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Celebrating 60 yearsof the container

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Robert Keen’s Column BIFAlinkwww.bifa.org

May 2016

It is always nice to celebrate a birthday and as you may have noticed on the cover, the

modern shipping container is 60 years old this month. Whilst goods had been

transported in containers for many years, the design of the intermodal shipping

container started a revolution in the handling of shipping by sea, combined with

extensive changes in port landscapes. We all recognise that the man behind the steel

container was Malcolm McLean, who was a US transport entrepreneur. It was his vision

of a frame with eight corner castings that could withstand stacking loads, automatic

spreaders for handling the containers, and the twistlock mechanism that connects with

the corner castings that heralded the changes in shipping in the second half of the last

century. If, like us at the Secretariat, you are a transport enthusiast then get hold of a

copy of The Box by Marc Levinson for the full story of this remarkable invention and its effect on the supply

chain.

One of our key tasks is to represent your views to government and in April we finally managed to secure a

meeting at a senior level within the Border Force. Many BIFA Members have expressed concerns at a

fragmented approach at the border and a lack of communication, especially when an examination is required.

Whilst we understand the strategic role of protecting UK borders, we have argued that there should be more

trade facilitation when many BIFA Members are now authorised economic operators, and with the appearance

of more trusted trader schemes.

Staying with UK borders, hopefully many BIFA Members were able to contribute to the consultation on

penalties for clandestine entrants. BIFA has of course made a representation on behalf of the sector, but

support from those of you affected is appreciated.

It is the Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham from 10-12 May and as usual BIFA will be there in force. Robert

Windsor will be speaking on the Wednesday and, considering the amount of miles he has covered already this

year speaking to BIFA Members from Aberdeen to Southampton, I am expecting him to talk on such opaque

subjects as the Union Customs Code (UCC) and SOLAS and be word perfect without using notes. To be

serious, both I and the BIFA Board are really impressed with Robert’s drive in taking information on these

complex subjects to BIFA Members face-to-face on such an extensive scale.

If you can do so, please visit the BIFA stand where we will have a mixture of Feltham staff with our Regional

Consultants. It is an event we really enjoy as we meet up with people who we normally only speak to on the

telephone. Our new team member, Carl Hobbis, will be there looking for your views on how we should be

modernising our skills training. Carl is also designing a training, education and skills development survey so that

you, the Members, are given every opportunity to assist in the designing of material, its format and delivery

methods for your staff.

You may remember from previous issues of BIFAlink that we support the transport charity Transaid, which

started with the BIFA Awards Lunch last January. In this edition of the magazine we are including an advert for

its charity cycle ride in March 2017. Hopefully some BIFA Members will rise to the challenge and support this

worthy cause whilst also enjoying the wonderful sights of South Africa. Please let me know if you are interested,

and if we do get BIFA Members in the saddle we will of course want to feature you in the magazine.

Finally, we have had quite an upheaval in the way we conduct our Regional Representation recently and more

details are enclosed inside this edition. You will see that Geoff Stark has now retired, and as well as the usual

salutations for a happy retirement I must just add my own personal thanks for working with such a dedicated and

friendly person while I have been here at BIFA. Geoff’s involvement goes back to the days on the Institute of Freight

Forwarders, and his ability to counsel me wisely on past issues that repeat themselves has been invaluable.

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Published byPark Lane Publishingpeter@parklanepublishingltd.comContributorsRobert Keen, Robert Windsor, Mike Jones,Spencer Stevenson, Sharon Hammond

Regional Consultants to BIFAScotland, Northern Ireland and theBorders Jim McCall j.mccall10@btopenworld.comMidlands and the North Paul Young youngyes@aol.comLondon West and the South WestColin Young young_colin.t21@btinternet.com Anglia, London East and the SouthEastPaul Newman – paul@pnauk.com

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Celebrating 60 years of the container

Robert KeenDirector General

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News DeskBIFAlink

May 2016

www.bifa.org

PORTSIDE

UK Shipping Minister Robert

Goodwill welcomed Peel Ports’

investment during a visit to the

company’s Liverpool2 container

terminal, which when complete will

be one of Europe’s most modern

and advanced semi-automated

terminals, able to accommodate

virtually all of the world’s deepsea

container vessels.

ON THE OCEAN

Seago Line, the intra-European

shipping arm of the Maersk Group,

has launched a new Irish Sea

service to improve connectivity for

UK and Irish cargo. It provides a

direct service between the UK and

Algeciras, Spain, connecting to the

whole of the Mediterranean and

North Africa. The new service will

offer a six-day transit time between

Liverpool and Algeciras and seven

days between Dublin and Algeciras.

Stena has signed a contract for four

new RoPax ferries with planned

delivery during 2019 and 2020, with

an option for another four vessels.

The vessels will be optimised for

efficiency and flexibility and will be

built by AVIC Shipyard in China. The

intention is that the four initial

vessels will be used within Stena

Lines’ route network in northern

Europe.

OVERLAND

Belgium has introduced a

kilometre-based intelligent road

charge for national and international

trucks exceeding 3.5 tonnes. This

requires all heavy load vehicles to

be equipped with an On Board Unit.

The new toll will be levied on all the

roads where the e-eurovignette toll

is applied. Coverage will be over

7,000 km of Belgium’s 154,000 km

road network.

GB Railfreight has welcomed the

UK Budget commitment to invest in

east-west transport connectivity in

the North, and called for the

prioritising of vital track

improvements to support the

growth of rail freight across the

Pennines. Following the

recommendations of the National

Infrastructure Commission’s report,

High Speed North, GB Railfreight

called for the right configuration of

track to be in place before

proceeding with the planned Trans-

Pennine electrification. Key to its

objectives is gauge-clearing the

east-west route to allow for

intermodal freight.

IN THE AIR

London Gatwick Airport

experienced a double-digit fall in

cargo volumes in March, down by

26.1% to 5,832 tonnes. It continued

this year’s negative trend which saw

January volumes drop by almost

10% and February hit by a double-

digit fall.

