Tighter EU import requirements proving 'a challenge' for forwarders
“Stricter Customs regulations” from the EU’s ICS2 will see “stricter enforcement”, Hapag-Lloyd has warned, and ...
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By Alex Lennane
Fiata and other forwarding associations have failed the industry and should be restructured, claims veteran freight forwarder Steve Walker.
In a speech in Amsterdam this week, Mr Walker argued that ‘data conferences’ such as TradeLens, which appear to have replaced the liner conferences of old, have been overlooked by the forwarding industry – which should have been protecting its data.
“Our historical suppliers, the container lines, are leaping forward decades, having been unwilling or unable to give forwarders supporting data for decades.
“We are ...
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