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February 2014
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Issue: 280
The magazine of the
British International
Freight Association
BIFA celebrates
silver jubilee awards
See pages 10-13
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Automated Customs
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8: Legal Eagle
Know you Standard Trading
Conditions
– clauses 13 and 14
14: Trade Services
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Peter Quantrill’s Column
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MINTs – stars of the future
Just over 10 years after he invented the ‘BRIC’ acronym, Jim O’Neill, former chief
economist and head of asset management at Goldman Sachs, has taken to looking at
four frontier economies that over the next decade could develop into global stars.
In a four-part radio documentary produced by BBC World Service last month, O’Neill
shone a light on Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey (the MINTs), identifying them as
countries with the necessary building blocks to encourage strong, long-term economic
growth – similar to Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC) countries he identified in
2001.
O’Neill pointed out a number of special characteristics that the MINTs enjoy, such as:
young populations of working age; advantageous geographical positions; political
softening and reforms; and infrastructure and energy generation improvements, among other criteria. The
investments that will be associated with those characteristics should provide a fillip for international trade and
bring benefits for BIFA Members already active in those markets, or planning to be so.
Meanwhile, closer to home, with the health of the UK economy steadily improving, there have been a few
items of good news that should help to boost confidence in the freight forwarding and logistics sector.
The automotive sector is having an excellent time, with UK car production reaching a six-year high and car
sales also at their highest levels since 2007.
Interest rates look set to remain low for 2014, and wages are expected to rise at a slightly higher rate than
inflation. Provided the country maintains a high productivity rate, then the wage rise should not affect inflation.
In the Eurozone, the previously perilous economies of Greece, the Republic of Ireland and Portugal are now
looking less of a potential disaster than 12 months ago, although the spotlight has turned to France, where the
prognosis for 2014 is not looking great.
Useful content
February’s BIFAlink includes useful and instructive information on various aspects of the freight forwarding
industry that may affect many BIFA Members in their daily business. On page 7, we take a look at how
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are
leading a cross-government project which will see the existing Automatic Licence Verification System (ALVS) for
horticultural and plant products extended to cover third country imports that are recorded on the EU TRACES
(Trade Control and Expert system).
We study the Vine report on Border Force activities on page 14 and conclude that the report is a step in the
right direction. Meanwhile on page 16 we reproduce a fascinating TT Club insight into how supply chains are
open to ever-increasing cyber risks.
A comprehensive review of the current situation in regards to current EU and US sanctions against Iran is
provided on page 18 – a must-read for any Members doing business with that market.
In the article on page 6, we provide some guidance on the drawing up of logistics contracts, which is
becoming an ever-increasing requirement for shippers when negotiating detailed contracts covering their
business with both shipping lines and freight forwarders.
Having omitted an article last month on the BIFA STC, we consolidate two clauses into one this month and
focus on clauses 13 and 14.
Freight Service Awards 2013
The BIFA Freight Service Awards ceremony takes pride of place in this issue and I encourage you to take a look
at the comprehensive review and great pictures from the Brewery that appear on pages 10-13.
Of course, this year the Awards celebrated their silver jubilee and judging by the well-attended presentation
ceremony and luncheon in January, they really are now fully established as a benchmark of quality for the British
freight forwarding industry.
I applaud every company and individual that took the trouble to enter the competition, and congratulate the
eight corporate members, which have made their own notable achievements by winning our 2013 awards, as
well as Phoebe Rockwood of Damco UK, who was named Young Freight Forwarder of the Year.
Peter Quantrill, Director General
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Ian Matheson, from Impress Communications, reviews some recent news that might impact on Members’ business
Channel ferries inquiry
jurisdiction to be reviewed
IN BUSINESS
Eurotunnel and the British mobile
telephone operators EE and
Vodafone have signed a 10-year
agreement to offer mobile services
in the Channel Tunnel allowing Le
Shuttle customers, including freight
drivers, to use their mobile phones
or tablet devices at any point on the
journey through the Channel Tunnel.
ON THE OCEAN
The Competition Commission is to
reconsider the issue of jurisdiction
in its inquiry into Groupe
Eurotunnel’s acquisition of three
ferries and other assets from former
ferry operator SeaFrance.
Maersk Line has brought back to
life an old maritime name –
SeaLand – as a regional container
shipping company serving the intraAmericas market.
Japan’s version of the 24-hour
advanced manifest rule for
containerised cargo shipments will
come into effect on March 8. It will
require advance submission of
shipping details for security
screening prior to loading of cargo
on board the vessel at origin.
PORTSIDE
The Port of Dover has posted its
best year-end traffic figures for
freight vehicles since 2009,
recording a 13% rise in 2013 when
it handled 2,206,728 freight
vehicles.
The first UK feeder service has
operated from the new London
Gateway port with BG Freight Line’s
Cetus J calling at DP World’s
London Gateway before making its
scheduled visit to Teesport in
northeast England in late
December.
Doug Morrison, the Southampton
port director who retired in
December 2013, was awarded an
OBE in the New Year’s Honours list
in recognition of a lifetime devoted
to working in the UK’s ports.
DONG Energy has signed an
agreement with Associated British
Ports to locate its permanent
operations and maintenance base
on the Royal Dock in Grimsby. The
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London’s Heathrow Airport will have
to cap its charges to airlines from
April 2014 at a lower-than-expected
1.5 % below inflation, under a final
ruling from the industry regulator.
Optimism among London’s
businesses about the economy has
jumped to 69%, up from 56% last
quarter, and is now at its highest
level since the end of 2010,
according to latest CBI/KPMG
London Business Survey.
Eurotunnel set up the
MyFerryLink business
in 2012 employing
mainly former
SeaFrance staff.
facility will become the home of the
Westermost Rough Offshore Wind
Farm operations and maintenance
team for the next 25 years.
OVERLAND
A succession of tumultuous storms
tested the UK rail industry’s
resilience during a difficult period at
the start of the year which saw
punctuality on the railways fall to
83.7% between 8 December 2013
and 4 January 2014, compared with
88.3% for the same period 12
months earlier. The railway dealt
with almost 400 downed trees,
almost 130 floods and 29 landslips,
some blocking major routes over
the period.