Data from International Air

Transport Association (IATA) shows

air cargo volumes (measured in

freight tonne kilometres) suffered a

5.6% fall in February compared

with February 2015. This is heavily

skewed due to the impact of the US

port strikes in early 2015, which

caused a spike in air freight, as well

as the Lunar New Year falling in

February this year.

IN BUSINESS

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in

the British transport sector are set

to outperform last year’s levels in

exceeding the £52 billion mark,

according to KPMG. This is the

third consecutive year that M&A

levels have risen in the UK.

The Transported Asset Protection

Association (TAPA) has reported a

14% increase in the number of

logistics facilities and trucking

operations achieving certification to

its security standards in the Europe,

Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region,

six months into a three-year

campaign to help manufacturers

and logistics service providers

reduce the risk of cargo crime.

Pierre Moscovici, European

Commission Economic and

Financial Affairs Commissioner, has

revealed plans to improve the EU

VAT system, including a single VAT

area. Moscovici said that the

current VAT system for cross-border

trade came into force in 1993. In

2017 the Commission plans to lay

the groundwork for a single

European VAT area.

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News DeskBIFAlink

This year’s BIFA Liverpool Region

Annual Dinner, held on Friday 26

February, was the best ever,

according to the feedback

received.

Over 250 people from the region’s

membership, industry colleagues,

civic dignitaries and business

leaders enjoyed entertainment from

comedian Josh Daniels. Over

£8,000 was raised for our three

charities – the Ellesmere Port Sea

Cadets whose drum band

performed for us; Help for Heroes,

which supports servicemen and

women injured in the line of duty;

and Zoe’s Place a Merseyside

hospice that supports the families of

children with life-shortening illnesses.

Next year’s event is already

planned for Friday 24 February 2017.

The European Commission (DG

TAXUD) recently published Level

1 of its Union Customs Code

(UCC) eLearning Programme.

This provides an overview about

what the UCC is bringing and

focuses on its key features – the

impact on customs authorities

and trade, and the transitional

measures in place to move from

Community Customs Code

(CCC) to the new UCC.

The UCC EU eLearning

programme has been developed

by DG TAXUD in collaboration with

a pool of customs experts from

national authorities and the private

sector in order to support the

implementation of the UCC and its

Delegated Act (DA) and

Implementing Act (IA), which

entered into force on 1 May 2016.

Level 1 will eventually be

complemented by Levels 2 and 3,

which are under development.

The programme is aimed at

both customs officers and

economic operators in the EU.

It is available for free (download

+ courses).

In the frame of the Learning

Level 2, different modules will be

designed to meet professional

competency needs.

More information on the UCC

eLearning Programme is available

at http://ec.europa.eu/taxation

_customs/common/elearning/ucc/

index_en.htm

With thanks to CLECAT for

allowing the reproduction of this

information.

Notice is hereby given that the

27th Annual General Meeting of

the British International Freight

Association (BIFA) will be held at

The Baltic Exchange, 38 St Mary

Axe, City of London, EC3A 8BH on

Thursday 19 May 2016 at 1.00pm

in order to:

1. Receive the report of the Board

of Directors.

2. Receive the accounts for the year

ended 31 December 2015 and

the report of the auditors thereon.

3. Appoint auditors and authorise

the Board to fix their

remuneration.

4. In accordance with the

Association’s articles, to note and

approve the election of officers of

the Association.

5. Transact any other business that

may properly be transacted at an

Annual General Meeting.

Note: Any Member entitled to

attend and vote at the above

meeting may appoint a proxy to

attend and vote on a poll in his or

her stead.

A proxy need not be a Member of

the Association.

A form of proxy is available to

download from the BIFA website

www.bifa.org

Liverpool dinner is best ever Factoringcompanies,the BIFA STC and liensA question we are asked from time

to time is whether there is a

danger to the incorporation of the

BIFA Standard Trading Conditions

(STC) when the customer uses a

factoring company for invoice

financing. The short answer is ‘no’.

However, it is important that all

staff are aware that they should

not waive the right to take a lien,

which is something they can be

asked to do by their customer on

instructions from the factoring

company.

We know of a BIFA Member

that was asked by one of its

customers to sign and return a ‘no

lien waiver’ document drafted by a

factoring company it was using.

The proposed agreement was for

the forwarder not to withhold

delivery – that is not to exercise a

lien. The customer stated that it

had asked all its carriers to sign

the document and others had

already done so.

The advice to the forwarder was

to refuse to sign the document.

The factoring arrangement was

under a contract between the

customer and the finance

company and should not concern

the freight forwarder, so the need

for exercising a lien – always a last

resort – should never arise and

there is no reason why the

forwarder should waive that right.

Our Member did comment that

some carriers might sign the form

without understanding the

implications and also not wanting

to upset the customer.

Don’t keep it to yourselfRemember to circulate BIFAlink to

your colleagues. Not your copy of

BIFAlink? – register for your own

copy by contacting Jane

Robinson in membership

(j.robinson@bifa.org).

BIFAlink is free to BIFA member

companies or available by

subscription to non-members.

UCC e-learning programme

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Josh Daniels entertains diners

May 2016

www.bifa.org

BIFA Board Director Steve Parker

of DHL recently addressed the SITL

Transport and Logistics

Conference in Paris under the

strapline ‘The Union Customs Code

falls short on AEO benefits’. He was

taking part in a forum entitled ‘How

to Facilitate Trade and Ensure

Security & Customs Compliance’.

The UCC and related legislation

is intended to simplify and

streamline customs procedures and

rules, provide greater legal clarity,

and to reduce costs for economic

operators. However. it can be seen

that in a number of areas the

legislation has under-achieved.

Mr Parker said: ‘While the new

legislation introduces and clarifies a

number of processes and

procedures, it nevertheless falls

short in its ambition to introduce

clear simplifications and facilitation

that will support European

businesses. It is clear that the

passage of the various legislative

instruments has been watered

down as it passed through the

legislative process, and it is a

missed opportunity to both

stimulate the European economy

and to promote growth.”

