Battery Fire At Mobility Scooter Warehouse

Battery Fire At Mobility Scooter Warehouse

We may be sounding like a broken record when reporting on lithium batteries, but firefighters had to fight a blaze caused by the dangerous goods risk for over 12 hours at the weekend. The fire broke out in the small hours of Sunday morning at a distribution centre for...
Lithium Battery Fires Release Toxic Gas

Lithium Battery Fires Release Toxic Gas

​The issue of moving or storing lithium batteries has been highlighted by recent issues with ship fires, but according to a report in The Loadstar, the TT Club have highlighted that these battery fires also release a toxic ‘off-gas’. The gases pose an...
New UK Customs Border Model Confirmed

New UK Customs Border Model Confirmed

​ The government have just released details of their new border controls, via their Border Target Operating Model (BOTM), with a phased introduction starting from January 2024. Following Brexit, new procedures have been in place for moving goods between the EU and UK...
New UK Customs Border Model Confirmed

CDS Exports Now Delayed Until March

​ HMRC have this week confirmed the deadline for CDS export declarations has been delayed again, this time until March 30th 2024. CDS is the new software system for handling the customs declaration process and is already handling imports, which were transferred from...
Eight Tonnes Of Cocaine Seized In Rotterdam

Eight Tonnes Of Cocaine Seized In Rotterdam

​ Eight tonnes of cocaine have been discovered in a container at the Port of Rotterdam this month. The haul, which has an estimated street value of over £500m, was discovered on a Maersk ship and had travelled to the Dutch port from Ecuador via Panama. The discovery...