23 July 2021

CLECAT Newsletter 2021/29

CLECAT NEWSLETTER
 
Maritime

UNREASONABLE DEMURRAGE AND DETENTION PRACTICES AND CHARGES

CLECAT fully supports the recent press statement from FIATA on record high detention and demurrage charges. It refers to recent statements that demurrage and detention charges have doubled, resulting in complaints across the US, Europe and Asia with a reported average increase in D&D charges of 104% over the past year.

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Maritime

FMC LAUNCHES AUDIT UNIT TO EXAMINE CONTAINER MARKET

The US Federal Maritime Committee (FMC) has launched a new audit program and dedicated audit team to assess carrier compliance with the Agency’s rule on detention and demurrage as well as to provide additional information beneficial to the regular monitoring of the marketplace for ocean cargo services.

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Maritime

US CONGRESS TO DEBATE AMENDING US SHIPPING ACT

Next month the US Congress will be debating shipping issues too. Two members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have drafted a bipartisan bill that could see the US Shipping Act amended when it comes up for voting in August.

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ROAD
 
Road

TEMPORARY EXEMPTIONS FROM WEEK-END/HOLIDAY AND SUMMER DRIVING BANS IN MOST PARTS OF GERMANY

Some German regions have issued temporary exemptions from the Sunday/holiday driving ban, as well as from the Summer driving ban (Saturdays on certain motorways) exclusively for transports that are in the context of relief / elimination of the consequences of severe weather damage.

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Road

NEW COVID-RELATED RESTRICTIONS

As the delta variant of the coronavirus spreads throughout Europe, countries are starting to apply restrictions for travellers entering their borders. Contrary to former practises and the European Union’s recommendation, lorry drivers are not being made exempt from covid-related restrictions when entering Romania, Slovenia, Lithuania and Latvia.

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SUSTAINABILITY
 
Sustainability

T&E: EU PUSH TO GREEN SHIPPING IS POSITIVE BUT RISKS LOCKING IN FOSSIL GAS

Transport and Environment (T&E) welcomed the proposals to extend the EU emissions trading system to shipping and, for the first time, to tax shipping companies for part of the fossil fuel they purchase. The sector has escaped taxation for decades and was even exempted from the recent global minimum corporate tax requirements agreed by world leaders.

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Sustainability

HELPING EUROPE GET "FIT FOR 55"

A new paper of the International Transport Forum summarises the findings of the project "Decarbonising Transport in Europe", which modelled transport activity and provided detailed quantitative evidence on the actual impact of CO2 mitigation measures.

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Sustainability

SAF GHG EMISSION ACCOUNTING AND INSETTING GUIDELINES

Smart Freight Centre (SFC) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) have developed guidelines for insetting in air transportation value chains to facilitate the use of more SAF and help decarbonize the sector.

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CUSTOMS & TRADE
 
Customs & Trade

REVISED GB-EU BORDER OPERATING MODEL

Earlier this week, the UK HMRC published an updated version of the GB-EU Border Operating Model. The document has been updated to reflect the new timetables for import controls, information regarding new systems and the procedures required. Case studies have also been developed to represent end-to-end scenarios that will happen between GB and EU.

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GENERAL
 
General

ALICE PLENARY MEETING

CLECAT joined the Plenary meeting of the European Logistics Platform ALICE at the end of June. The plenary meeting also covered updates about ALICE activities. For example, about the ALICE roadmaps Towards Zero Emissions Logistics by 2020 and To the Physical Internet and their implementation.

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
 

CLECAT Meetings

CLECAT Customs and Indirect Taxation Institute
28 July 2021, Online

CLECAT Board Meeting
7 September 2021, Online

CLECAT Road Logistics Institute
9 September 2021, Online 

CLECAT Air Logistics Institute
14 September 2021, Online

CLECAT Security Institute
14 September 2021, Online


EU Meetings

Council of the European Union

Informal Transport Council
22-23 September 2021, Brussels

European Parliament

European Parliament Transport Committee
1-2 September 2021, Brussels

European Parliament Plenary
13-16 September 2021, Strasbourg

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