A vital part of the Ipswich rail chord
project, which will provide more
freight capacity, was delivered over
the Christmas break as Network
Rail, working with contractors,
successfully demolished the old
steel bridge over the River Gipping,
replacing it with a new steel deck
bridge at the start of the new
junction for the chord.
A 50 mph HGV speed limit trial will
be introduced on the A9 by the
Scottish government in line with the
installation of average speed
cameras on a stretch between
Perth and Inverness. Currently
HGVs over 7.5 tonnes are limited to
40 mph on single carriageway
sections of the A9. The trial will last
for 36 months.
The Federation of Small Businesses
in Wales has called for an
immediate cut in Severn Crossings
tolls once the bridges pass into
public hands.
Six EU transport ministers are
calling for tighter rules on cabotage
in road haulage. French transport
minister Frédéric Cuvillier has
written to the European
Commissioner for Transport, Siim
Kallas, demanding that he quickly
takes measures to address
infringements of cabotage
regulations in the road haulage
sector.
IN THE AIR
The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) has released
figures showing a 6.1% growth in
demand (in freight tonne kilometres
or FTK) for air freight in November
2013 compared with the same
month in the previous year.
The latest survey of IoD members
shows that 87% expect UK GDP
growth to be higher in 2014 than in
2013, with 74% predicting higher
revenue in 2014, 58% higher
profitability, 41% a higher level of
business investment and 41%
higher employment in their
organisations.
The Panama Canal Authority and a
consortium of international
companies overseeing a
multibillion-dollar construction
project to widen the canal have
been at loggerheads over building
costs, threatening to delay the
planned October 2014 re-opening
of the widened waterway.
PEOPLE
In the New Year Honours list, Martin
Johnson, managing director of BIFA
Member Quality Freight Services,
Leeds, was awarded an MBE for
services to business.
It is with the sadness that we
report the passing of John
Barnett on the 8 January 2014.
John was well-known as a cofounder of Wexco Airfreight – one
of the earliest UK GSA
companies – in 1979.
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Drawing up a logistics contract
Drewry, the supply chain
adviser, recently
published an interesting
article in its logistics
executive briefing for
importers and exporters
(to see the article follow
this link
http://tinyurl.com/cundzef).
The article noted an
increase in shippers
negotiating detailed
contracts covering their
business with both shipping
lines and freight forwarders.
So what should you do if
you are asked by a customer
to enter such a contract?
With the increasing
complexity and range of
services provided by freight
forwarders, BIFA has provided
guidance on logistics contracts. If
you go to www.bifa.org >
INFORMATION > GOOD PRACTICE
TOOLBOX you will find a number of
guides that are designed to assist
you.
A Guide to Logistics Agreements
is one of these and the key items to
include in a contract are specified in
the document.
One golden rule is never to set
aside any aspect of the BIFA
Standard Trading Conditions (STC).
There are certain contracts where
you may feel you can agree to a
variation, but you should ensure
that your liability insurer is fully
aware of the scope of activity
that you undertake and will
cover any risks thought
applicable.
The drawing up and
negotiating of contracts is a
specialised skill and BIFA
recommends that your solicitor
is consulted when you have
drafted the initial agreement.
It is quite common for the
other party to include
unreasonable demands and to
add its own clauses that can
negate aspects of the BIFA
STC, which is where the skills
of a solicitor are invaluable.
A well drafted contract can
be a great advantage, giving
greater business certainty and
sometimes removing uncertainties
in common law.
The risk of litigation can be
reduced as liabilities and
performance targets can be
contractually agreed. Too often the
forwarder’s customer only begins to
understand aspects of liability and
insurance when it is too late.
Warning of
fraudulent
FIATA
e-mails
FIATA has been informed about
the receipt of fraudulent e-mails
in the name of FIATA advising
about unpaid invoices.
Please note that e-mails with
the following e-mail addresses
and titles are fraudulent:
[email protected] or
[email protected],
FIATA PENDING INVOICES or
any other addresses from the
fiatapayments.com domain.
Please do NOT answer such
e-mails.
In case of any doubt, contact
BIFA.
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Gordon Tutt takes over
the chair of AFSS
Gordon (pictured above right) has
taken over from Ken Gower (left)
who has been chairman of the
Association of Freight Software
Suppliers (AFSS) for the past eight
years.
AFSS, which was formed in 1993,
brings together and represents
nearly 30 of the leading suppliers of
software to the freight and
transportation industry.
AFSS represents members on
various working groups keeping an
eye on developments that will have
an impact on software
development.
Pearson
Edexcel
approves
popular
BTEC courses
Towards the end of 2013, Pearson
Edexcel Limited gave new
approval to two of the popular
BTEC courses developed and
offered by BIFA. The courses
involved are the BTEC
Intermediate Award in Customs
Export & Import Procedures (CM3)
and the BTEC Intermediate Award
in Multimodal International Freight
procedures (MFT1).
These courses are now
approved under the Pearson SelfRegulated Framework (SRF) for
industry-specific customised
courses. Delivery and content of
the courses remain unchanged
and you can continue to be
assured that both courses provide
a wide-ranging and detailed look
at the subjects covered, giving
delegates a broad understanding
of this complex industry and the
confidence to deal with customers’
queries and demands.
The third course, BTEC
Intermediate Award in Customs
Import Entry & Procedures (CM5),
is scheduled for migration to the
Pearson SRF towards the end of
2014. In the meantime it is
business as usual.
Details of course content and
scheduled presentations for all
three BTEC courses are available
on the BIFA website at the
following links:
• BTEC Intermediate Award in
Multimodal International Freight
Procedures –
www.bifa.org/content/Training.a
spx#43CLink
• BTEC Intermediate Award in
Customs Export & Import
Procedures –
www.bifa.org/content/Training.a
spx#18CLink
• BTEC Intermediate Award in
Customs Import Entry &
Procedures –
www.bifa.org/content/Training.a
spx#19CLink
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DB Schenker and BIFA welcome students
For the past few years, BIFA has
assisted our German counterpart
body DSLV with a UK
familiarisation visit by a group of
logistics students.
The goal is to show the students
an airport cargo terminal, pickand-pack warehouses and of
course an international freight
forwarder.
