celebrate their
achievement at last year’s ceremony
Ready to celebrate?
In January 2014, not only will some
500 people be celebrating the BIFA
Freight Service Awards’ 25th
anniversary, but you could also be
celebrating some of your year’s
business successes.
Do you have a success story to
tell of how you recently managed a
challenging freight movement? And
how, as a result of this you achieved
financial and other benefits for your
company, and added value to the
service you provide to your
customers? If these criteria apply to
your company, then the annual
awards competition is the perfect
forum for promoting some of your
achievements.
All award entries will then be
sifted through by a panel of judges
who will shortlist four finalist entries
in each of the competition
categories. From the four finalists,
the judging panel will select the
most deserving winners who have
demonstrated excellence and
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Events
innovation in their field.
By entering, you and your
business stand to benefit by raising
your corporate profile, by
impressing partners and clients,
and by joining a network of
exceptional organisations who have
won since the competition first
started in 1989.
The Young Freight Forwarder
Award category is specifically
designed to promote talented
young forwarders, under the age of
30, who show promise in their
organisation. There is no entry fee
for this category. All other entries
attract a registration fee of £80 +
VAT per category.
A copy of the call for entries
brochure, with key details on this
year’s competition, will be sent to
your main BIFA contact in mid-
June, at which point online
registrations will also open.
The entry schedule will be as
follows:
Receipt of all registrations
mid-September 2013
Receipt of written 2,000 word
submissions:
(or relevant supporting
documentation for the Young
Freight Forwarder Award)
end September 2013
Announcement of all finalists:
early November 2013
Finalists’ interviews:
(Young Freight Forwarder Award)
mid-November 2013
Announcement of all winners:
Thursday 16 January 2014 at the
Awards Luncheon Ceremony, The
Brewery, London EC1
We have an excellent line-up of
sponsors who have confirmed their
support of this year’s Silver Jubilee
event. The nine categories for the
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2013 competition will be:
• Air Freight Award –
sponsored by IAG Cargo
• Environment Award –
sponsored by Red Recruit
• European Logistics Award –
sponsored by TT Club
• Ocean Freight Award –
sponsored by CargoWise
• Project Forwarding Award –
sponsored by Peter Lole & Co
• Special Services Award –
Sponsored by Forward Computers
• Staff Development Award –
sponsored by Albacore Systems
• Supply Chain Management
Award – sponsored by BoxTop
Technologies
• Young Freight Forwarder
Award – sponsored by Virgin
Atlantic Cargo.
If you have any questions
regarding any aspect of the
competition, including other
sponsorship opportunities, please
email the BIFA Events Office at
eventsoffice@bifa.org
For further information on
previous events, please visit the
BIFA Awards’ website at
www.bifa.org/awards
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Training courses: June-August 2013

AVIATION SECURITY 25 June London, Feltham Dangerous Goods by Sea (DGS1)
22 July London, Feltham 13-14 June Manchester
Air Cargo Security Level A – General Awareness
21 August London, Feltham 20-21 June Birmingham
* Check www.bifa.org for additional dates scheduled to
27-28 June London, Feltham
meet demand *
Known Consignor Air Cargo Security
4 June London, Feltham
17 June London, Feltham Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA)
26 June London, Feltham
15 August London, Feltham 10-14 June London, Feltham
2 July London, Feltham
10-14 June Manchester
10 July London, Feltham CUSTOMS PROCEDURES
18 July London, Feltham Customs Procedures for Export Cargo (CM1) Radioactive Goods by Air (DGA3)
24 July London, Feltham 2 July South West See www.bifa.org for future presentations
31 July London, Feltham 22 July London, Feltham
6 August London, Feltham 24 July North West Radioactive Goods by Air – Revalidation (DGA4)
19 August London, Feltham See www.bifa.org for future presentations
Customs Procedures for Import Cargo (CM2)
Air Cargo Security Level B - Drivers 3 July South West Infectious Substances by Air (DGA5)
As Level A – General Awareness 23 July London, Feltham 14 May Heathrow area
25 July North West
Air Cargo Security Level D – Handling & Preparation of Dangerous Goods CFR49 (DG49)
Air Cargo BTEC Intermediate Award in Customs Export & Import 21-22 May Heathrow area
As Level A – General Awareness Procedures (CM3)
Commencing 22 May North West England
Air Cargo Security Level E – Screening of Air Cargo FREIGHT FORWARDING AND
Screening by physical examination only, x-ray training not Customs Management (CM4) INTERNATIONAL TRADE
included Two-day optional add-on to CM3 Exports for Beginners (EXP1)
18-19 June London, Feltham See www.bifa.org for future presentations 20 May South West England
15-16 July London, Feltham 25 June Midlands
13-14 August London, Feltham BTEC Intermediate Award in Customs Import Entry & 8 July London, Feltham
Procedures (CM5) 17 July North East
Air Cargo Security Level F – Security Supervisor See www.bifa.org for future presentations
As Level E – Screening of Air Cargo Imports for Beginners (IMP1)
DANGEROUS GOODS 21 May South West England
Air Cargo Security Level G – Security Manager Dangerous Goods by Air (DGA1) 26 June Midlands
18-20 June London, Feltham 3-5 June Newport 9 July London, Feltham
15-17 July London, Feltham 10-12 June London, Feltham 18 July North East
13-15 August London, Feltham 1-3 July Manchester
8-10 July Birmingham Introduction to Air Cargo (AC1)
Air Cargo Security – Refresher Levels A and B See www.bifa.org for future presentations
8-10 July London, Feltham
3 June London, Feltham
5-7 August London, Feltham
4 July London, Feltham BTEC Intermediate Award in Multimodal International
5 August London, Feltham Dangerous Goods by Air – Revalidation (DGA2) Freight Procedures (MFT1)
4-5 June Newport Commencing 17 June London, Feltham
Air Cargo Security – Refresher Levels D and E
13-14 June London, Feltham
18 June London, Feltham Multimodal International Freight Procedures 2 (MFT2)
4-5 July Manchester
16 July London, Feltham Two-day optional add-on to MFT1
11-12 July Birmingham
20 August London, Feltham See www.bifa.org for future presentations
11-12 July London, Feltham
8-9 August London, Feltham
Air Cargo Security – Refresher Levels F and G Sea Freight: The Basics (SF1)
25 June London, Feltham 3 June London East
Dangerous Goods by Road (DGR1)
25 July London, Feltham 11 June North West England
10-12 June Manchester
21 August London, Feltham 18 July London, Feltham
17-19 June Birmingham
24-26 June London, Feltham
Aviation Security Cargo X-Ray Operator Introduction to Letters of Credit
Available as an in-house course, contact BIFA to sched- 13 May London, Feltham
Dangerous Goods by Road – Revalidation (DGR2)
ule a date
Days 2 and 3 of the above Dangerous Goods by Road
HEALTH AND SAFETY
course (DGR1)
Aviation Security NXCT Emergency First Aid – Appointed Person (FA1)
NB – test session only – no training takes place 30 May London, Feltham

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