He reminded participants of the

need for realistic deadlines for

economic operators to plan,

develop, test and implement the

required electronic systems that will

be obliged by EU Law.

Steve is currently President of

the European forwarders’

association CLECAT, which is

actively participating in and

contributing to the preparation of

new guidelines, particularly in the

areas of simplifications, guarantees,

and import and export procedures.

It is hoped that the final

guidelines will provide clear and

unambiguous support to traders

and economic operators. The

discussions in the preparation of

the guidelines should further

highlight the deficiencies in the new

legislation and provide valuable

input on improving the texts.

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News Desk BIFAlinkwww.bifa.org

May 2016

The United Kingdom Air Cargo

Club (UKACC) five-a-side football

tournament is being held on

Saturday 4 June at Woking Leisure

Centre, GU22 9BA,

The day includes:

• FA qualified referees,

• Full fixtures and published results,

• Top-of-the range 3G purpose-

built five-a-side pitches,

• Full five-a-side rules,

• Eight winners and eight runners-

up trophies for each competition,

• Trophies for player of the

tournament/fair play award,

• Changing room facilities,

• Refreshments available.

Cost: £150 (for up to eight players).

Registration: 10am.

To book your place, please email

secretary@ukacc2000.co.uk

Preventionsteps foraccountingscamsIn the past few issues of BIFAlinkwe have highlighted the CEO fraud

scam and other attempts to

defraud companies via bogus

invoices. Here is a short checklist

of things you can do to help

protect your company from this

sort of attack.

• Education – talk to all staff about

the problems and what they

should do if they suspect fraud.

• Train staff to spot unexpected

invoices or unusual payment

requests.

• Continuously monitor for duplicate

amounts or duplicate invoices.

• Always confirm change of bank

account requests using channels

outside of the e-mail system with

the company making the change.

• Check change-of-contact/

address details using channels

outside of the e-mail system.

• Know your suppliers and their

invoicing routines. Log regular

patterns and train staff to be aware

of anomalies and exceptions.

• Set up a single point of contact

within a company to whom

regular payments are made.

• Carefully consider how much

information you publish about

your customers on your website.

• Regularly review internal controls,

procedures, duties and functions.

Source ICC Commercial CrimeInternational.

BIFA Director addressesParis conference

By sea – Hague Visbyrules (2 SDR): £1.98 per kg£661.06 per package

By road – CMR (8.33 SDR): £8.26 per kg

By air – MontrealConvention (19 SDR):£18.84 per kg

By air – WarsawConvention (17 SDR):£16.86 per kg

BIFA STC: (2 SDR):£1.98 per kg

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Parker in Paris

With the retirement of Geoff Stark

we have switched things around a

little and his old area of Yorkshire,

the Humber and the North East

has been split up.

Paul Young will be taking on

most of Geoff’s old area but

relinquishing Northern Ireland.

Paul’s new Region will be the

Midlands and the North, giving

him the huge task of being our

face from Milton Keynes up to

Yorkshire and Lancashire.

The Scottish Region will

expand to include Northern

Ireland and the border areas,

including the North East of

England. However, for continuity,

Paul Young is staying with

Northern Ireland for a few more

months while we recruit a new

consultant to step into Jim

McCall’s shoes when he retires

later in the year.

In the South there is no change

with Colin Young and Paul

Newman looking after BIFA

interests in Anglia, the South and

South West.

May 2016

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RegionsBIFAlink

All changein theRegions

Paul Young

Colin Young

Paul Newman

Jim McCall

BIFAs ‘man in the north’, Geoff

Stark, retired at the end of March.

Geoff (pictured) first entered the

world of shipping in November

1965 as an export clerk for

Ellerman’s Wilson Line in Hull,

leaving in the summer of 1972 to

take up an appointment in

Felixstowe with Humber Keyways,

in its forwarding division. Returning

to Hull in November of that year, he

continued with Keyways until

September 1977, after which he

joined a small local forwarder,

Humbergate Shipping.

His involvement with the then

Institute of Freight Forwarders (IFF)

started in 1985 when he took and

passed the Foundation Course in

Overseas Trade; ironically that was

his final year in forwarding as he

took up an appointment as

assistant secretary to the Hull

Incorporated Chamber of

Commerce and Shipping. Geoff

was subsequently granted

associate membership of the IFF in

March 1986.

The Chamber at that time

serviced a number of local and

national institutes and

associations, included in which

was the IFF and Geoff became

joint secretary to the Humber

District Branch. This role

complemented other work with

organisations closely involved in

the freight industry – namely

shipbrokers and port employers.

He left the Chamber in October

1997 and was offered the

opportunity of carrying on the role

of IFF secretary on a self-employed

basis. In 2000, the designation

changed to reflect a more regional

and corporate perspective in line

with a restructuring of regional

support within BIFA, and Geoff

became Regional Representative

for the North East of England.

You can find more about our

regional contacts below.

Geoff will be a tough act to

follow and we wish him well in

retirement.

Regional Consultants to BIFAScotland, Northern Ireland and the

Borders

Jim McCall j.mccall10@btopenworld.com

Midlands and the North

Paul Young

youngyes@aol.com

London West and the South West

Colin Young

young_colin.t21@btinternet.com

Anglia, London East and the South East

Paul Newman – paul@pnauk.com

Geoff Stark retires

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Good Practice BIFAlink

May 2016

Letters of credit exist primarily to

assist the seller in receiving

guaranteed payment for goods from

the buyer through the international

banking system. They also help

protect the buyer from costs other

than those already agreed.

The rejection of shipping

documents for failing to comply

with letter of credit requirements is

a significant cause of delays.

Adherence to the points in this

guide can assist in reducing errors.

When shipments covered by

letters of credit move, they can

prove troublesome for the

forwarder. Unless forwarders act

correctly in all instances in the

handling of such shipments they

may have to expend considerable

time, effort and money in later

resolving problems, and also in

placating shippers.

In order to avoid problems a

forwarder should document and

enact good practice in his operation

for the handling of shipments that

are covered by letters of credit.