The students are all employed in
logistics roles and attend a regional
college one day a week. This is a
three-year course leading to a
professional qualification.
This year BIFA is grateful to DB
Schenker for its hospitality. It gave
The German students
saw a comprehensive DB
Schenker presentation
about the industry and
how varied a freight
forwarder’s day can be.
a comprehensive presentation of
the industry and how varied a
freight forwarder’s day can be. As
well as a facility tour there was an
uplifting talk on how to develop a
career in forwarding.
Many thanks to DB Schenker,
especially Carl Hobbis, Kimberley
York and Martin Dyson, for
arranging the visit and giving up
their time to assist BIFA and our
friends from Germany.
Automated Customs clearance project launched
HM Revenue and Customs
(HMRC) and the Department for
Environment Food and Rural
Affairs (Defra) are leading a crossgovernment project that will see
the existing Automatic Licence
Verification System (ALVS) for
horticultural and plant products
extended to cover third country
imports that are recorded on the
EU TRACES (Trade Control and
Expert system).
This change will automate the
transmission of import control
decisions to HMRC’s CHIEF
system, thereby speeding up
customs clearance for imports of
live animals, products of animal
origin and food not of animal origin
products (which require a common
entry document).
Mike Peters, Defra ALVS project
manager, explained: “ALVS is a
messaging system that will
electronically match customs entries
with the results of checks carried
out by animal health and port health
officers. If the details match, ALVS
will then transmit the release
decision electronically, in real time,
direct into CHIEF generating an
automated customs-clearance of
the consignment as long as any
additional customs related checks
have also been completed.
“We believe this will bring added
benefits for the Trade. With the
introduction of ALVS, agents or
importers will not have to fax copies
of import documents to the National
Clearance Hub and customs
clearance times will reduce from
more than two hours to
approximately 10-15 minutes. The
feedback on ALVS from agents who
import horticultural goods has been
very positive.”
Testing of the new system is
expected to take place in early
2014 with a pilot of the new
process starting in May. Full takeup by agents who import live
animals or animal/food products is
expected from October 2014. Prior
to the launch, Defra and HMRC will
host a series of briefing sessions for
trade at various air/seaports.
For more information, visit:
www.defra.gov.uk/ahvlaen/imports-exports/importing/alvs/.
The Limits of Liability for Carriers
By sea – Hague Visby
rules (2 SDR):
£1.87 per kg
£624.09 per package
In association with
By road – CMR
(8.33 SDR):
£7.80 per kg
Proud sponsor of the 2013
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By air – Montreal
Convention (19 SDR):
£17.79 per kg
By air – Warsaw
Convention (17 SDR):
£15.91 per kg
BIFA STC: (2 SDR):
£1.87 per kg
(The SDR rate on
14 January 2014,
according to the IMF
website, was 0.936128)
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Know your BIFA Standard Trading
Conditions – clauses 13 and 14
company to handle or deal with any
such goods otherwise than under
such prior agreement, the company
shall have no liability whatsoever for
or in connection with the goods,
howsoever arising.
As there was no article on the Standard Trading Conditions in
the January 2014 edition of BIFAlink, we are consolidating two
clauses here. This month’s edition of BIFAlink covers clauses
13 and 14
Comment on clause 14
The goods referred to in this clause
require special attention and this
clause confers the right of the BIFA
Member to refuse to accept or deal
with them when there is no prior
agreement in writing.
This clause also disclaims any
liability whatsoever howsoever
arising when such arrangements
are not made. At common law, a
carrier is responsible for all goods
delivered to him unless they are
dangerous. Much depends on the
knowledge of the BIFA Member, the
previous course of dealing and the
extent to which special
arrangements have to be made.
CLAUSE 13
Advice and information in whatever
form it may be given is provided by
the company for the customer only.
The customer shall indemnify the
company against all loss and
damage suffered as a consequence
of passing such advice or
information to any third party.
Comment on clause 13
This clause is intended to cover the
potential liability of a BIFA Member
to persons other than his customer.
At common law there is a duty
of care in respect of the making of
a negligent statement that is
known or expected to be acted
upon. The three criteria in respect
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of this common law duty of care
are: foreseeability of damage,
proximity of relationship and the
reasonableness or otherwise of
imposing the duty – Hedley Byrne
& Co Ltd v Heller & Partners, All
ER [1963] 2 575 and Caparo
Industries v Dickson & Others, All
ER [1990] 1 568.
This clause intends to restrict the
use of advice and information so
that it does not have unexpected
consequences for the BIFA Member
when used by persons unknown.
If the advice or information given
by the BIFA Member to the
customer has an error or omission
which causes harm or loss to the
customer, the BIFA Member’s
liability is limited according to
Clause 26 (A) (ii).
Clause 14
Without prior agreement in writing
by an officer of the company so
authorised, the company will not
accept or deal with goods that
require a special handling regarding
carriage, handling or security,
whether owing to their thiefattractive nature or otherwise,
including but not limited to bullion,
coin, precious stones, jewellery,
valuables, antiques, pictures,
human remains, livestock, pets and
plants. Should any customer
nevertheless deliver any such
goods to the company, or cause the
We are grateful to BIFA Legal and
Insurance Policy Group member
Derek 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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Awards
The winners: L to R Back: James Colson of Yusen Logistics (UK) (Supply
Chain Management); Hugo Cabos of Damco UK (Environment); Gary Powell
of OHL International (Air Freight); Rick White of Cardinal Maritime (Ocean
Freight);
L to R Front: Roddy Warriner of Moto Freight (Project Forwarding highly
commended); Philip Knowles of James Cargo Services (Special Services);
Nicky Holdcroft of Dachser (Staff Development); Chris Malyon of DSV Road
(European Logistics); Phoebe Rockwood of Damco UK (Young Freight
Forwarder), Rachel Morley of Spatial Global (Project Forwarding).
BIFA celebrates its Silver
Jubilee Awards presentation
‘Silver Jubilee’ was the theme of the
Freight Service Awards 2013
competition, so it was highly
appropriate that the television
presenter Julia Bradbury, noted
long-distance walker and BBC
Countryfile presenter, was chosen
to host the Awards luncheon as
Countryfile also celebrated its own
Silver Jubilee last year. This year DP
World London Gateway kindly
sponsored the celebrity host.
