fiata review no. 92

FIATA REVIEW

Ghana: An important producer of cocoa

Record number of participants at the HQ Session

Compliance – a must for forwarders

Magazine of the International Federation of Freight ForwardersAs so ci a tions No. 92, May 2012

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Contents

Editorial 5 From the President’s Desk

Focus 6 FIATA Headquarters Session Zurich

14 FIATA’s sea transport working group

Country Report16 Ghana, a regional trade hub

News18 Trade Compliance and Export Controls – a must for forwarders

Personally20 Meet Kostas Sandalcidis

Vice President of FIATA

Here & There22 FIATA members celebrate long service anniversaries

22 Happy Birthday!

Agenda23 Forthcoming Events

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From the President’s desk

This number will also contain a feature on the WG Sea meeting in Basel that was held shortly before the HQ. Again this will be interesting reading. We encourage your feed back and suggestions: this is the dough which the Chairman will use in future actions.

I shall never be tired to insist about the importance of information and knowledge. Side by side with the laudable work done by the ABVT and other specialised bod-ies, the FIATA review is also a vehicle of knowledge and information.

Another aspect that needs a watchful eye is compliance. The number of different (and sometime not compatible) rules that impact on our daily business is growing by the day. Those who participated in the deliberations of the ABSM know what

I mean when I say that we cannot do business today without counting on well trained personnel, not only on transport and Customs, but on security measures, embargoes, sanctions and other restric-tive measures. These are facts we cannot ignore and it is FIATA’s duty to inform its Members, even without taking posi-tions on decisions taken elsewhere, which have consequences on logistics and trade. Needless to say we feature an article in this regards and my view is that those of you who will be best informed and will have compliance programmes in place will also be best placed in future trade. If additional information is required the secretariat is at your service for more details.

I also wish to mention that the Presidency has received a kind note of thanks from Markus Schoeni. He is unfortunately retir-ing. Let me say he has been an example of discretion, intelligence and service for all. I am also very pleased that we shall stay in close contact in future.

Dear readers, Fiata is actually more than ever “on the move”. I hope this meets your desires and expectations. We are very glad to receive your feedback and suggestions. This is the way for us to create a better logistics collaborative environment.

Stanley LimPresident of Fiata

Dear Colleagues

Our recent Headquarters saw a record number of partici-pants, from as many as 61 countries, engaged in lively

deliberations. This is an encouraging sign of vitality. Your participation in Fiata, in its informative technical sessions is the key to our global success. Some sessions adopted a new, more interactive approach. The Managers’ conference was proactive, showing a sense of urgency to embrace new ways in FIATA’s actions. In the com-ing months we shall experiment electronic invoicing and we shall start our project on electronic documents.

The technical sections and the regional meetings were equally rich and I believe the extract in this edition of the FIATA review will make for interesting reading, an opportunity for those who could not join us to keep aligned; obviously we hope to see you all in Los Angeles.

Fact is that growth is coming today pri-marily from developing areas and formerly developing countries are now leading in growth. This is a good sign for the world trade and FIATA needs to keep pace with this evolution. In this light I was glad to see the engagement of all my colleagues in the Presidency and in the Extended Board to make connections with all delegates present, this time in great numbers from Africa and other developing regions.

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Record Number of Participants at the HQ Session 2012This year’s Headquarters Session set the

record for the number of participants.

Meetings were all well attended and delib-

erations were lively and informative.

AIRFREIGHT INSTITUTE (AFI)Mr Marc Van Corenbergh, Deputy Chair-man AFI, chaired the meeting in the ab-sence of AFI Chairman Mr Rodolfo Sagel. The AFI delegates were apprised with encouraging signs of renewed dialogue and improving relationships with IATA, as shown in results from a report on recent meetings between FIATA’s Immediate Past President Mr Jean-Claude Delen and IATA’s CEO and Director-General, Mr Tony Tyler. In these discussions FIATA received confirmation that a mandate had been given by Mr Tyler to Mr Des Ver-tannes, IATA’s Global Head of Cargo, to personally negotiate a new relationship with FIATA. IATA‘s World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Kuala Lumpur was held the same week as FIATA’s HQ session. Having attended the first two days of the WCS, Mr William Gottlieb reported to AFI that Mr Tyler stated in his keynote address in Malaysia that he would: “make it a priority for IATA to work even more closely with our industry partners such as are working to modernize the cargo agency program in close collaboration with FIATA.” Marc Van Corenbergh conveyed AFI’s ex-pectations that this improved relationship should pave the way for a fundamental change in today’s Agency Program, which is built on an antiquated accreditation system, to bring it to a modern dialogue mechanism between equal industry partners. The Chairman informed the audience that, in line with Doc AFI/338, FIATA/AFI

supports the introduction of the e-AWB based on a bilateral model agreement for electronic data interchange as agreed between IATA and FIATA in 2010. He reviewed with the delegates the seven reasons why FIATA/AFI does not support a multilateral agreement, as proposed by IATA, more information about this to come in the meeting’s minutes.

Mr Gottlieb gave members an update on FIATA’s involvement with the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) and the recent activities of GACAG. He also informed the delegates that in Kuala Lumpur, the IATA Cargo Agency Con-ference provided confirmation that the FIATA Dangerous Goods by Air Training Programme has been recognized by IATA as equivalent training, equivalent to DG training offered by IATA and IATA mem-bers. The ICAO/FIATA Dangerous Goods Training Programme was presented by Mr Gottlieb, who introduced the co-branded ICAO / FIATA Dangerous Goods by Air Technical Instructions Manual (offered to members at a very attractive rate), togeth-er with examples of the training materials, including lecture slides, instructor’s notes and samples quizzes and exams.

CUSTOMS AFFAIRS INSTITUTE (CAI) The March 2012 meeting of the Customs Affairs Institute focussed on the key issue of recent changes to the World Customs Or-ganisation SAFE Framework of Standards.

