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How to get your business ready to move goods out of the UK to Common Transit Convention countries.
All current documents relating to rail franchising at the Department for Transport.
Check which Authorised Economic Operator status you could apply for and their benefits if your business has role in the international supply chain.
Understand how trading conditions and insurance can limit the financial risk for freight forwarders.
How ship security is managed in the UK, and how to comply with UK regulations on ship security.
Find out about other simplifications you can apply for with consignor or consignee status.
Freight forwarders oversee the worldwide movement of cargo, packing, documentation and customs clearance, on behalf of importers and exporters.
This webpage provides a list of organisations authorised under UK legislation to conduct tonnage measurement and issue certification on UK registered vessels.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
How to account for VAT on services when a vehicle, ship or aircraft is provided, together with a driver or crew for the transport of goods.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Find out how to apply to operate as a registered consignor of excise goods.
Guidelines about the rail franchise competition process used by Department for Transport staff and advisers.
Rail franchise competition documentation from 2011 and 2012 for the InterCity West Coast rail franchise including the invitation to tender.
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Aims of the UK rail franchising programme and what we expect from our franchise operators.
Documents concerning the Department for Transport's rail franchise competitions up to the October 2012 pause in franchising.
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