The luncheon ceremony took
place on 16 January at The Brewery
in Chiswell Street, London, and was
attended by over 500 guests
including BIFA Members, their
guests, key industry figures and
members of the trade press.
BIFA President Sir Peter
Bottomley, MP, again welcomed
guests to the ceremony and, along
with Julia Bradbury, presented the
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Event Host,
Julia Bradbury
(Television
presenter)
finalists with their certificates.
To mark the 25th anniversary, a
special programme, sponsored by
Delamode, was distributed at the
event commemorating the Awards’
25 years and revealing every
sponsor and winner’s name since
the event started. Guests also
enjoyed a special retrospective
audio-visual presentation,
sponsored by American Airlines
Cargo, which looked at how the
Awards and the Association had
supported the freight forwarding
industry over the last 25 years.
Other ceremony sponsors, in
addition to those already mentioned
above, and to the category
sponsors, were: Impatex Freight
Software (ticket sponsor), MCP
(certificates sponsor), Port of
Antwerp (table gifts sponsor),
Simpex Freight Management
(luncheon wines sponsor) and
Woodland Group (trophies
sponsor). BIFA fully appreciates the
tremendous support received at this
special occasion in the event’s
history.
Stuart Forsyth of IAG Cargo was
presented with a Special Award in
recognition of the airline’s
sponsorship of the Awards for the
full 25 years since their inception.
The BIFA Freight Service Awards
2013 winners, including the judges’
comments about why they were
selected as the trophy recipients, are:
General categories
The Environment Award –
sponsored by Red Recruit
Winner – Damco UK: The judges
considered that Damco UK
exhibited a range of initiatives with
a far-reaching scope that extended
beyond its own organisation,
including reporting the carbon
footprint to its customers,
demonstrating total transparency.
Finalists – Freight Systems Express
(Wales); Hellmann Worldwide
Logistics; MacAndrews & Company.
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THE AWARD WINNERS
ENVIRONMENT AWARD:
Sponsor: Caroline Seear of Red Recruit (right)
Winner: Hugo Cabos of Damco UK (centre)
PROJECT FORWARDING AWARD:
Sponsor: Tracey Meaney of Peter Lole & Co (right)
Winner: Rachel Morley of Spatial Global (centre)
SPECIAL SERVICES AWARD:
Sponsor: Peter Kibble of Forward Computers (right)
Winner: Philip Knowles of James Cargo Services
(centre)
STAFF DEVELOPMENT AWARD:
Sponsor: Cliff Atkinson of Albacore Systems (right)
Winner: Nicky Holdcroft of Dachser (centre)
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AWARD:
Sponsor: Christopher Hewlett of BoxTop
Technologies (right)
Winner: James Colson of Yusen Logistics (UK) (centre)
AIR FREIGHT AWARD:
Sponsor: Stuart Forsyth of IAG Cargo (right)
Winner: Gary Powell of OHL International (centre)
EUROPEAN LOGISTICS AWARD:
Sponsor: Brian Sullivan of TT Club (right)
Winner: Chris Malyon of DSV Road (centre)
OCEAN FREIGHT AWARD:
Sponsor: Simon Clark of CargoWise (right)
Winner: Rick White of Cardinal Maritime (centre)
YOUNG FREIGHT FORWARDER AWARD:
Sponsor: Maria Sanchez-Grant of Virgin Atlantic
Cargo (right)
Winner: Phoebe Rockwood of Damco UK (centre)
The SPECIAL AWARD presentation to IAG Cargo for
25 years’ category sponsorship: Stuart Forsyth, IAG
Cargo (centre); Becky Thurtell, BIFA Events
Organiser (right)
The Project Forwarding Award –
sponsored by Peter Lole & Co
Winner – Spatial Global: The
company impressed the judges by
undertaking a major project that
demonstrated project forwarding at
its best. It involved co-ordinating
the arrival of cargo from multiple
destinations to meet a fixed
installation sequence with excellent
planning.
Highly Commended – Moto
Freight.
Finalists – Charles Kendall Freight;
UFS.
The Special Services Award –
sponsored by Forward Computers
Winner – James Cargo Services:
The judging panel said the
company submitted a concise
presentation detailing an
outstanding service. The unusual
requirement of moving gorillas
presented numerous logistical
challenges which were handled and
met with complete success.
Finalists – ASAP Cargo (UK);
Charles Kendall Freight; Interspan
Freight Solutions.
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Awards
Peter Quantrill, BIFA
Director General,
,proposes the Loyal Toast
Over 500 guests at the ceremony in
the Brewery’s Porter Tun Room
The Staff Development Award
– sponsored by Albacore Systems
Winner – Dachser: The judges felt
that Dachser showed outstanding
commitment to staff development
with numerous schemes. These
included setting up its own training
facility and monitoring progress
every step of the way.
Finalists – 512, Customs
Clearance, GKN Freight Services.
The Supply Chain Management
Award – sponsored by BoxTop
Technologies
Winner – Yusen Logistics (UK):
The company impressed the judges
as it worked in partnership with
AstraZeneca, demonstrating a
thorough approach to creating
solutions across a wide range of
transportation modes in a
demanding sector. It showed
tangible financial benefits for the
customer, reduced stock levels as
well as shorter transit times.
Finalists – Damco UK, OHL
International; WS Logistics
(Procurus)
Modal categories
The Air Freight Award
– sponsored by IAG Cargo
Winner – OHL International:
The judges felt that OHL
International described the
implementation of an innovative
solution in a growing UK export
sector. Not only has the solution
demonstrated the effective
utilisation of the company’s own
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MCP, one of the ceremony sponsors,
enjoying pre-lunch drinks
skills, but has also delivered service
benefits to its customers.
Finalists – Geodis Wilson UK; IJS
Global (UK), RIF Worldwide.
The European Logistics Award
– sponsored by TT Club
Winner – DSV Road: The company
conducted research into the
European marketplace to fully
understand its customers’ needs
and expectations. Its investment in
new IT and operations enabled it to
achieve greater customer
satisfaction through shorter transit
times, and improved accuracy of
deliveries.