Mr Van de Perre, Senior Policy Advisor, CLECAT, is the FIATA’s representative at various WCO subgroups. The WCO SAFE Framework Standards is undergoing its second review. Each one had specific consequences for international freight for-warders and border regulatory service

providers. The meeting noted with appre-ciation Mr Van den Perre’s announcement that the EU would not insist on the pro-posal for a SAFE Framework of Standards amendment which would permit cargo and goods declarations for security pur-poses to be merged.

The CAI Chairman Mr Stephen Morris stressed that having a clear distinction between transport and trade related in-formation met the business imperatives contained in the recently published FIATA position. Dual filing was to ensure timely, accurate data from the parties that are best placed to provide such information. The security and confidentiality of clients’ data was a key aspect of the international freight forwarder/client relationship

The CAI Deputy Chairman Mr Jean-François Auzéau similarly addressed issues connected with clients services in terms of border assistance and noted that in recent years, as a result of different WCO ini-tiatives, the efforts to rationalise customs activities has moved services to embrace only fiscal means but to also express public expectations in regard of security and safe-ty. Customs administrations has become the competent authorities in counterfeit and quality compliance of import and exporting of goods. He noted particularly that integrated border management might make international freight forwarders’ business processes more complex.

Chairman Morris noted that FIATA is a resource tool for its members and should not be seen as the arbiter of change. CAI provides support to FIATA Members in explaining international conventions, developing trends by giving directions and observations as well as identifying best practices in Customs administration.

Whilst FIATA cannot directly intervene in national Customs authorities’ arrange-ments, FIATA Association Members are able to advise their own Customs ad-ministration of the result achieved at the international level. He was adamant that Customs Administrations would rely heavily on the support of FIATA Asso-ciation members in future. He also men-tioned capacity building, badly needed not only at regulators’ level but also at the private sector’s level, so that appropriate tools and resources to service international trade are available in all countries.

Multimodal Transport Institute (MTI)The Chairman of the Multimodal Transport Institute, Mr Christopher J. Gillespie (Canada), welcomed more than 100 participants.

RAILDr Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria), Chairman of the Working Group Rail Transport reported on the Market Place Seminar entitled “Rail Hinterland – efficient con-nections to the world” held in Hamburg/Germany in October. Topics discussed included North-South movements in Eu-rope, combined traffic in cooperation with UIRR and port-hinterland connections.

The WG has accepted the invitation of “ZENTRALVERBAND SPEDITION & LOGISTIK -ZV” and “Express Interfracht” to host 5th Rail market place in Vienna/Austria in spring 2013. It has been de-cided to join forces with ISB, ESC and UIP and some other partners in hosting this event.

The WG supports the development of the new CIM/SMGS common transport docu-ment. FIATA also supports parties willing

to invest in rail land-bridge projects, e.g. Northern (Trans-Siberian) and Southern (TRACEKA) routes from China/Central Asia to Europe and vice versa. Interoper-ability between the various partners in Western Europe, in the CIS countries and China needs improvement.

Productivity of rail transportation is im-portant: rail infrastructure should permit the operation of heavier and longer trains. Renewal of rolling stock is required: 75% of the cargo wagons are more than 20 years old and only 80% of them are operational.

ROADMr Kostas Sandalcidis (Turkey), Chair-man of the Working Group Road Trans-port, informed delegates about the serious impact of the current situation in Syria regarding transportation in the region. In Italy minimum costs must be officially accounted in trucking prices. The FIATA WG took the view that such situation is unacceptable in a free market economy. Truck transportation from Urumqi (Chi-na) to Europe has significantly increased and freight forwarders plan to build con-

solidation structures. According to the IRU report the TIR Convention will soon be reactivated in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, with additional possibilities to attract business. The TIR convention should be signed by these two countries by the end of 2012. Saudi Arabia might be next in line. IRU decided to open a regional office in Casablanca / Morocco to increase its penetration in the region.

SEAMr Robert Keen (United Kingdom), Chairman of the Working Group Sea Transport, reported that since Cairo, the Working Group has added four more ad-visors from Chile, Kenya, Iran and India. Now the Group is represented by twenty-two countries covering all FIATA regions.

A new development, which becomes oper-ational in June 2012, involves the EU and US agreeing to mutually recognize each other’s “secure traders” programmes (The EU’s Authorised Economic Operators’ programme, and US C-TPAT). There are still differences in facilitating initiatives across the European Union and therefore

Delegates of the Region Africa/Middle East Meeting (RAME)


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claims made by both parties are treated with scepticism.

The 14 July 2014 remains the deadline for 100% scanning of maritime containers at foreign ports. There have been many stud-ies and reports indicating that the legisla-tion is impractical and impossible to carry out. Current information indicates that there will be screening of containers rather than physical scanning. Whether risk based profiling and screening of available data will be sufficient to comply with US legislation requirements have not been confirmed although the CBP has discre-tion in how the law is applied.

NVOCC rate filing has been in effect in China for several years; however adher-ence to this has been patchy. It is mainly multinational companies that are making submissions and the rates being filed are only for FCL shipments. An English guide is being prepared to raise awareness and training courses are being developed in China.

In the USA, there is consultation currently being undertaken by the Federal Maritime Committee (FMC) regarding whether the existing NVOCC tariff exemption should be extended to include foreign, unlicensed NVOCCs. Industry views are in favour of more widespread use and acceptance of this simplification. FIATA and TIA have always strongly supported equal treat-ment for all NVOCCs, whether or not they are licensed by the FMC. There is however, opposition from the FMC en-forcement staff who have concerns that exempting foreign unlicensed NVOCCs could enable a company to evade regula-tion altogether and further (unspecified) concerns of malpractice. It is our view that the FMC can always revoke the exemption

for any company abusing this privilege. FIATA has written to the FMC supporting expansion of this exemption.

