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
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
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...
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...
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