Finalists – IJS Global (UK),
MacAndrews & Company, WS
Logistics (Procurus).
The Ocean Freight Award
– sponsored by CargoWise
Winner – Cardinal Maritime: In a
toughly contested category,
Cardinal Maritime’s submission
stood out from the other finalists
due to the company’s revolutionary
approach to providing full
transparency. This demonstrated its
utmost confidence in the overall
quality of its service delivery.
Finalists – Brunel Shipping (London);
Estuary Logistics; Ideal International.
Individual category
The Young Freight Forwarder
Award – sponsored by Virgin
Atlantic Cargo
Winner – Phoebe Rockwood of
Damco UK: On graduating in 2007,
Phoebe made a conscious decision
to work in the international logistics
industry where she gained a highly
sought-after position on the AP
Moller-Maersk graduate programme
in the US. During her six years in
forwarding Phoebe has actively
managed her career with periods in
China and now the UK.
Finalists – Samantha Bates, OHL
International; Sam Camphion,
Kuehne + Nagel; Michael Keeble,
Professional Freight Solutions.
Besides a crystal glass trophy,
the winner of the Young Freight
Forwarder was also presented with
a cheque for £1,000, as well as a
nomination as UK candidate for the
FIATA/TT Club Young International
Freight Forwarder of the Year Award
2014.
A full list of the BIFA Awards 2013
judging panel, and further photos
from the luncheon ceremony can be
found on the event website at
www.bifa.org/awards
If you are interested in receiving
entry information, or being a sponsor
for the 2014 competition or
ceremony, please email the BIFA
Events Office at [email protected]
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Trade Services
Vine Report on the Border Force:
a step in the right direction
The Vine Report is a comprehensive review of Border Force
activities and identifies the domestic main issues. However, it
has missed some opportunities
John Vine, the Independent Chief
Inspector of Borders and
Immigration, published his much
commented-on report in November
2013 about the Border Force’s
Freight Operations. BIFA welcomes
both the report and the Home
Office’s positive response by
accepting the findings in full.
Objectives
“The main aim of the inspection
was to inspect the efficiency and
effectiveness of Border Force’s
management of its freight
operations at maritime and airports
for imported goods.”
The main issues addressed were
the effectiveness of:
• Border Force Freight teams in
detecting illegal activity at the
border.
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• Information flows between
frontline operations and targeting
hubs in Border Force and HM
Revenue & Customs (HMRC),
• Referral process between Border
Force and HMRC,
• The relationship between HMRC
and Border Force, and barriers
that prevented operations being
more efficient or effective.
In one way this is a curiously
restrictive set of criteria looking at
UK domestic frontier activities
without grasping the key
international aspects of frontier
management – which is the
fundamental weakness of the
report.
The detailed report criticises
management and procedural
failings within the Border Force.
However, the report notes the
commitment and professionalism of
the individual officer in performing
his or her duties. BIFA can concur
with the latter observation because
when dealing with individual
officers, particularly at the frontier,
we have found them to be both
helpful and pragmatic.
Debate
It is time that there was a sensible
debate on how to better manage
the frontier involving all the key
stakeholders; this report is as
useful a starting point as has been
published to date. We do agree that
correcting the issues highlighted
within the report is an essential
precursor to rectifying other
problems.
It is concerning that the Border
Force referred to its customs activity
as a “secondary control point”.
There has been a growing view
amongst our Members that the
Border Force has come to regard its
customs activity as being secondary
to its immigration role. This is hardly
surprising given the political
sensitivity this subject arouses.
From a freight forwarder’s
perspective, the most encouraging
paragraph is 5.113, which simply
states: “Due to the economic
importance of freight to the UK
economy, it is important that Border
Force interventions cause minimal
disruption to daily operations at UK
ports.”
Whilst sending a positive
message, when read in conjunction
with paragraph 1.5, which states
that “Border Force enjoyed a
broadly positive relationship with its
key stakeholder, namely port
authorities”, concerns begin to
emerge.
The latter reference to “port
authorities” is too limited a
definition of the main stakeholders.
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that it is unnecessary to inspect all
such shipments. We can think of
two scenarios where this is the
case: the first involves authorised
economic operator (AEO)
companies who are regarded as
being a ‘trusted trader’ and are
regularly audited by HMRC – in
effect control is based on auditing.
The second stems from profiles
within CHIEF, particularly regarding
foodstuffs, that the EU might target
for inspecting a certain percentage.
However, the only way to achieve
this is by selecting all such goods
for Route 2 but only checking a
sufficient percentage to comply
with EU regulations.
locations.
Whilst discussing
communication, the Border Force’s
national consultation with trade
must be improved. HMRC consults
with trade nationally via the
Customs joint consultative
committee, which meets three
times a year. There are smaller
specialist sub-groups that meet to
discuss particular customs
activities and regimes. There does
not seem to be any such
mechanism for Border Force to
engage and consult with trade –
something that needs to be
resolved urgently.
The Vine Report is a
comprehensive review of the
Border Force’s activity and
identifies the domestic main issues.
When successfully resolved, these
will place the Force in a much
better place to manage the frontier.
However, their resolution must
also be concurrent with an
increased focus on the international
aspects of the Force’s role and
improved consultation with trade.
These processes will have to be
undertaken against a rapidly
changing background caused by
the implementation of the Union
Customs Code and CHIEF
replacement.
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There are many parties who should
be regarded as important
stakeholders, including carriers and
freight forwarders. In this significant
aspect the report fails to fully
appreciate the international nature
of the Border Forces activities.
Whilst agreeing that domestic
issues have to be addressed and
rectified, more could have been
made of obtaining and using data
contained in commercial
transactions before cargo has been
shipped or arrived in the UK.
Missed opportunity
In short, the report fails to grasp
that the documentary frontier can
be crossed long before goods ever
reach these shores. Whilst
highlighting the importance of
accurate information in tackling
criminal activity and lamenting the
use of paper manifests at Heathrow
for risk assessments, Vine has
missed an important opportunity to
point the way forward.
Within the EU there are a variety
of disconnected and poorly
functioning IT systems that fail to
deliver for both Trade and
regulators.