Finally the Working Group is partici-pating with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Eu-rope (UNECE) in a review of the guide-lines for packing of cargo transport units following a number of incidents involving overweight containers in recent years.

ADVISORY BODY DANGEROUS GOODSOn 17 March, Mr Frank Huster chaired the meeting of the Advisory Body Dan-gerous Goods (ABDG) within the FIATA HQ Session 2012.

Mr Huster highlighted the adopted pro-posals of the ADR/RID 2013 (land trans-port of dangerous goods) at the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) in their Bodies WP.15 and Joint Meeting. The information provided included and is not limited to

• ADR / RID 2013 – 1.6 – transitional measures• Classification principles for lithium cells and batteries (assigned to UN No 3090, 3091, 3480, 3481) including spe-cial provisions

• New Special Provision 658 for the transport of UN 1057 Lighters and 1057 Lighter refills• Transport document – for land trans-port the entry “Marine Pollutant / Envi-ronmentally Hazardous” is permissible (whereas only “MARINE POLLUNTANT” for sea transport)• Mixed loading of LQ and substances and articles of class 1 (except division 1.4 and UN 0161 and 0499) is prohibited

• Persons engaged in handling or car-riage to be trained commensurate with their responsibilities• Handling and stowage – Note concern-ing guidance on the stowage of DG now refers to revised EN 12195:2010• ADR driver training – new training certificate for drivers: 31 January 2012 end of transitional measures

Experts from ABDG were to attend the next Joint Meeting (19–23 March 2012, in Bern) and the UNECE WP.15 Ses-

sion (8–10 May 2010, in Geneva). The Chairman also advised the delegates on the current status of the regulatory work programme of Telematics (electronic mon-itoring of Dangerous Goods transports) and outlined further steps.

Mrs Christine D’Arcy, Deputy Chairper-son ABDG outlined the changes in the air mode IATA DGR, 53rd Edition, ICAO-TI, 2011/2012. The delegates were also in-formed about the ICAO-FIATA Danger-ous Goods by Air Training Programme.

Mrs D’Arcy drew the delegates’ atten-tion to the fact that sea mode IMDG Code (Amendment 35-10) only came into mandatory use from the 1st January 2012 and could continue to be used up to and including the 31st December 2013. Some States would adopt IMDG code 36-12 from the 1st January 2013 but others might wait until its use become manda-tory on the 1st January 2014.

Furthermore, she gave an important pres-entation on carriage of lithium batteries by air and highlighted the changes com-ing into effect from 1st January 2013.

ADVISORY BODY LEGAL MATTERS (ABLM) Mr Richard Gluck (United States of America) the Chairman of the Adviso-ry Body Legal Matters announced that Dr Yang Yuntao of the People’s Republic of China had graciously agreed to serve as Deputy Chair of the ABLM. Dr Yang is the Chairman of the legal committee of the China International Freight For-warders Association (CIFA) and Deputy General Legal Counsel of Sinotrans, the largest logistics company in China.

The meeting featured a fascinating over-view of the laws and regulations govern-ing the logistics industry and the process of dispute resolution in China. Dr Yang noted that there are extensive consulta-tions taking place between the courts and the industry in China to develop uniform rules for handling disputes, as 70% of the cases in some Chinese maritime courts involve freight forwarder contracts. Key issues include:

• How to determine when the forwarder is acting as principal (carrier) and as agent, and the extent to which the FIATA Model Rules might be used as a guide.• The self-help remedies available to for-warders when freight monies are not paid, and how they might be protected when they advance large sums to the shipping lines on behalf of their customers.• To whom the forwarder must deliver the bill of lading, the actual shipper or the contractual shipper (by agreement between seller and buyer).

• Who has the burden in a proof of loss as to where the loss occurred and who caused it.• Liability of the forwarder to use due diligence in selection of the carrier.

• Forwarder liability when issuing a bill of lading on behalf of a non-vessel-oper-ating common carrier (NVOCC) that is not in compliance with the licensing and financial security requirement required by the PRC government.

The Supreme Court’s views on these is-sues will be issued in late March or April, 2012, and they are expected to have a far-reaching impact on the industry.

Dr Yang also addressed questions that have been raised by FIATA national as-sociations on NVOCC tariff filing in China, registration of NVOCC bills of

lading, a new value added tax on trans-port and logistics services that is being tested in Shanghai and the problems with attempts by Chinese forwarders to collect services charges on prepaid shipments at destination.

This was the first time that such a clear and thorough explanation of Chinese regula-tions has been presented to FIATA or any other international group, and FIATA was delighted that it had been chosen as the forum for such a presentation. Dr Yang’s presentation sparked many questions from the audience, including an interesting suggestion that some parts of the system being adopted by China may offer a model for developing countries in Africa and elsewhere that lack effective rules for the logistics industry. (Dr Yang’s writ-ten presentation will be posted on the FIATA website.)

Updates were also provided to the ABLM on the slow progress in considering rati-fication of the proposed new UN conven-tion on international ocean cargo liability (the so called Rotterdam Rules). Ratifi-cation by the US seems likely, but only after many other pending treaties have been considered, probably after the new congress meets in 2013. China has gone through a lengthy industry comment pro-cess, and recommendations for the State Council to consider are being prepared, but there are serious concerns about provi-sions that would allow delivery of goods without presentation of bills of lading, abrogation of navigation fault exemption opting out of the convention by contract, and its general complexity. A similarly slow and arduous process seems to be under way in the UK.

Helen Arabanos from the TT Club and

Successful Revalidation of FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding of Zimbabwe


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Beata Janaka of Poland updated on recent case law developments, including further enhancements of EC sanctions against Iran and continuing attempts by the courts to avoid the limitations period in the FIATA bill of lading when large shipper claims are involved. The TT Club’s full report updating key forwarding industry deci-sions from around the world is available on the FIATA web site.