Upon receipt of shipping

instructions (always in writing) for

any consignment covered by a letter

of credit, the forwarder should:

1. Insist on receiving a copy of the

letter of credit.

2. Check before arranging

movement that the terms of the

letter of credit can be complied

with, and

3. If the terms cannot be complied

with, then immediately advise the

appropriate party accordingly and

seek further instructions in writing.

4. When carriage documents such

as bills of lading, airline air

waybills (AWBs), etc, are

prepared, check and re-check

them for accuracy to ensure

compliance with the terms of the

letter of credit, prior to their being

lodged with the carrier to permit

carriage to be effected.

Upon receipt from carriers

following shipment, the forwarder

should:

1. Check and re-check bills of

lading, AWBs, etc, for

acceptability against the terms of

the letter of credit.

2. Make sure no amendment or

endorsement has been added

which may be unacceptable.

3. Rectify problems immediately.

4. Ensure that any other documents

required to be supplied by you,

such as insurance certificates,

are double-checked for accuracy

against the letter of credit to

ensure acceptance by the bank.

If you fail in your responsibility to

provide the shipper with correctly

prepared documents, he may lose

his right to payment under the

terms of the letter of credit.

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Policy & ComplianceBIFAlink

May 2016

www.bifa.org

Is regulation going toget more stringent?

As a Trade Association, BIFA

reminds Members both of the risks

that they run when undertaking

certain types of business and the

need to comply with regulation.

It is essential to understand that

a customs entry is a legal

declaration. The signatory should

fully understand its legal obligations

relative to the declaration, the type

of representation and the specific

regime that the goods are being

entered to.

In order to combat fraud,

Members have noted that HM

Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is

placing a greater emphasis on

compliance, with stricter

enforcement being an inevitable

outcome. Within certain regimes

such as Onward Supply Relief (OSR),

there is a high level of non-conformity

which means that these regimes will

attract the regulator’s attention.

However, the authorities must focus

their attention on the wrongdoer,

allowing legitimate traders to go

about their lawful business even in

regimes such as OSR.

One area that is causing

considerable concern is VAT fraud

and the Union Customs Code

(UCC) includes legislation that can

be used to tighten up certain

regimes. The European

Commission in its latest annual

report on the VAT Gap, based on

2013 figures, showed that the

difference between VAT due and

collected amounted to €168 billion.

In real terms, this amounts to a VAT

shortfall due to fraud and evasion,

tax avoidance, bankruptcies and

simple miscalculation.

Pace of change

Partly the problem is that trade has

moved on significantly, whilst

regulators have reacted slowly to

these changes. In particular, what

we will refer to as Internet trading

and the OSR regime seem to lend

themselves to fraud. Some

overseas websites openly proclaim

that they value all goods at a certain

price to circumvent the ‘De Minimis’

threshold.

Prior to Christmas 2015,

Customs raided warehouses which

it was believed contained goods

supplied by overseas online traders

that were being sold in the UK

without VAT being paid or

accounted for. Goods worth many

hundreds of thousands of pounds

were seized during the raids.

Anecdotally, some Members have

become very suspicious of goods

being imported under the OSR

regime and concerned about their

liability relative to VAT. Others are

becoming very sceptical about

internet-based trade, particularly

where the declarant is based

overseas. Some Members have

reported that the pattern of trade

and vehicles supplied to move

goods for exports from the UK to

other EU member states does not

make sense to them.

Large internet traders have been

publically scrutinised and questions

have been asked in the House of

Lords about the issue. Demands

have been made that Amazon

becomes liable for the unpaid VAT

of thousands of customers and

Customs has been heavily criticised

for failing to take adequate steps to

stamp out non-compliance. Part of

the problem is that it is very difficult

to identify who the buyers and

sellers are. Where the goods are

received on a DDP basis and local

taxes are invoiced outside the EU

there is no guarantee that the VAT

will be added to the value of the

goods.

Recently BIFA has been

contacted by Members who

imported goods on behalf of a party

outside the EU on a DDP basis. All

taxes including VAT were billed

back to the origin and the monies

never paid, leaving the forwarder

out of pocket and goods in free

circulation on which VAT had not

been paid, undercutting legitimate

traders by 20%. Then the situation

for the import forwarders

deteriorated even further when

Customs demanded payment in full

for the unpaid VAT. As there is no

other representative in the EU or

UK, the forwarder cannot claim the

protection of being a direct

representative. At best it may be

jointly and severally liable as an

indirect representative, at worst it

becomes self-representing, with full

As HMRC battles to combat growing levels of fraud, made possible in particular by internettrade, it is placing greater emphasis on compliance and more rigorous enforcement

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Policy & Compliance BIFAlinkwww.bifa.org

May 2016

liability for the Customs debt.

Throughout the EU there is a

move towards looking at whether

third parties can be held liable for

the VAT failings of their customers.

Freight forwarders, logistics

providers, etc, due to their role, are

obvious targets as they facilitate

trade across frontiers, provide

warehousing and clear goods

through customs. Authorities

increasingly consider that these

providers have an obligation to be

aware of the tax status of their

customers. BIFA always advises

that forwarders should “know their

customer” and carry out reasonable

checks on them.

UCC elements

The UCC, which came into effect on

1 May 2016, includes three elements

that may be used by customs

authorities as part of their

clampdown. The first is that all

warehouse keepers under the UCC

will be required to provide guarantees

on the import duty payable.

The second UCC article, which

re-enforces an existing

requirement, simply states that “the

declarant shall be based in the

customs territory of the Union”.

This has very significant

consequences for the unwary. If

there is no EU-based company to

take responsibility for the import

customs declaration, the forwarder

when clearing goods will have to

carefully consider its liabilities

because it will become fully

responsible for the accuracy of the

customs declaration and any debts.

Thirdly, we would also remind the

reader that under the UCC many

companies will have to seek re-

authorisation for current

simplifications and regimes. All re-

authorisations will need to be

undertaken by 30 April 2019, and

during this process there will much

greater contact than normal

between customs and trade, with

the former as part of its role

scrutinising processes and

compliance.