Without going into too much
detail, it is essential that IT systems
are better integrated and co-
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ordinated to make use of the
available data, allowing regulators the
opportunity to conduct their riskbased assessments before cargo
arrives. Having this data earlier would
enhance the Border Force’s ability to
make targeted interventions.
The report omits to address one
key question that we have
repeatedly asked the Border Force
for: a definition of ‘the frontier’.
Many Border Force activities,
such as passport control, involving
passengers lend themselves to a
fixed physical frontier control point.
The same is often not true of
freight. In particular, mixed
groupage cargo is often removed
from the actual port of unloading to
an inland facility for inspection, as
required, and final clearance and
release. Such cargo is more difficult
to identify at the frontier than in the
location where it is finally cleared
and released. To the freight
forwarder, the logical place is where
the goods are inspected and
cleared – the Border Force
probably has a different view.
The report emphasises the
Border Force’s failure to inspect all
Route 2 consignments. Whilst the
failure of 68% of all Route 2s, 98%
of which were at LHR, is
unacceptable, it is highly probable
Communications
One of the main aspects of the
report is to highlight
communications between the
Border Force and HMRC. It is
evident that in certain cases,
particularly at policy level, these are
successful, but at junior levels this
is not always the case. In fact,
some Members have actually
commented that within Border
Force there does not seem to be a
method for policy-makers in
London to communicate with their
regions, leading to procedural
variations between different
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Supply-chain cyber risks
continue to multiply
The increasing sophistication of technology brings many
benefits for freight forwarders – but also for thieves. This TT
Club report looks at some of the latest developments
Whilst technological advances
undoubtedly provide greater
operational efficiencies and
opportunities for carriers and
operators to mitigate their exposure
to theft and fraud, unfortunately
they are equally as beneficial to
organised criminal organisations.
As invasive cyber-technology
becomes more widely available, the
TT Club suggests that what has
been observed in recent months
could be a significant emerging risk
to legitimate trade, exposing the
operators in the supply chain to
economic and commercial damage.
The ingenuity of thieves and
fraudsters has always surprised
unsuspecting victims. The stakes
are high and it is clear that the
international supply chain, which by
its nature facilitates movements
across borders, is being targeted in
order to fulfil trafficking of people
and drugs, and other illegal trades,
such as dumping waste, as well as
intercepting valuable cargoes.
Spyware infiltrations
The TT Club has previously
highlighted the risks associated
with internet clearing sites and
suchlike, but press reports recently
identified another approach
regarding IT-based theft.
Going beyond simply misleading
other operators into thinking they
are dealing with a legitimate
company through the use of
internet-based clearance websites,
it has been established that cyber
criminals may access and take
control of operators’ IT systems.
In the last weeks a small but
significant number of incidents have
been reported which at first
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published in the November 2013
edition of TT Talk and is
reproduced with permission.
appeared to be petty break-ins at
office facilities. The damage
appeared minimal – nothing was
physically removed. More thorough
post-incident investigations
revealed that the ‘thieves’ had
actually installed spyware within the
operator’s IT network. Interestingly,
this involved physical installation.
More typically the criminals
identify targets (generally
individuals) where the system cyber
security is inadequate, combined
with sufficient access and authority
rights. As such, operational
executives who may travel
extensively can be particularly
exposed.
The type of information being
sought and extracted may be
release codes for containers from
port and terminal facilities.
However, spyware can record
movements, key strokes, and even
download and print documents and
screen shots to an external source.
In the instances discovered to date,
the cyber criminals have apparently
been focused on specific individual
containers, taking steps to track the
units through the supply chain to
the destination discharge port.
Once the container has arrived,
the perpetrators intervene,
collecting the required release data
from the unsuspecting operator’s IT
system, ultimately facilitating the
release of the container into their
custody and control. The incidents
to date are thought to have been
related to drug trafficking, a means
of importing illegal substances
through the supply chain unnoticed.
Criminals are focused on
emerging technologies. The use of
such technologies, however, could
very easily be replicated to infiltrate
other areas of the supply chain,
from freight forwarders through to
warehouse operators. The potential
scope of valuable information within
the supply chain cannot be underestimated.
In addition to the focused
incidents experienced to date, there
is scope for highly selective and
targeted cargo theft, human
trafficking and general disruption of
the global supply chain.
Disruption
Generally, security efforts focus on
the potential for disruption and
‘business continuity’; these recent
spyware infiltrations point more to
criminal leveraging to achieve
darkly profitable ends.
Implementing effective computer
logs and ‘dashboards’ (as part of
detailed operational and
performance management
information) may arguably be more
pressing than updating and testing
appropriate response plans.
Driven by the necessity to
become more cost effective and
efficient, many of today’s national
and global logistics operators are
substantially reliant on IT systems
to manage every section of their
business from stock management
and vehicle routing tools through to
accounting, security and even
communication systems. The value
and extent of the information held
increases daily to the cyber-criminal.
Criminal organisations are well
resourced and focused on utilising
emerging technologies, not only to
perpetrate crime but also to
mitigate the risk of detection. The
cyber-criminals’ ability to hack into
email accounts and communication
channels is well-established, and
the risks to the logistics operator
must not be ignored.
For instance, if a driver received
instructions to deviate from a
planned delivery destination and to
deliver to a nearby warehouse, from
what appears to be a known and
trusted source from within his own
organisation, would he question it?
Similarly, by accessing a warehouse
operator’s stock management
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systems, a criminal organisation
can achieve its ends by altering the
logical versus actual stock levels
held within a facility.
Combating cyber risks
The ensuing losses can give rise to
very large financial exposures, let
alone the commercial and
reputational damage. The increased
sophistication of such a ‘cyberattack’ of course makes it
challenging for operators to build
effective defences. However,
awareness is the first step, followed
by thorough risk assessment.
Managements need to articulate
a clear risk culture and deliberately
follow through the process.
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In many cases, the human
element is both the strongest and
weakest link in the armoury – the
potential for individual or contractor
malfeasance may be thoroughly
mitigated by others’ alertness,
thorough training and effective
procedures (such as segregation of
duties and ‘whistle-blowing’).