An ABLM working group met in Zurich to consider possible measures to prevent fraudulent delivery of full container load shipments from Pakistan and other coun-tries to the US, when so called “quick release” or “express” procedures are used. Once cargo has cleared customs, many ocean carriers currently are permitting release of cargo at destination without presentation of adequate documentation, thus opening opportunities for buyers to obtain delivery without paying for the goods. Representatives from insurers re-ported that this is the single largest source of claims against freight forwarders. The working group will propose suggested guidelines or best practices to prevent abuse of the express release procedures in the near future. Finally, it was announced that ABLM is forming a small committee of insurance experts to provide regular reports on major risk management issues being experienced by the industry.

ADVISORY BODY SECURITY MATTERS (ABSM)Chairman David Fielder (Australia) was happy to welcome again a large amount of delegates from various regions to this ABSM Meeting which was held on Friday, 16 March 2012. At this meeting, a trial was made of a new format for the meeting which was subsequently proven to be a success. While maintaining a focus on

regional and country reports, 4 specific issues were reported on by one of each of the members of ABSM which were then openly discussed by both the ABSM mem-bers and the attendees of the meeting.

The subject matters were the US “Na-tional Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security”, which is an approach to engage industry at a far greater level working in partnership. Presented along with this were subjects of the IATA Electronic Se-curity Declaration and Electronic transfer of data to support the Supply Chain Se-curity. A brief report was made about an issue whereby a country administration was being accused of “wrongdoings” in mandating inspection of cargo by only 6 designated entities.

However, by far the most discussed subject was the recent introduction of the EC859 legislation which effectively extended the Security inspection criteria contained in EC185 extra-territorially by requiring all cargo being air freighted into the EU to be subject to screening requirements. The biggest issue surrounding this legislation is the requirements for airlines to have the responsibility to ensure that cargo they re-ceive after 2014 is from an “independently validated” forwarder or shipper and IATA volunteering to fulfil this validation role. It was strongly supported by all present that IATA should not be considered to be independent given they represent one side of the customer/service provider relation-ship between carriers and forwarders. A second issue which was widely discussed is the apparent ambiguity and lack of clarity within the legislation over the status of currently exempt countries that have current robust Annex 17 minimum inspection criteria, and their position after 2014. While it was accepted that FIATA

would not agree to providing a valida-tion service, it was equally important that FIATA made their position clear to legislators and the EU commission while at the same time offering our services and indeed our worldwide network to work alongside with the aim of achieving the required security within a sustainable and workable model.

As a post meeting remark, it has been con-firmed that this more interactive format of discussion over key issues will be further developed for the FIATA Congress later in the year in Los Angeles.

ADVISORY BODY VOCATIONAL TRAININGThomas Sim, Chairman of the Advisory Body Vocational Training (ABVT) opened the meeting on 16 March. He advised that, as of now, five FIATA Association Members were offering the FIATA Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management. He urged other Association Members to come forward and offer this challeng-ing curriculum as a natural progression for those who had completed the FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding.

A brief presentation on FIATA’s e-Learn-ing pilot was given by Bassil Eid. The pilot is run on an open source platform. The aim of this pilot is to develop a common e-Learning platform for FIATA’s Associa-tion Members.

Certificates were presented to Associations which had successfully re-validated their training material, i.e. Canada (CIFFA) – Bulgaria (NSBS), Slovakia (ZLZ-SR), Ukraine (AIFFU & UZT), Zimbabwe (SFAAZ) and Islamic Republic of Iran (ITCA). Since the last ABVT meeting

during the FWC in Cairo in October 2011 till 10 March 2012, a further 232 course participants were awarded the renowned FIATA Diploma. The total number of Diplomas released since 1996 now stands at 7457.

On behalf of the Chairman of the Award Steering Group of the “Young Inter-national Freight Forwarder of the Year Award”, the Manager of the ABVT an-nounced that 17 participants had been nominated by Association Members in 2012. The Associations were urged to encourage their members to participate in this initiative in much larger numbers.

The President of the FIATA Foundation (FFVT) advised the administrative changes which had taken place recently. He also informed that a “Train-the-Trainer”course is being planned in Tanzania for August 2012.

Mr Gottlieb gave a comprehensive pres-entation on the ICAO FIATA Dangerous Goods by Air Training Programme which offers a quality alternative to the presently available dangerous goods training pro-grammes at a significantly reduced cost. The programme has received endorsement from all international bodies. A copy of

the ICAO Technical Instructions (TI’s), specially branded for FIATA was given to each Association Member on this occasion. The Association Members were urged to offer this programme “by forwarders for forwarders” in their respective countries and support FIATA.

AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST (RAME)The Chairman, Mr Issa Baluch (United Arab Emirates), welcomed the large num-ber of attendees from 19 countries of the region Africa / Middle East. Delegates expressed their intention to become more actively involved in the Advisory Bodies, Institutes and Working Groups of FIATA. It was decided that Johannesburg/South Africa will be the host for the next “RAME Field Meeting”, which will be held on June 25 and 26, 2012. On this occasion, the RAME members will have a good time frame to bring forward and discuss their local respective country issues.

The Chairman was happy to announce that a candidate from Egypt has an excellent opportunity to become the Young Freight Forwarder of the Year by participating in the final selection at the FIATA World Congress in Los Angeles in October.

After an excellent presentation made by Tanzania, the FIATA Foundation Voca-tional Training was happy to announce that the selected country for the East African Project to host the next TOT course ((Train of Trainer’s) is Tanzania. A pre-qualification visit will be organized in the next few months.

The Chairman stated: “We have the inten-tion to attract more individual members in all countries. Only with more national associations and more individual mem-bers, RAME will become stronger in FIATA and will provide its constituency with a real interactive platform for better knowledge, better collaboration and – at the end of the day – better business.”

