The highly dynamic Asia-Pacific region is an important element in many supply chains, for sourcing, manufacturing and distribution, which means that potential disruption has to be carefully monitored and managed. (more…)
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Businesses, brands and retailers hit by new taxes, duties and post-Brexit bureaucracy are benefiting from ePoint’s customs warehouse status. (more…)
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Congestion in North Europe’s major ports will reach “critical” levels over the next four weeks as container terminals try to work through the backlog of fully laden ships delayed by the six-day Suez Canal closure, shipping lines warn. (more…)
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After blocking the Suez Canal for one week, the Ever Given was successfully re-floated and removed from the Canal yesterday afternoon, with the Canal authorities taking immediate action to start clearing the hundreds of waiting vessels, but however quickly the backlog is cleared the consequences…
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With up to 50,000 containers adding to the Suez Canal queue every day, UK ports and their supporting infrastructure are bracing for, what is likely to be, the largest volume spike ever experienced. (more…)
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Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) is a Brexit easement, designed to avoid the negative cash flow impact of paying VAT bill at the EU/UK border and PVA is available for ALL shipments, but some forwarders are not sharing the cost savings and cashflow benefits for all…
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Pre-notification requirements for animal origin and associated products will be implemented in October, rather than April as originally planned and the deferred import declaration easement, due to end in July, will now continue until the 1st January 2022. (more…)
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The UK has been caught in a supply chain storm since the Coronavirus outbreak at the start of 2020, with continuing congestion at the UK’s container ports leading shipping lines to stop calling at them and discharge UK-destined cargo in Northern Europe. The Noatum team…
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With just 40 working days to the completion of ePoint's fit out phase and first user implementations, we are welcoming more visits from customers, prospective customers and film crews. (more…)
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