Due to COVID-19 also our clients work from home office and therefore are sometimes not able to issue commercial documents like usual. As we have been asked by a client of ours if commercial invoices need to be signed for customs clearance we would like to answer this question to all of you in below […]
Please find below information about impacts of the spreading of Corona-virus on goods transportation and passenger traffic within EU, published by VHSp and based on information of IRU – International Road Transport Union. coronavirus-covid-19-0104
Dear Clients, each day brings new regulations and developments. In brief, we want to summarize the situation. MLE GERMANY So far, no staff of MLE Germany has been diagnosed as “positive”. Still, we are prepared: Some colleagues are working from home, already. Others are equipped to work from home on immediate notice. From 5 office […]
As per IMO2020 regulation the carriers agreed to use bunker with low sulphur of below 0,5%, effective Jan 1st 2020. This will lead to increased bunker costs which induced the carriers to implement a new environmental fuel fee. This fee will be calculated and named individually by each carrier.
German logistics newspaper DVZ recently published an article regarding stop of sniffing procedure at German airports. You can find this article here: DVZ Article 26.06.2019
With publication of the Turkish Official Journal dated 24.05.2019 changes regarding origin of goods in the EU -Turkey trade come into effect. So-called risk-goods now require a declaration of origin while previous verification methods of origin like A.TR. or Exporter`s Declaration are – so far known – not valid any more.
The LBA has allowed a special checking procedure to make the airfreight export material “Secure”. This method is called “Sniffen” and allows for checks on the outside of the packing as a tool to identify the material as “secure” in an airfreight sense. Specifically for our clients, this one primary method for the security check. […]
The current water levels at Rhine and Elbe river are decreasing and at most places far below average. For example, level at Kaub is only 131 cm instead of 226 cm as usual. These low levels also have effects to barge transports: due to reduces draft the barges are forced to reduce their loading capacity […]
What seemed so far last year comes closer and closer now – the Brexit. Due date is 29.03.2019 and still there is no clear settlement. The European Parliament now accepts emergency regulations in case England will leave the EU without any deal at all. Once the Brexit comes into effect Englands status in terms of […]
As of 01.02.2019 the JEFTA free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union will come into effect. Under Annex 2-A, Article 1, it is stated, that all duties for goods originating from the EU resp. Japan are to be abolished, entirely. Excemptions are listed in detail under Section B, where the duty free importation […]