AMERICA (RAMNS)The Region Americas, North and South, deals with transport and logistics re-lated issues in North and South America concerning land, sea, air and regulatory matters. Christopher J. Gillespie (CIFFA Canada), Deputy Chairman RAMNS chaired the meeting in absence of the Chairman, Rodolfo Sagel, and welcomed delegates from Canada, Mexico and the United States.

On land/sea transport, the group cited weighing of containers and non- or miss-declaration of overloaded containers as a major issue affecting forwarders. In Air-freight, William M. Gottlieb, Presidency Member and Member of the Air Freight Institute gave a brief overview of the 6th IATA World Cargo Symposium which he had attended in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Symposium focussed on “Commit-ments on Industry Cooperation, Safety, Security and e-Freight”.

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On Security matters, the Chairman drew the delegates’ attention to the Importer Security Filing (ISF) requirement prior to vessel loading at foreign ports of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Published on the 25th November 2011, this requirement makes the importer or its agent responsible for complete, accurate and timely tendering of the ISF. As in the past, the group also discussed the implica-tions of the US Policy of 100% screening of air cargo for forwarders.

On Education and Training, Mr Ernesto Arévalo Schoedl, President AMACARGA Mexico, advised that the AMACARGA Training Institute (ABVT Regional Train-ing Centre) would initially be starting with their training courses. They would consider a “Train-the-Trainer” course to be provided by the FIATA Foundation only in the second phase. ALOG Chile advised that they were preparing the Validation of their training programme at the next FIATA Congress in Los Angeles.

Mr Ernesto Arévalo Schoedl, President AMACARGA Mexico, informed the group about ALACTA’s next Congress in

San Antonio, Texas, USA, between 13 and 16 May 2012.

ASIA/ PACIFIC (RAP)RAP delegates used this opportunity to exchange up to date information about the main regional and international topics in their association, their members and in the neighbouring countries. The picture showed a variety of items second to none.

The new Director General Marco Sorgetti introduced himself to the delegates of RAP and informed them that a UN cross- border facilitation initiative with focus on the Region Asia Pacific is in the pipeline.

The Chairman of CAI informed partici-pants of developments and events of inter-est in RAP and invited them to consider participating in the WCO Global AEO conference held in cooperation with Ko-rean Customs Administrations. Mr Morris raised the topic of “de minimis” acknowl-edging the mandate of the Express Carri-ers’ associations who are seeking to work with governments within the region to push up the “de minimis”. From FIATA’s point of view, there has to be equity in

the process in terms of customs adminis-trations receipt and delivery of cargo.

The Chairman of ABSM Mr David Fielder and the Chairman of ABVT Mr Thomas Sim were enticing RAP delegates to join their respective sessions at the HQ by giving a brief introduction of hot topics to be dealt in their sessions (please read the appropriate section of this report).

Delegates were invited to join the 6th RAP Field Meeting to be held on 12 June 2012 in Bangkok. These yearly and tradi-tional meetings are held in conjunction with the UNESCAP. Delegates supported the suggestion of FIATA Vice President Mr Suwit Ratanachinda to receive a UNESCAP report on the outcome of the Transport ministers’ and senior govern-ment representatives’ meetings, which was unfortunately running at the same time as the HQ session. Mr Erich Lingad Chairman of The Philippines Federation of Forwarders’ Association updated delegates on a very comprehensive presentation about the developments in his country.

EUROPE (REU)The REU meeting was chaired by Vice President Dr Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria) and was attended by 40 delegates.

Mr Rogge (Germany) Secretary General reported on the EC’s review of the in-ternal market in road freight transport and the final hearing held in February, in which position was taken in favour of free and unrestricted cabotage, quality performance indicators throughout the industry and harmonized levels of penal-ties and enforcement practices at EU level. A joint industry position has been drafted with other stakeholders in support with the EMS system for cross-border traffic.

Adapting Directive 96/53 to international standards, allowing transport of 45’ con-tainers (with a max weight of 44 tonnes), will improve intermodal transport and provide legal certainty to operators. CO2 emissions and the Eurovignette were also evoked.

Dr Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria), Chairman of the FIATA Working Group Rail Trans-port, mentioned the fourth EU Railway Package stating the general aim is to enhance the quality and efficiency of the rail service by removing obstacles, foster-ing the performance of the railway sector, competitiveness and growth. Progress in

rail transportation is needed to foster competition (also through the complete unbundling of operations and infrastruc-ture), to mitigate incumbents’ dominant position and to alleviate the problems with single wagon services.

Mr Keen (United Kingdom), Chairman of the Working Group Sea Transport in-formed the delegates about the “Blue Belt” Project. The Commission’s Action Plan is to establish a European maritime trans-port space without barriers. The Customs procedures were facilitated for certain companies as of 1 January 2012 and port formalities as of 19 May 2012. CLECAT

is now part of the eMAR project launched in January 2012.

Mr Van Corenbergh (Belgium) report-ed on the new Regulation (859/2011) covering movements to the EU from third countries. The regulation came into effect in February 2012 placing a large burden on airlines (security declara-tion, programme and manager). As of July 2014, an independent validation of RA/KC in 3rd countries will be manda-tory. Three other legislative proposals with the aim to improve ground han-dling services, slot allocation and noise are under discussion. CLECAT supports … and attentive participants during a meeting


Focus

inland port on the river Rhine in Basel took place. The delegates were given interesting insights into the different services available from Contargo Termi-nals. All aspects and activities offered by Contargo were expertly presented by the Basel-based firm’s Holger Bochow. The attendees closed the day with visit to a container crane in action in the port.

The next meeting of the Maritime Trans-port working group will take place in Antwerp (Belgium) from 21–23 June this year.

FIATA’s sea transport working groupExchanging valuable know-how.

The sea transport working group of FIATA’s Multimodal Transport Institute meets regularly to exchange experience and know-how, expand its expertise, and analyse technical reforms, also in the context of new directives and laws.