It must be remembered that a

company’s compliance record is

specifically considered to operate

many regimes where the trader

either has to hold AEO-C or be

compliant with those criteria.

It is suggested that the following

checks are carried out by

forwarders on their customers:

• Always carry out due diligence

checks on new customers

including obtaining, where

appropriate, VAT and deferment

numbers. For UK limited

companies, their Companies

House number should be

obtained. All details should be

verified using the appropriate

website.

• It is essential to ensure that the

declarant is an EU-based entity.

• Always challenge the use of

multiple EORIs by single entities.

• Incorporate BIFA Standard

Trading Conditions into any

contract and it is highly

recommended that the

customers’ acceptance of the

terms is confirmed in writing.

• Pay particular attention where

business-to-customer imports are

non-EU based online retailers

using a fulfilment house model

and/or where Customs Procedure

Code 42 has been used.

• Where possible ensure that all

instructions are in writing.

Business has and is continuing to

change and it is very clear that the

opportunity for fraud is increasing

rapidly. Normal business relies

heavily on trust that both parties are

engaged in legitimate trade, and

that neither party is seeking to

conduct business that will damage

the others business.

However, it is clear that a minority

of businesses are established to

make money through fraud and

other illegal activities. Asking

relevant questions will likely result in

those engaged in fraud looking to

less diligent partners with whom to

conduct business.

As this article has indicated, it is

the latter who will have to resolve any

problems with the authorities when

the fraudsters simply disappear.

If a Member has any suspicions

about fraud, it should report it

anonymously to HMRC on 03000

588933 (the tax avoidance helpline),

or go to www.gov.uk/report-vat-fraud

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Legal EagleBIFAlink

May 2016

www.bifa.org

It has recently been reported that a

logistics firm will pay a sum of

£2.2 million in a civil settlement to

Scottish authorities for breaches of

the Bribery Act 2010.

The firm had self-reported after

uncovering the activity. It was found

to have contravened sections 1 and

7 of the Act, and accepted that it

had failed in its responsibility to

prevent the occurrence of bribery.

The parent company has reported

that it has instituted new policies

and training across all subsidiaries

to ensure all is being done to

prevent future unlawful conduct.

It is possible that individuals

involved in the acts of bribery no

longer working for the company will

be pursued on a criminal basis, so

details concerning the breaches

have been limited.

Incidents

There were two incidents of corrupt

payments being made, one into an

account set up by an ex-member of

staff into which money was paid

and spent by an employee of the

customer on holidays, personal

travel, gifts and other items.

The account was funded by

improperly inflated invoices

addressed to the customer.

The second incident involved a

profit share agreement between an

employee and a director of the

customer, whereby the employee

and director would share profit on

orders that were being placed.

You may consider that these

incidents of bribery could not

possibly have happened in your own

organisation. However, it is difficult

to keep abreast of the personal

circumstances of employees and to

be aware that they may be at risk of

involving themselves in acts of

bribery. You may also consider that

it was to be expected that the

parent company would bring in new

policies and training because of

what it found and that your firm’s

anti-bribery policy (assuming you

have one) does not need a review.

If you do not have one, take a

look at BIFA’s Guide to the Bribery

Act and get one in place. If you

have one in place, get it reviewed.

All policies and procedures

should be reviewed regularly and

stress-tested to ensure they are

effective. Frequency of training

should be considered, as should

employee reviews.

In the UK, the Serious Fraud

Office regards freight as a high-risk

industry in terms of acts of bribery.

The policy should be bespoke for

your firm. It may need to be far

more complex for larger firms,

particularly if they are regularly

trading in zones considered to be

known for corruption. Give some

examples of situations that could

arise in your firm, given the type of

work that you do. Role-play training

of this nature will help put situations

into perspective for all employee

grades and assist them to

understand their duties.

Settlement

Whilst being commended for self-

reporting, the settlement was still

substantial. Consider what level of

penalty may transpire (as well as

criminal rather than civil process

and attendant bad press) if

corruption was to be found by a

third party or reported by a

whistleblower in your firm. It may be

considerable and lost sales could

follow as customers often have zero

tolerance policies in place for

bribery. Can you afford not to act?

BIFA is grateful to solicitors

Pysdens for providing this article.

Pysdens are a BIFA Associate

Member and can be contacted at

info@pysdens.com

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ProfileBIFAlink

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Panalpina World Transport won the

Ocean Services Award, sponsored

by Cargoguide International, at the

2015 BIFA Freight Service Awards

ceremony held in London in

January 2016.

According to the judges:

“Panalpina was selected as the

category winner for demonstrating

a successful five-year strategy for

expansion of its ocean services

division in specific industry vertical

sectors. Through a successful

implementation of its plan, this

mode of transport has grown to a

level where it has become a vital

component of its total solutions

offering.”

It is perhaps surprising to many

that a company of the size and

reputation of Panalpina did not

have a particularly large ocean

freight presence in the UK and

Ireland. For instance, in 2011,

Panalpina was not considered a

leading player in the local ocean

freight market, handling in the

region of 25,000 teu annually, a

figure that had been static for a

number of years previously.

“I was surprised by this at the

time I considered joining the

organisation, although, having said

that, Panalpina’s lack of a presence

in the ocean arena was the

opportunity that attracted me,”

commented Alan Hewitt, country

head of ocean freight UK and

Ireland, who joined the company

from DB Schenker in 2011.

“Panalpina UK/IE was active

within the ocean freight but it had

been more in north-south trades,

which were connected to the oil and

gas, and projects industries” he

said. “The most immediate

opportunities for growth were

therefore in the east-west trades.”

A global re-structuring and growth

plan was drawn-up by Frank

Hercksen, who had joined Panalpina

from Kuehne + Nagel six years ago

to become global head of ocean

freight, with a view to establishing

Panalpina more firmly in the ocean

sector. In the UK and Ireland, the

aim was that the company would be

among the top five ocean UK/IE

freight forwarders – in terms of

volume shipped – by the end of

2016. After gaining an

understanding of the existing

portfolio of business, various

strategic levers that would underpin

the expansion plans were agreed.