Vigilance and due diligence in
day-to-day operations – the more
physical side – are clearly vital,
together with general security of IT
installations. However, it would also
be wise for operators to investigate
the means of a greater degree of
protection from and detection of
hacking and spyware activity. When
reviewing IT systems, the
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issued by Kroll identifies two key
questions to consider:
• If you discover that your systems
have been compromised, does
your system have the facility to
trace and identify what was
viewed, modified or taken?
• What would be the potential
commercial impact on your
business if it became known to
your clients that such information
had been accessed through your
IT systems?
Equally, removing single system
dependencies, such as implementing
bifurcated messaging through
different devices, and controlling
information release by GPS mapping,
have been shown to foil infiltration.
Security in the supply chain is no
longer ‘simply’ about the use of
locks, alarms and tracking systems.
Organised crime has spawned new
risks.
For those who need to consider
this topic further, the Kroll report
provides a thorough global
overview, with many comments
applicable to those involved in
transport and logistics. Additionally,
the TT Club’s handbook ‘Supply
Chain Security – Management,
Initiatives and Technologies, is a
useful contextual reference.
BIFA is grateful to the TT Club for
permission to reproduce this article.
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EU and US sanctions against Iran
Daniel Martin of solicitors Holman
Fenwick Willan takes a broad look at
sanctions against Iran and explains
how they impact on freight
forwarders. This article also
recently appeared in TT Talk
Despite significant political,
legislative and judicial
developments since Hassan
Rouhani was elected President of
Iran, the current EU and US
sanctions against Iran remain by far
the most onerous. Where sanctions
in general are complex and require
close attention, any business
engaging in any trade that has any
connection with Iran has to pay
particular attention to the onerous
restrictions and recognise the
significant ‘teeth’ behind the
political positioning.
History
The EU sanctions against Iran were
first imposed in 2007. In 2010,
further measures added
prohibitions and yet more
restrictions were imposed in March
2012. Again the measures were
extended in December 2012.
The list of asset freeze targets
was expanded in parallel
throughout 2011, 2012 and 2013
with the result that the asset freeze
list currently includes over 100
individuals and almost 500 entities.
The US has kept pace with
expanding EU sanctions against
Iran and has even tended to adopt
more onerous restrictions than the
EU. US domestic measures
effectively amount to a complete
prohibition on trade between US
and Iranian persons other than
certain licensed trades, such as
foodstuffs, medical supplies and
humanitarian aid to Iran.
The US domestic measures will
of course apply to US transport
operators, but they will also impact
indirectly on non-US transport
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operators where
the company is
owned or
controlled by a
US company,
where it employs
US nationals as
directors, or where
it makes US dollar
payments.
Legislation
In addition to domestic
measures, the US has passed
numerous pieces of sanctions
legislation that have extra-territorial
effect, including the Comprehensive
Iran Sanctions, Accountability &
Divestment Act 2010 (CISADA), the
Iran Threat Reduction & Syria
Human Rights Act 2012 (TRA) and
the Iran Freedom and CounterProliferation Act of 2012 (IFCA).
These sanctions affect
companies worldwide because of
the nature of the penalties for
breaching the sanctions, the most
significant of which is likely to be
exclusion from the US banking
system (which in turn would mean
that the company could not make
or receive any US dollar payments).
US regulators have aggressively
enforced the sanctions against Iran,
with substantial fines imposed
against banks including Standard
Chartered, which agreed to pay
USD327 million in fines in
December 2012.
Compliance
In order to ensure compliance with
international trade sanctions, a
transport operator which engages
in any trade that has any
connection with Iran needs to
check carefully the identity of its
counterparties (as well as any other
party involved in the transaction,
such as port agents and port
operators) to ensure that they are
not included on any sanctions list,
such as the US SDN List.
Content
Transport operators also need to
obtain information from their
customer about the precise cargo
that is being carried, as well as the
intended receiver (and ultimate end
user), so that they can check that
neither the cargo nor the cargo
interest are subject to any
restrictions.
Transport operators need to
consider whether their existing
contractual warranties give them
adequate protection against the risk
that their counterparty is a
sanctioned entity, or is trading with
sanctioned entities, or is asking
them
to
carry
prohibited
goods.
Suitable
warranties are not
commonly found in
standard trading conditions, nor
international carriage regimes;
transport operators may need to
seek legal advice on suitable
additional terms to include in their
contracts and ensure that they are
effectively incorporated.
If the transport operator is
persuaded to engage in legitimate,
permitted trade with Iran, such as
cargoes of foodstuffs or
humanitarian aid to non-designated
persons, he should liaise closely
with his bank and his insurers to
check that all necessary payments
can be made, that he will have
insurance cover for the voyage, and
that, in the event that security
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needs to be put up or claims paid,
this can be done. Banks and
insurers will commonly require
detailed evidence that there is no
risk of a sanctions violation.
impact on their business should
take legal advice. However, the
following websites contain current
and, generally, clear guidance on
this intricate aspect of international
trade:
Further information:
Modern supply chains are
themselves complex and anyone
who suspects that sanctions may
US
www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/
Programs.aspx
Support your
local member
group
BIFA holds regional member meetings around
the UK and here are some due to occur soon. If
you would like to attend and find out more
about BIFA and what we do, why not contact
your regional representative. Full contact details
are on the BIFA website www.bifa.org in the
Contacts section.
All BIFA members are entitled and encouraged
to attend their regional meetings. However prebooking is essential.
Contact your BIFA regional representative at
www.bifa.org >Contacts
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www.gov.uk/sanctions-embargoesand-restrictions
We gratefully acknowledge the
assistance in the preparation of this
article of Daniel Martin of Holman
Fenwick Willan LLP and Peregrine
Storrs Fox of the TT Club.