The sea transport working group of FIATA’s Multimodal Transport Insti-tute (MTI) was invited by the Swiss forwarding and logistics association SPEDLOG SWISS to hold a session in Basel on 2–3 February. The working group’s meeting took place on the premises of SPEDLOGSWISS.

Various new and existing directives and laws influencing the transport industry were discussed, in terms of providing so-lutions with regard to FIATA’s members. This also included various global security

full liberalization of the ground handling market, which will result in more com-petition, lower rates and higher level of service. They also support the objective of the Commission’s draft proposal on slot allocation, which will ensure a system of fairness, non-discriminatory and transpar-ent rules of landing and take-off slots in order to allow optimal utilisation.

Mr Parker (United Kingdom) referred to the Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) and mentioned that the EU single filing approach means one declaration and one party responsible for submission (car-

rier). To date manifest-level information is allowed, but following October 2010 incidents the Manifest level-information proved to be insufficient in recent rests and the proposal to add buyer/seller (or importer/exporter) to the list of data-elements is floating.

CLECAT took the position that this in-formation should not be required from the carrier and freight forwarders. They should also not be obliged to share com-mercial information with potential com-petitors and therefore a multiple filing systems should be adopted, much in line

with FIATA’s recently published position on dual filing.The current SAFE, clearly distinguished between transport and trade transaction related information. However, there is growing concern that some governments and government organization may deflect from this approach to compress advance electronic data requirements into a Sin-gle Filing System (SFS) by merging the goods and cargo declarations into one and holding the carriers responsible for it. Allegedly the EU has recently withdrawn its proposal to merge the cargo and goods declaration in SAFE FoS.

directives and their reciprocal acceptance by the parties involved, stipulations that consignment data be transmitted to im-port authorities in advance, NVOCC rate reporting, obligatory container scanning and screening in maritime ports, as well

as the compulsory weighing of contain-ers. Furthermore, the delegates were also informed about current sanctions and the status of the so-called “Rotterdam Rules”.In spite of the icy cold on the first day of the two-day event, an excursion to the

Intensive and valuable discussions within the WG Sea Meeting

Participants of the FIATA Working Group Sea Meeting

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Country Report

Situated midway along the West African

Coastline, Ghana has always been a country

well suited for international trade.

GeographyArea: 238,538 sq. km, just a little less than the United Kingdom. Cities: Capi-tal, Accra (metropolitan area 3 million). Other cities: Kumasi (1 million), Tema (500,000), Sekondi-Takoradi (370,000). Terrain: Plains and scrubland, rainforest, savannah.

Ghana is located on West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea close to the Equator. Half of the country lies less than 152 meters above sea level, and the highest point is 883 meters. The 537-kilometer coastline is mostly a low, sandy shore backed by plains and scrub and intersected by several rivers and streams. A tropical rain forest belt, broken by heavily forested hills and many streams and rivers, extends northward from the shore. This area produces most of the country’s cocoa, minerals, and timber. North of this belt, the country is covered by low bush, park-like savannah, and grassy plains. The climate is tropical. The eastern coastal belt is warm and compara-tively dry, the southwest corner, hot and humid, the north, hot and dry. There are two distinct rainy seasons. A dry, north-easterly wind, the Harmattan, blows in January and February. Annual rainfall in the coastal zone averages 83 cm.

The Volta Lake, the widest manmade lake in the world, extends from the Ako-sombo Dam in south-eastern Ghana to the town of Yapei, 520 kilometres to the north. The lake generates electricity, provides inland transportation, and is a potentially valuable resource for irrigation and fish farming.

EconomyGhana has a relatively diverse and rich natural resource base. Minerals – princi-pally gold, diamonds, manganese ore, and bauxite – are produced and exported. A major oil discovery off the coast of Ghana in 2007, the Jubilee Field, began produc-tion of oil and gas in December 2010, and is now producing approximately 85,000 barrels per day.

Despite the oil and mineral wealth now being exploited, agriculture remains a mainstay of the economy, accounting for more than one-third of GDP and about 55% of formal employment. Ghana’s primary cash crop is cocoa, which pro-vides about one-third of all export rev-enues. Other products include timber, coconuts and other palm products, Shea nuts, coffee, as well as non-traditional agricultural products for export including pineapples, cashews and peppers. Cas-sava, yams, plantains, corn, rice, peanuts, millet, and sorghum are grown for local consumption. In addition to domestic produce, fresh vegetables are also im-ported from Burkina Faso. Fish, poultry and meat also are important dietary staples.

Ghana’s industrial base is relatively ad-vanced compared to many other African countries. However, additional scope ex-ists for value-added processing of ag-ricultural products. Industries include textiles, apparel, steel (using scrap), tires, flour milling, cocoa processing, beverages, tobacco, simple consumer goods, and car, truck, and bus assembly. Industry, includ-ing mining, manufacturing, construction and electricity, accounts for about 30% of GDP. With higher commodity prices, gold, cocoa, and oil are the top three export revenue earning sectors for Ghana.

The country’s largest source of foreign exchange is remittances from workers abroad.

Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders’ Organizational Structure.GIFF was formed in 1979 and was then called “National Association of Cus-toms Agents” (NACHA), which meta-morphosed into the “Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders” (GIFF) in 1990. The association’s objectives enshrined in the articles of association include the promo-tion of integrity and professionalism of freight forwarders, the facilitation of com-pliance with national and international regulations, the provision of training and knowledge assessment, so that the highest standards in freight forwarding services are attainable in the national freight for-warding community.

The Institute is a non-profit organization governed by an Executive Council of 19 members, including a President, 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents, National Treasurer and fifteen council members from each of the five districts’ chairmen. In September 2005, the institute became a registered professional body pursuant to the Profes-sional Bodies’ Decree 1973 (NRCD 143). Freight forwarding becoming a recognised profession in Ghana placed further obliga-tions on GIFF to establish a training and education for its members. GIFF then ap-proached FIATA with this new obligation which resulted in Train-the-Trainer course in Ghana BY FIATA FOUNDATION in 2005.

