Speeding Up Border Control
On 20th July 2022, the Home Office announced their intention to create a contactless, digital border for passengers at airports. A trial is intended to run for 2 years, with facial recognition being the primary approach. With the history of government IT systems, a little wariness is understandable. Neither could the Home Office resist a […]
Dynamic Processes UK’s First Electronic ATA Carnet
Dynamic Group have processed the UK’s first digital carnet, at London’s Heathrow Airport. Part of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) eATA pilot project, using a new app developed by the International Chamber of Commerce. The London Chamber felt Dynamic would be the perfect testbed. Dynamic Dox are the UK’s largest independent ATA […]
Ukraine & European Trade
A blockade in the Black Sea has seen goods movement patterns across the EU change, as neighbouring countries work to support Ukraine. A level of cooperation we could learn from.
ATA Carnets In Both Directions
For UK business trips to the EU, ATA carnets quickly became a post Brexit solution. They are proving equally helpful in the other direction, as examples of recent trips from France show.
ATA Carnets For Vietnam
This post has been left for reference, for up to date information on carnets for Vietnam, please go to: ATA carnet Vietnam >> The 31st South East Asian games will take place in Vietnam in May 2022. A regional event which focuses on Olympic sports, originally scheduled to take place in November 2021 but postponed […]
Diversity Of Carnet Use
The images above represent different stages in human ingenuity but share our natural wish to travel and share a detail relating to travel. Filming equipment for a trip on the Ffestiniog Heritage Railway arrived in the UK on an ATA carnet. Scientific equipment for pre-launch testing on a trip into space recently left the UK […]
The Effect Of Staff Shortages
We doubt that our clients want another video of the queues at Dover, so decided to show them they are not alone. Delays in Dover are at their worst for over 2 years, with UK airports and railway services not far behind. There are a myriad of causes, from P&O, to the weather, to trains […]
The Rise Of The ATA Carnet
Dubai Chamber have been busy during the pandemic, including processing 4,500 ATA carnets issued by, or received by them in 2021. The Chamber are a proactive organisation, with fast growing membership. Even so, their increase in carnet use from a standing start a decade ago is remarkable. If we go back a little further than […]
Rebuilding Trade With The EU
For these exporters, fuel costs and shipping issues have added to the load they already had following Brexit. We do feel sympathy for companies which have been impacted by Brexit. For a fair number, this is no longer about learning new requirements, they are simply having to deal with reality. Others will not have suffered […]
Discord Growing In Africa
A decade on from the Arab spring, local issues and world events are again bringing dissent onto the streets. The Arab spring had many causes, including food shortages. A concern which is arising again from pressures on the international market, due to the war in Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of staple foods. […]