Appointments

The ocean product management

team began with the appointment of

Alan Hewitt and a newly appointed

national FCL operations manager

and a head of LCL. “We then

identified key ocean personnel

within every business unit to

become local extensions of the

ocean product team. We appointed

trade lane managers – specialists in

the Asia Westbound and

Transatlantic trades” he said. “We

also engaged a niche market

specialist in Secondary Recycled

Materials (SRM), which is an Asia

Eastbound market. Each of these

appointments aligned with the

strategic levers for growth in east-

west trade – those areas where we

had the best opportunities to grow.”

At the same time, there was a

complete restructuring of the

company’s sales infrastructure and

strategy.

Globally, Panalpina, like most of

the larger forwarders, was evolving

into vertical industries. “As such,

sales both worldwide and in the UK

went through a metamorphosis;

whereas before the company’s

sales were structured horizontally

with management and field sales

teams selling most things to most

businesses, we now have industry

specialists who can provide a more

bespoke intelligence to the

provision of solutions in the supply

chain” stated Nickie Rifón,

Panalpina’s marketing and

communications manager, UK/IE.

“Companies with a global footprint

need to possess a passion for

supply chain solutions and that

must include a very strong ocean

product.”

As Alan Hewitt pointed out:

“Before the restructuring there was

little industry-vertical (IV) focus

within the global forwarding market,

nor really any specific trade focus to

sales. The shift to IV sales, from the

previous field sales approach,

presented a new level of expertise.

Professionals, knowledgeable within

their specific industries, across all of

Panalpina competencies produced

customer partnerships allowing

long-term relationships to develop,

rather than historic price-driven

clients who often changed providers

at the publication of new rates.

Value and expertise, rather than

price alone, became more important

and Panalpina’s previous ocean

volume – level for some five years –

gained momentum and volumes

rose sharply.

“As Panalpina and the market

continue to evolve, we are

beginning to redistribute the

business within the UK and set up

centres of excellence or specialist

divisions within the company, such

as PanFresh, to handle perishables

and any other reefer business, and

a dedicated SRM team to handle

the recycled materials,” he stated.

In September 2014, Panalpina

merged two divisions, Oil and Gas

and PanProjects, to form Energy

Solutions, a specialised service for

the whole energy sector.

“The establishing of a dedicated

ocean product management team

augmented by an IV-focused sales

strategy has allowed us to attract

larger customers with a longer term

view and a more co-operative

relationship. This enables

improvement in our levels of

productivity, in that simply handling

1,000 teu for a single account can

be achieved more efficiently than

handling the same total volume

across several customers, all with

differing requirements.”

e-commerce

The company is now embracing

e-commerce, which Nickie Rifón

declared requires a completely

different mind-set to traditional

retail purchases, involving as it

does, reverse logistics and the

final-mile delivery, sometimes even

on a 4PL basis. The future for

supply chains will be dramatically

different from today’s, involving

data analytics, increasing asset

velocity and decreasing stock

levels through the supply chain

– even 3DPrinting.

“Traffic flows have been on a

very steep upward curve since the

implementation of this strategy,”

commented Alan Hewitt. “The

original goal, as set by Frank

Hercksen, was for each country to

gain a similar local market ranking

to that of Panalpina globally, where

it is the fourth largest forwarder in

combined air and ocean freight,

within five years.

“In order to achieve that goal

within Panalpina UK/IE, we knew

that we must at least exceed

100,000 teu shipped in a single

year. We achieved that target in

2015 and continue to grow in

challenging times.”

How Panalpina expandedits ocean services divisionGiles Large heard how BIFA award winning Panalpina developeda plan to turn ocean transport into a vital part of its offering

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Events BIFAlinkwww.bifa.org

May 2016

The 2016 FIATA World Congress will

be held in Dublin and our friends

from the Irish International

Forwarders Association (IIFA) are

hoping to see a number of UK firms

crossing the Irish Sea in October

this year.

Working under the theme of Where

Networking Comes Naturally, the

major focus for the 2016 Congress

will be creating opportunities, both

formal and ad-hoc, for delegates to

make new connections and to grow

their networks.

Typical attendees include

important executives from the

transportation sector:

• Logistics firms,

• Freight forwarders,

• Land, air, sea, rail, combined

transport companies,

• Cargo and courier transporters,

• Logistic centres and

warehousing,

• Customs clearance companies.

IIFA extends a special invitation

to its fellow FIATA National

Associations and their member

firms to join it for a Congress

programme that promises to have

an inspiring mix of engaging

speakers and collaboration-based

workshops, exploring new trends in

global logistics, best practice,

trading opportunities and

technological innovation in an ever

changing global logistics market.

The annual FIATA World

Congress is the highlight of the

freight forwarding calendar and

2016, in particular, will be important

as Ireland will be helping FIATA to

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YFF ProfileBIFAlink

May 2016

www.bifa.org

Nicolas Barrois, business

development manager at World

Transport Agency Ltd, was one of

the four finalists in the Young

Freight Forwarder of the year at the

2015 BIFA Freight Service Awards

ceremony, held in London earlier

this year.

Nicolas, 27, was born in Paris

and was awarded a degree in

Logistics and Transport at the

University of Chartres. He then

studied in Paris for a second degree

in Distribution Logistics, where he

worked for a company four-days-a-

week while the fifth day was spent

in the university analysing what he

had done, attending lectures and

sitting exams.

Internship

To get this final degree, Nicolas had

to find a minimum of two months’

internship outside France. He

obtained an internship with World

Transport Agency, where he was

told that after he completed his

degree that he would be offered a

full-time contract.

Nicolas returned to the UK and

took part in WTA’s Academy

Programme, which lasts three

years, during which he worked in all

the departments, covering road,

sea and air freight, imports and

exports, quotations, purchases and

sales.

He was also sent out to different

customers, including three months

in Brazil, where he worked with

WTA’s agents in the country.