Since the establishment of its training cen-tre GIFF has trained over 400 of its mem-bers. GIFF’s training centre has instituted dangerous goods training programme. In

this respect, GIFF is accredited by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority to run such programmes; It is also accredited by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to run dangerous goods by sea training programmes.

GIFF has carved a place for itself as a strong advocacy institution for the ship-ping industry through embarking on major advocacy initiatives, e.g. it has suc-cessfully managed to contest governmen-tal policies that were not shared by the industry. GIFF is a member of the Ghana Customs consultative committee, hence providing input into Customs policy and makes proposals for Customs reforms. Furthermore, GIFF is represented on the Ghana Maritime Authority governing

board, in turn this gives the opportunity to shape maritime policy and influence its reforms. Notwithstanding the major

strides the institute has chalked, GIFF is challenged by obstacles that are common in the developing world, e.g. funding ac-tivities as from a generally weak financial base of membership.

ConclusionGhana occupies a coveted place in lo-gistics service provision within the sub-region.The airport and seaports are well known in the region and with the Ghana Government’s focus on land transporta-tion the railways and roads will also soon be put in the same category. Given sufficient infrastructure, the strategic lo-cation also makes Ghana an ideal region for warehousing and distribution; this role as a regional economic and logistics hub can be enhanced by the develop-ment of the Abidjan – Lagos transport and transit facilitation project (ALTTFP), combined with the on-going Joint Border Posts along the route; the central corridor (Tema-Ouagadougou) land corridors land the setting up of tax-free zones and inland freight stations drive in the same direction. Ghana has the talent to effectively trade on the world market. What is needed now is the institutional will.

Ghana, a regional trade hub

Ghana – Facts & FiguresOfficial name: Ghana

Capital: Accra

Form of government: Constitutional democracy

Area: 238,538 sq km

Population: 25,241,998

Ethnic groups: Akan 45.3%, Mole-Dagbon 15.2%, Ewe 11.7%, Ga-Dangme 7.3%, Guan 4%, Gurma 3.6%, Grusi 2.6%, Mande-Busanga 1%, other tribes 1.4%, other 7.8% (2000 census)

Official languages: Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other (includes English (official)) 36.1% (2000 census)

Administrative divisions: 10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western

Memorial of Kwame Nkrumah, first President of the Republic of Ghana


News

The U.S. Department of Justice an-nounced some time ago that a former manager of a Netherlands-based freight-forwarding company pleaded guilty for conspiring to defraud the United States by facilitating the ille-gal export of goods to Iran. The man pleaded guilty and entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge in the Newark federal court. He was the sales and business development man-ager for a company described in the Information as the “Netherlands Freight Forwarding Company” in 2007 and 2008. The Netherlands Freight Forwarding company was

affiliated with a New York-based freight-forwarding company. The indicted facilitated shipments to be made to Iran without the necessary authorization from the United States government and in violation of the law. In October 2007, an assistant secretary of commerce for export en-forcement – at the behest of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) through its Office of Export Enforcement – issued a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) denying export privileges to his company.. The TDO prohibited any person, which included the in-

dicted, from directly or indirectly ex-porting or re-exporting to or on behalf of the coconspirator, among others. The coconspirator, who was located in another country, purchased U.S. ori-gin goods from a New Jersey company, among other companies, for business-es and governmental agencies of Iran. The New Jersey Company was in the business of reselling chemicals, lubri-cants, sealants and other products used in the aircraft industry. As part of the conspiracy, there was evidence that in November 2007, air waybills and other transport documents were in breach of the instructions contained in

the TDO. In January 2008 an e-mail admitted that,“99% of these goods were destined to be sent to Teheran/Iran, which was and still is a very difficult destination due to political reasons. We have handled shipments to Teheran for various customers who had to shut down their operation because they were doing business with Teheran/Iran and in spite of the risk we take we always handled your shipments in a good manner.” The sentence may carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a USD 250,000 fine and is expected by May this year.

Freight Forwarder Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy for Facilitating Export of Goods to Iran

Why should freight forwarders concern themselves with trade compliance? Many FIATA members are no longer just “architects of transport” but fully-fledged logistics services providers. This entails additional liabilities and risks. Compli-ance is therefore more and more important for the modern forwarder.

Being compliant means respecting all in-ternational and national rules, regulations, and laws governing the business. This requires logistics companies to know and respect all laws and regulations that apply in the process of exportation and importa-tion. Duties arising from servicing inter-national trade include import and export controls, embargoes, sanctions, customs formalities, transit and intrastat filings, product classifications, origin assessments, supplier’s declaration management, sup-ply chain security procedures and denied parties screenings.

Non-compliance can be very expensive. In 2009, a large service provider was fined USD 9.44 million by the US Depart-ment of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) and the US Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) with regards to goods transported to Iran, Sudan, and Syria. Recently a for-mer manager of a Dutch freight forward-ing company pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by facilitating the illegal export of goods to Iran (see box). This could carry five years’ imprisonment and a fine of USD 250,000. Swiss logistics services providers (LSP) have incurred similar problems and fines in recent years, though not always of the same magnitude.

Ignorance is no excuse in LawAlthough forwarders today are no longer just “architects of transport” and have de-veloped new skills to offer their customers additional services, too few of them realize the full legal implications of this new role

in the supply chain and/or in the trade context and their obligations toward their customers/shippers.

LSPs are obliged to respect the law and are doing the right thing in alerting their customers. Even if shippers are principally responsible for their businesses, when the LSP issues shipping documents, the same rules and regulations apply. The LSP must respect export/import control laws and regulations, sanctions and embargoes.

Trade compliance is complicated, but important. Just looking at the issue of restricted/denied party screening there are some 200 different lists today with up to 120,000 names of sanctioned individu-als or companies. The embargoes do not apply to dual-use products only, but also to other products and services, blueprints, and sample shipments.

