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11/5/2022
Meet Our People: Customs Support Operational Manager Consultancy Jeffrey Havelaar
Who are you? My name is Jeffrey Havelaar. I am 36 years old and live in Rotterdam with my wife and daughter. I have been the Operational Manager for the Consultancy division of Customs Support for over two years. What does an Operational Manager Consultancy do? The Operations Manager role is a …
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3/6/2022
Importing New Ship Locks for the Terneuzen Canal From China
Terneuzen lies in Zeeland in the southwest of the Netherlands and is part of the North Sea Port. The Terneuzen canal, which runs from Terneuzen to Gent, is an important shipping route. Ships need to go through locks in Terneuzen to enter the canal. To increase the capacity of the locks and to allow …
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7/6/2022
Trade Deals Around the World: June Edition
We focus on the European Union and the United Kingdom and watch China and the United States. We look back at April and focus on trade deals only in this update. H appy reading! The European Union An article by Politico summing up eight free trade deals the European Union is currently negotiating: …
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14/6/2022
The History of the Dutch Customs Authority
Convooien and Licenten The Dutch word for Customs is Douane. The origin of this word can be found in Latin, where the word doane means toll building. The Customs Authority is the oldest governmental agency in the Netherlands. On 14 June 1597, a resolution by the Staten Generaal, which was what …
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30/6/2022
Customs Support Welcomes SA-TU Logistics to the Family!
Over 35 Years of Experience SA-TU Logistics was founded in 1987 when three forwarding companies decided to decrease service overlapping and established a new company to handle all harbour document services. SA-TU (Harbour and Declaration) was born. In 1990 SA-TU started cargo handling operations …
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4/7/2022
Meet Our People: Customs Support Managing Director Finland Niko Plith
Who are you? My name is Niko Plith. I’m 50 years old, and I live near Helsinki in Vantaa with my wife and two children. My daughter is 17, and my son is 15. I have worked in logistics for the last 30 years in different positions, and I still think it is the best industry. I’ve done sales, …
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7/7/2022
Trade Deals Around the World: July Edition
The European Union The European Union is negotiating several trade agreements, but many of these negotiations are going very slow or have come to a complete stop. Many European countries are now calling for accelerating these trade deals. The EU struck an accord struck with the Mercosur bloc of …
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14/7/2022
Customs Support welcomes SPTT to the family
Long History and a Strong Future In 1943 the “Societé Phoceéne de Transport et transit”, also known as SPTT, was founded. They provided freight forwarding and customs brokerage services from their office in Marseille. During the 1950s, one of their customers was a freight forwarding company in …
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8/8/2022
Trade Deals Around the World: August Edition
We focus on the European Union and the United Kingdom and watch China and the United States. We look back at July and focus on trade deals only in this update. We hope you just had, are having, or are about to have a well-deserved summer break. Here is some interesting reading material about the …
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17/6/2020
The EU Customs Pre-Arrival Security and Safety Program: ICS2
Key to the overhaul is a new information system called ICS-2. EU Customs wants to facilitate the free flow of legitimate trade across external borders through improved data-driven customs security processes. Data is the key and the current systems can’t live up to the task at hand. Directly …