Unlike so many other newcomers

to the industry, his family has been

involved in the sector as his father

Erik Barrois used to work for SDV’s

project division in Paris. “So I have

always known about this industry,

through listening to his stories

about the projects he was working

on,” he stated.

“I was also attracted by the

number of trips that he went on for

the company.”

After his time on the Academy

Programme he was offered a

position in the sales department. He

is now working on developing new

export tradelinks to Canada, the

US, Australia and New Zealand.

“I would like to stay with WTA, in

a position that mixes sales and

operations, such as an account

manager. I would then be able to

obtain good prices from suppliers,

while maintaining good

relationships with them and with the

customers. That is something I

would enjoy doing,” he said.

Nicolas speaks impeccable

English, although he admitted that it

was quite hard when he first came

to work at WTA. “I tried to avoid

meeting any French people when I

arrived in the UK,” he said. “It was

quite difficult as there are French

people all over London.

“Food-wise, I am more than

happy in London. It is great, there

are many very good restaurants, but

I am still frustrated with the quality

of the bread,” he commented.

IFF Awards

Nicolas’s involvement in the Young

Freight Forwarder award happened

after his colleague, Samantha

Mitchell, won the title in 2009. “So,

this was something that we knew

about at WTA. I was discussing this

with Thomas Kuehn, our managing

director, and he asked if I would be

interested in it. So I said I would.”

He then had to write an article

about himself, explaining why he

felt that he should be the Young

Freight Forwarder of the Year, and

what he had learnt and done so far

during his career. He also had to

submit a CV together with a

recommendation letter from the HR

Director at WTA.

After he was selected as a

finalist, he had an interview at the

BIFA head office in Feltham. About

12 of Nicolas’s colleagues and

customers attended the Awards

ceremony at the Brewery in

London.

“It was a great day, apart from

the fact that I did not win,” he

commented. “There was good food

and a really good atmosphere.”

Nicolas lives with his girlfriend,

Rose, in Kingston-upon-Thames.

His hobbies include running,

climbing and sports, including

squash, photography and travel.

A French student who hasrisen through the ranksYoung Freight Forwarder finalist Nicolas Barrois has made a bigimpression since arriving from France at World TransportAgency, writes Giles Large

17

Policy & Compliance BIFAlinkwww.bifa.org

May 2016

In the 2016 UK Budget it was

announced that online retailers

such as Amazon, who allow

companies to sell on their platform,

will be made jointly and severally

liable for any amounts of VAT that

are not properly paid to the

revenue.

It is understood that there is

widespread VAT fraud on both

Amazon and eBay, with

predominately Chinese companies

using other companies’ VAT

numbers, making up fictitious VAT

numbers or just not registering for

VAT when they exceed the trading

threshold. This new requirement will

be implemented by changing UK law.

A system of registering fulfilment

houses will be introduced and

freight forwarders, fast parcels

operators and other carriers will

only be allowed to deliver to

registered locations.

This measure will be introduced

under national law and will take

place under Customs Control, which

will allow HM Revenue & Customs

(HMRC) to intervene to prevent non-

compliance. Under the new scheme

goods will be Customs cleared and

released, but delivery to unregistered

premises will not be permitted.

Underlying concept

In many ways the concept

underlying the proposal seems to

be aligned with other registration

schemes operating in the excise

environment. The significant

problem is identification. Within the

excise environment the nature of

the product will indicate that certain

controls will apply, but the general

mix of goods being shipped to

fulfilment houses will make this

more difficult.

HMRC is undertaking a

comprehensive consultation

process to determine, for instance,

what a ‘carrier’ is. For freight

forwarders, the most relevant

questions are on page 19, entitled

‘Handling goods: deliveries to and

from fulfilment houses’. At the very

least we would encourage

Members to read the whole

document and answer the specific

questions on pages 8-9 and 19-20.

From anecdotal evidence, it is

clear that Customs is looking very

carefully at shipments cleared for

fulfilment houses.

Of particular concern for

forwarders acting as customs

agents are shipments cleared under

DDP terms where there is no EU-

based company to take

responsibility for the customs

clearance. In these situations the

customs agent will become

responsible for the customs

declaration, including the debt. (See

pages 10-11).

It has to be emphasised that this

is a very large issue. It is anticipated

that this scheme will be introduced

in 2018 and will have recovered

£13 billion by 2020.

The full consultation is open until

30 June 2016 and can be viewed

at: www.gov.uk/government/

consultations/fulfilment-house-due-

diligence-scheme

We would ask Members to

complete the consultation and reply

directly to HMRC with a copy to

r.windsor@bifa.org

Support your localMember groupBIFA holds Regional Member meetings around

the UK and listed right are those due to occur

soon. If you would like to attend and find out

more about BIFA and what we do, then contact

the appropriate Regional Consultant to BIFA.

All BIFA Members are entitled and

encouraged to attend their regional meetings

however pre-booking with the named contact is

essential. Full contact details are shown on

page 3 of this issue.

Region Date Time Venue BIFA Contact

Heathrow Thu 26 May 1400 BIFA, Redfern House, Colin YoungRegional Members’ meeting FelthamSolent Wed 15 Jun 0800 Duke of Wellington Colin YoungRegional Members’ meeting Gatwick Thu 16 Jun 1230 Timberham House, Colin YoungRegional Members’ meeting LGW AirportLondon East Wed 22 Jun 1400 DP World, Paul NewmanRegional Members’ meeting London GatewayHeathrow Thu 23 Jun 1400 BIFA, Redfern House, Colin YoungRegional Members’ meeting Feltham Anglia Wed 29 Jun 1000 Holiday Inn, Paul NewmanRegional Members’ meeting Ipswich - Orwell

Impact of the 2016 UK Budget andconsultation on fulfilment houses

18

EventsBIFAlink

May 2016

www.bifa.org

It is time to start thinking about the

BIFA Freight Service Awards again

and what better way to get your

firm noticed than to become a

finalist, or possibly even a winner, in

the 2016 competition?

As well as receiving visibility at

our regular home, ‘The Brewery’, on

19 January 2017, your firm’s name

will be advertised across the regular

trade press immediately after the

event.