The long arm of the LawFurthermore, not only national or United Nations rules apply, but EU and US law must be abided by, especially US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This concerns products of US origin, products with components of US origin, and blue prints of US origin.

The forwarder usually expects the shipper (producer/exporter) to make the necessary checks and obtain the necessary permits. However, it relies on his principal at its own peril. A lot of SME’s are not thor-oughly informed about the complexity of legal requirements, and/or may strug-gle to keep up to date with the frequent changes.

Trade Compliance and Export Controls – a must for forwardersAEO’s (Authorized Economic Operators) have a specific obligation to check all customer information, delivery addresses, agents’ and partners’ data against the most common sanction lists. Companies that have only a few export shipments a year can do so manually, but greater numbers require automation and again, the sanc-tion party lists change quite frequently.

A wide spectrum of suppliersSeveral software vendors offer easy-to-use trade compliance software. So far, primar-ily multinational producers and some large LSP have invested in the necessary technology and implemented trade com-pliance solutions in their legacy system. A recent survey by Nielsen + Partner showed that even in Germany more than half of all LSP’s do not use an IT supported screening system although they have been com-pelled to do so by law for some five years.Whichever software is chosen it should document the screening results with a full audit trail and archive all trade compli-ance related documents for several years in such a way that they can be used when there is an audit request.

Cost FactorTrade compliance should be taken very seriously. Failure to abide by laws and regulations can result in a range of nega-tive consequences. Products may be con-fiscated and destroyed or returned to the sender. There is also the possibility that trading with certain entities or countries is prohibited.

In addition, there is the personal liability of managers. If a company has failed to implement compliance rules and proce-dures its CEO is at risk, even if unaware of decisions taken by lower hierarchy. High penalties and/or imprisonment may entail. If a forwarder or LSP risks violating the law, it should consider not only the fine but also the legal costs of a fraud case, particularly in the USA, the loss of its reputation, clients, personnel etc. A family owned business could easily go bankrupt if the owner ends up in jail.

Marketing opportunitiesA “compliance package” including screen-ing services, import/export pre-checks etc. is a value adding service that can

be charged over and above the normal freight rate.

The global players in the forwarding industry already offer such compliance services. A smaller international freight forwarder risks to be excluded from certain trades if it cannot offer a similar service. In fact, an increasing number of tenders require LSP to give proof of an effective compliance management sys-tem.

A “compliance package” is an excellent marketing tool which allows the forwarder to surface from its competitors in a highly volatile and price sensitive environment. Being able to offer a client advice on trade compliance risks can further strengthen customer relations.

The futureThere are no signs from the U.S. govern-ment or its allies that export controls and financial crime prevention will be placed on the backburner, or the pace of change might slow down. In fact, quite the op-posite can be expected.

Author: Thomas Kofler, Head of Sales Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Amber Road Inc.

(formerly Management Dynamics)

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Personally

Mr Kostas Sandalcidis studied Economics

at the University of Istanbul and obtained

there the Master Degree. After completing

his military service he was working for a

multinational German forwarding company

for 15 years. He then joined a Turkish freight

forwarding company, where he still is a

shareholder. Since 2003 Mr Sandalcidis is an

associated professor at the High School for

Transport and Logistics in the University of

Istanbul, teaching “Logistics and Railways”.

He is one of the founders of UTIKAD, the

Turkish Freight Forwarders Association and

between 2006 and 2010 he was the President

of UTIKAD. Since october 2011 Mr Sandal-

cidis is a Vice President of FIATA. He speaks

5 languages fluently, is married and his son

is also a freight forwarder.

If you had not joined the transportation business, which profession would you have chosen?Any kind of profession where you have the possibility to continually meet a lot of people with the chance to develop busi-ness relations, being in touch with various people of different cultures gives you the ability to get yourself better known and to expand in your private life and your business relations.

So what fascinates you about the freight forwarding industry?It is a continuous improvement exercise that steadily fosters the talent of “organ-izing” the required services. This makes clients happy and gives you the oppor-tunity to keep them as clients for an extended period of time. And what was the motivation to accept your post with FIATA?I believe that like an earthquake also the forwarding and logistics sector has an “epicentre” which is FIATA. The world-wide activities of FIATA on behalf of the sector enable the participants to improve their know–how, to adopt modern systems and to be always up to date in regards of “new worldwide regulations”. I believe it is a privilege to be part of the group of those who make these services to our constituency possible.

How do you view the state of the indus-try today?The industry is continuously improving and ever trying to satisfy its service users. The synergy and the cooperation within the industry is another very important aspect which is leading to further developments.

What changes would you like to see?A common worldwide harmonization es-pecially for all customs related matters.

Looking at the future, what advice would you give a young person joining the industry today?For sure I would recommend him or her to enter our industry, but only if he or she can count on personal traits such as readiness to work for longer hours almost every day, patience, organizational talent, etc.

Generally speaking, what, in your opinion, has been mankind’s best in-vention (and why)?All kind of information systems (IT) giv-ing us also the possibility to improve our services.

Which famous person would you like to have met (and why)?I would be glad to meet Neil Armstrong, in order to hear his feelings for being the first human on the moon from him directly.

Do you have any unfulfilled wishes (professional or personal)?I do not think there is anybody who has fulfilled all his wishes. If that were the case then nothing would be left to us other than waiting “to die”. So I can easily say that I have – and probably will in future – still quite a lot of wishes to fulfil… both professional and private.

What plans do you have for the future or for your retirement?Not to be far from “our industry”. Follow-ing the improvements of our industry…and remain active as an adviser…

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(United Kingdom) celebrated his 70th Birthday on 3rd April 2012.FIATA Delegate since 1993, Vice President of FIATA 1997–2000, and Honorary Member of FIATA since 2001.

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