Region
Date
Time
Venue
BIFA Contact
Solent
Regional Members’ meeting
London East
Regional Members’ meeting
Anglia
Regional Members’ meeting
Manchester
Regional Members’ meeting
Midlands
Regional Members’ meeting
Liverpool
Regional Members’ meeting
Stansted
Regional Member’s meeting
Heathrow
Regional Members’ meeting
Northern Ireland
Regional Members’ meeting
Gatwick
Regional Members’ meeting
Tue 11 Feb
0800
Duke of Wellington
Colin Young
Tue 18 Feb
1400
DP World London Gateway
Nigel Peall
Wed 19 Feb
1000
Holiday Inn Ipswich-Orwell
Nigel Peall
Wed 12 Mar
1030
MAG, Manchester Airport
Paul Young
Thu 13 Mar
1030
MAG, East Midlands Airport
Paul Young
Tue 18 Mar
1030
Paul Young
Tue 18 Mar
1130
Liverpool Chamber
of Commerce
LSC, Stansted
Colin Young
Thu 20 Mar
1400
Redfern House, Feltham
Colin Young
Thu 20 Mar
1030
Paul Young
Thu 27 Mar
1230
Mission to Seafarers,
Belfast
Timberham House,
Gatwick
Colin Young
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Training
Training courses: February-May 2014
AVIATION SECURITY
Air Cargo Security Level A – General Awareness
* Check www.bifa.org for additional dates scheduled to
meet demand *
Feltham, West London
10 February
11 February
North West England
Feltham, West London
18 February
Feltham, West London
26 February
3 March
Midlands
6 March
Feltham, West London
Feltham, West London
17 March
Feltham, West London
24 March
8 April
Scotland
Air Cargo Security Level B - Drivers
As Level A – General Awareness
Air Cargo Security Level D – Handling & Preparation of
Air Cargo
As Level A – General Awareness
Air Cargo Security Level E – Screening of Air Cargo
Screening by physical examination only, x-ray training not
included
11-12 February
North West England
Feltham, West London
19-20 February
Midlands
3-4 March
24-25 March
Feltham, West London
8-9 April
Scotland
Feltham, West London
27-28 May
Air Cargo Security Level F – Security Supervisor
As Level E – Screening of Air Cargo
Air Cargo Security Level G – Security Manager
As Level E – Screening of Air Cargo
Air Cargo Security – Refresher Levels A and B
3 February
Feltham, West London
5 March
Feltham, West London
7 April
Feltham, West London
8 May
Feltham, West London
Air Cargo Security – Refresher Levels D and E
13 February
Feltham, West London
11 March
Feltham, West London
10 Apr
Feltham, West London
12 May
Feltham, West London
Air Cargo Security – Refresher Levels F and G
27 February
Feltham, West London
27 March
Feltham, West London
28 April
Feltham, West London
29 May
Feltham, West London
Aviation Security Cargo X-Ray Operator
Available as an in-house course, contact BIFA to schedule a date
Aviation Security NXCT
NB – test session only – no training takes place
24 February
Feltham, West London
20 March
Feltham, West London
16 April
15 May
Feltham, West London
Feltham, West London
Known Consignor Air Cargo Security
17 February
Feltham, West London
15 April
Feltham, West London
CUSTOMS PROCEDURES
Customs Procedures for Export Cargo (CM1)
Feltham, West London
3 March
South West England
18 March
14 May
Feltham, West London
Customs Procedures for Import Cargo (CM2)
Feltham, West London
4 March
19 March
South West England
15 May
Feltham, West London
BTEC Intermediate Award in Customs Export & Import
Procedures (CM3)
Midlands area
1, 8, 15, 29 Apr and 13 May
22, 29 May, 5, 19 Jun & 3 Jul
Feltham, West London
BTEC Intermediate Award in Customs Import Entry &
Procedures (CM5)
2, 9, 23, 30 Apr and 14 May
North West England
DANGEROUS GOODS
Dangerous Goods by Air (DGA1)
10-12 February
Feltham, West London
24-26 February
Manchester
3-5 March
Bournemouth
3-5 March
Feltham, West London
10-12 March
Birmingham
17-19 March
Bristol
31 Mar – 2 Apr
Feltham, West London
28-30 April
Newcastle
28-30 April
Feltham, West London
12-14 May
Birmingham
12-14 May
Manchester
19-21 May
Feltham, West London
Dangerous Goods by Air – Revalidation (DGA2)
13-14 February
Feltham, West London
27-28 February
Manchester
6-7 March
Bournemouth
6-7 March
Feltham, West London
13-14 March
Birmingham
20-21 March
Bristol
3-4 April
Feltham, West London
29-30 April
Newcastle
1-2 May
Feltham, West London
15-16 May
Birmingham
15-16 May
Manchester
22-23 May
Feltham, West London
course (DGR1)
Dangerous Goods by Sea (DGS1)
Mancehster
6-7 March
20-21 March
Birmingham
24-25 March
Glasgow
Feltham, West London
10-11 April
Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA)
Feltham, West London
24-28 February
Manchester
24-28 February
Radioactive Goods by Air (DGA3)
See www.bifa.org for future presentations
Radioactive Goods by Air – Revalidation (DGA4)
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Infectious Substances by Air (DGA5)
6 February
*** NEW COURSE ***
Carriage of Lithium Batteries
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Feltham, West London
3-4 February
*** NEW COURSE ***
Excepted & Limited Quantities by Air Road and Sea
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5-6 February
Feltham, West London
FREIGHT FORWARDING AND
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Exports for Beginners (EXP1)
31 March
Feltham, West London
20 May
Scotland
Imports for Beginners (IMP1)
1 April
21 May
Feltham, West London
Scotland
Introduction to Air Cargo (AC1)
17-21 March
Feltham, West London
BTEC Intermediate Award in Multimodal International
Freight Procedures (MFT1)
11, 18, 25 Feb and 11, 25 Mar
North West England
29 Apr, 6, 13, 27 May and 17 JunFeltham, West London
Multimodal International Freight Procedures 2 (MFT2)
Two-day optional add-on to MFT1
See www.bifa.org for future presentations
Sea Freight: The Basics (SF1)
12 March
North West England
30 April
Feltham, West London
1 May
London East
Dangerous Goods by Road (DGR1)
3-5 March
Manchester
17-19 March
Birmingham
7-9 April
Feltham, West London
Introduction to Letters of Credit
19 May
Feltham, West London
Dangerous Goods by Road – Revalidation (DGR2)
Days 2 and 3 of the above Dangerous Goods by Road
Emergency First Aid – Appointed Person (FA1)
24 February
Feltham, West London
HEALTH AND SAFETY
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