At the Awards ceremony we call

a company representative on stage

to collect a framed finalist

certificate. This is in front of an

audience of some 500 guests.

Winners are announced after the

lunch and you could be receiving

the ultimate freight forwarding

accolade

Categories and sponsors

We are happy that we have a

number of returning sponsors.

However, there are opportunities if

you want to add your name to one

of the categories.

GENERAL CATEGORIES:

Project Forwarding Award

Sponsored by: Peter Lole Insurance

Specialist Services Award

Sponsored by: Forward Computers

Staff Development Award

Sponsored by: Albacore Systems

Supply Chain Management Award

Sponsored by: BoxTop

Technologies

Sustainable Logistics Award

Sponsor: Red Recruit

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY:

Young Freight Forwarder Award

Sponsor: To be confirmed

MODAL CATEGORIES:

Air Cargo Services Award

Sponsor: To be confirmed

European Logistics Award

Sponsored by: TT Club

Ocean Services Award

Sponsorship available

SPECIALIST CATEGORIES:

‘Cool’ Award

Sponsored by:

American Airlines Cargo

‘Extra Mile’ Award

Sponsor:

To be confirmed

If you are interested in becoming a

sponsor, please email the BIFA

Events Office at

eventsoffice@bifa.org for more

details. Please note that category

sponsorship is open to BIFA

Associate Members or suppliers to

the logistics industry, but not to

‘Full Trading Members’ or freight

forwarding companies.

Key dates for entrants

Any BIFA Members who are

planning on entering this year’s

event should take note of the

following key deadlines:

Receipt of all registrations:

by Friday 23 September 2016

Receipt of written 2,000 word

submissions:

by Friday 7 October 2016

(or relevant supporting

documentation for the Young

Freight Forwarder Award)

Announcement of all finalists:

end October 2016

Finalists’ interviews:

(Young Freight Forwarder Award only)

November 2016 (date tbc)

Ceremony tickets on sale:

November 2016

Announcement of all winners:

Thursday 19 January 2017

at the Awards Luncheon Ceremony,

The Brewery, London EC1

All registrations incur a

registration fee of £80 + VAT per

category. However, there is no

registration fee for the Young

Freight Forwarder Award. This

category is specifically designed to

promote talented young forwarders,

under the age of 32, who show

future promise in their organisation.

A call for entries brochure, with

key details on this year’s

competition, will be sent to all BIFA

main contacts by the end of the

summer in good time before the

September registration deadline

date.

For further information on the

event please visit the BIFA Awards

website at www.bifa.org/awards

Time to considerthe categories youcould enter orsponsor in the 2016Awards, as well assome key dates

Put your company in the spotlightAwards

luncheonJanuary 2016

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Air Cargo Security – Refresher CS & CM (pm session)25 May Feltham, West London29 June Feltham, West London26 July Feltham, West London

Aviation Security Cargo X-Ray OperatorAvailable as an in-house course, contact BIFA toschedule a date

Aviation Security NXCT NB – test session only – no training takes place23 May Feltham, West London27 June Feltham, West London27 July Feltham, West London

CUSTOMS PROCEDURESCustoms Procedures for Export Cargo (CM1)14 June Feltham, West London

Customs Procedures for Import Cargo (CM2)15 June Feltham, West London

BTEC Intermediate Award in Customs Export & ImportProcedures (CM3) – NB: attendance required on all fivedates10, 17, 24 May, 7 + 21 June Feltham, West London18, 25 May, 1, 15, 29 June Midlands area

Customs Import Entry & Procedures (CM6)See www.bifa.org/training for future presentations

DANGEROUS GOODSDangerous Goods by Air (DGA1)9-11 May Manchester16-18 May Feltham, West London16-18 May Midlands6-8 June Newport13-15 June Feltham, West London4-6 July Manchester4-6 July Midlands11-13 July Feltham, West London

Dangerous Goods by Air – Revalidation (DGA2)12-13 May Manchester19-20 May Feltham, Wet London19-20 May Midlands7-8 June Newport16-17 June Feltham, West London7-8 July Manchester7-8 July Midlands14-15 July Feltham, West London

Dangerous Goods by Road (DGR1)9-11 May Feltham, West London6-8 June Manchester20-22 June Midlands11-13 July Feltham, West London

Dangerous Goods by Road – Revalidation (DGR2)Days 2 and 3 of the above Dangerous Goods by Roadcourse (DGR1)

Dangerous Goods by Sea (DGS1)12-13 May Feltham, West London9-10 June Manchester23-24 June Midlands14-15 July Feltham, West London

Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA)6-10 June Feltham, West London6-10 June Manchester

Radioactive Goods by Air (DGA3)See www.bifa.org/training for future presentations

Radioactive Goods by Air – Revalidation (DGA4)See www.bifa.org/training for future presentations

Infectious Substances by Air (DGA5)10 May Elstree

Carriage of Lithium Batteries by Air, Road & Sea(modules available individually)See www.bifa.org/training for future presentations

FREIGHT FORWARDING ANDINTERNATIONAL TRADEExports for Beginners (EXP1)18 May Feltham, West London8 June South West England22 June London East13 July North East England

Imports for Beginners (IMP1)19 May Feltham, West London9 June South West England23 June London East14 July North East England

BTEC Intermediate Award in Multimodal InternationalFreight Procedures (MFT1) - NB: attendance requiredon all five dates6, 20, 27 Jun, 4 + 18 Jul Feltham, West London

Sea Freight: The Basics (SF1)23 May Feltham, West London16 June Midlands

Introduction to Letters of CreditSee www.bifa.org/training for future presentations

ONLINE COURSESThe following Air Cargo Security courses are availableonline to Regulated Agents at initial and refresher levels:• Cargo Aviation Security Principles (CASP)• Cargo Aviation Security Principles – Driver (CASP-D)• Cargo Operative (CO)See bifa.org/training to register

Known Consignors – courses covering the modulesrequired by Known Consignors are also availableonline.

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Training courses: May-July 2016

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