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28/9/2022
Celebrating European Day of Languages at Customs Support
Across the Customs Support network, consisting of over 70 locations in 12 countries, our people speak several languages to each other every single day. It is our team’s diverse cultures and backgrounds that allow us to learn and grow together, and we like to celebrate it. Intercountry relationships …

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30/8/2022
Meet Our People: Charlie Dawson
Who are you? I'm Charlie Dawson, and I’m the business development manager, I have worked for the organisation for over four years, seeing the organisation through our recent rebrand from Bell Transport and Logistics to Customs Support Ireland. What does a business development manager do? I am …

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30/9/2022
Meet Our People: Frits Tenge
So, Frits, tell us a little about yourself! My name is Frits Tenge, and I am 63 years old. I was born and raised in Arnhem, but for the past 42 years, I have been living in Grubbenvorst, a small town in Limburg in the South of the Netherlands. It is the centre of asparagus cultivation. I live there …

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24/11/2022
Spotlight on: Rotterdam
Let’s look at some of the numbers for 2021 first: The total throughput in 2021 was 468,709,000 metric tons of cargo. 325 million tons were outbound, and 143 million tons were inbound. The port processed 15,3 million TEU (Twenty Foot Equivalent Units). Around 8 million TEUs came into the harbour, …

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24/11/2022
EU Centralised Clearances: An Evolution
Driven by the need to protect data, process more information, and maintain a high level of compliance, customs agents and authorities strive for efficiency throughout supply chains. This has led to sophisticated AI-powered tools , single windows connected by the Internet of Things , and …

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26/9/2022
New Food Labelling Requirements Delayed Until January 2024
The new rules, which were due to come into effect on the 1st of October 2022, will now be required from 1st January 2024. This is so that importers have more time to gain clarity on their obligations. But what are these new regulations, and what should you do now they are delayed? Find out in this …

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23/9/2022
Could you benefit from the direct China to Scotland liner schedule?
For the first time, Scotland and China are linked on the same schedule. The new service, operated by a three-way partnership between DKT Allseas, China Xpress, and KC Liner Agencies, now connects the two locations without extra handling. But where does this new service dock, and what does this mean …

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3/10/2022
Is It Important To Get Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Status?
What type of AEO licences are there? There are three types of Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) licences in the EU and U.K: Authorised Economic Operator – Customs Simplification (AEOC) Authorised Economic Operator – Security and Safety (AEOS) Authorised Economic Operator – Full C+S (AEOF) The …

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25/3/2021
Musketier Moves Office and Rebrands to Customs Support
How Musketier Started Musketier B.V. was originally founded in 2003 by Paul Giesen, Eddy Egging, and Vincent Smit, after working together at the same customs broker for twenty years. The name Musketier, the Dutch word for musketeer, represented the fact that the three of them started the company, …

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10/9/2020
Cargo Moving Through Ports: Behind the scenes
Our people enable our customers’ flow of goods coming into the European Union and leaving it. We work behind the scenes and often out of sight. We work from our offices and in customer locations. We can be found at seaports, airports, container terminals, and at any other location where the Customs …
