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Newsletters | 13 October 2023
UK HMRC POSTPONES ROLLOUT OF NCTS5
The UK HMRC has announced a postponement in the rollout of the New Computerised Transit System Phase 5 (NCTS5), initially scheduled for 16 November 2023.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
OCEAN SHIPPING DEMAND HISTORICALLY LOW
This week, shipping analyst Sea-Intelligence issued a report noting that the overall container shipping demand is historically low to global GDP, around -6.8% compared to a growth pattern which would have followed GDP growth.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
CLECAT SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE MEETS
Members of the CLECAT Sustainable Logistics Institute met this week in hybrid format to exchange views on the latest developments regarding sustainability policies affecting transport and logistics at national and EU level.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
ELP EVENT ON COUNTEMISSIONS EU
At the third event organised by the European Logistics Platform (ELP) this year, over 60 EU policymakers and industry stakeholders convened to discuss the CountEmissionsEU proposal as proposed by the European Commission and how measuring emissions support companies in making better informed freight transport decisions.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
LOGISTICS FOR EUROPE 2023: PARTNERING COMPLIANCE AND COMPETITIVENESS IN THE EU – IS IT POSSIBLE?
On 16 November, CLECAT and ESC will host the Logistics for Europe 2023 event, entitled ‘’Partnering Compliance and Competitiveness in the EU - Is it Possible?’’ The event aims to facilitate a constructive dialogue among industry representatives from freight forwarding, customs agents, shippers, and European policymakers to address the challenges faced by the European industry.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
CLECAT WELCOMES EC DECISION NOT TO RENEW CBER WHICH IS NO LONGER ‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’
In a press statement following the EC decision not to renew the CBER CLECAT notes that freight forwarders have long resisted the granting of these extraordinary exemptions to shipping lines and have opposed a renewal of the Block Exemption, especially in its present form, at previous reviews.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
COMMISSION DECIDES NOT TO EXTEND ANTITRUST BLOCK EXEMPTION FOR LINER SHIPPING CONSORTIA
The European Commission has decided not to extend the EU legal framework which exempts liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules (Consortia Block Exemption Regulation or ‘CBER'). The Commission has concluded that the CBER no longer promotes competition in the shipping sector and therefore it will let it expire on 25 April 2024.
Press releases | 10 October 2023
CLECAT welcomes EC decision not to renew CBER which is no longer ‘fit for purpose’
News | 09 October 2023
CLECAT Newsletter 2023/29
Newsletters | 09 October 2023
CLECAT Newsletter 2023/29