Topic: Customs procedures

Import Control System 2 The EU’s mandated ICS2 to go live for rail carriers next week

The EU’s Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is soon becoming available (and required) for the rail sector. Rail importers in the EU, Norway, Switzerland and…
Customs procedures The EU’s ICS2: Soon also required for rail

After aviation, maritime shipping and inland shipping, road and rail will soon also be subject to the EU’s Import Control System 2 (ICS2) requirements. This…
‘Businesses should brace ahead of new Import Control System’

The EU’s new Import Control System (ICS2), designed to streamline and strengthen customs control procedures for the European single market, is rapidly approaching. For rail…
ÖBB’s Italy-Austria customs-free rail freight corridor finally activated

The initiative between the port of Trieste, in northeastern Italy, and the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) for faster customs procedures is finally up and running,…
Ukraine removes customs procedures at rail border-crossing with Moldova

Rail freight along a somehow tricky border-crossing line between Moldova and Ukraine might see its volumes increase. The Ukrainian Parliament recently decided to simplify customs…
INTERVIEW How can this new terminal boost EU-Balkans intermodal transport?

A new project is in the pipeline to facilitate rail freight movements between Serbia-Hungary and Balkans-EU, respectively. The Horgos Terminal will have four 740-metre-long tracks…
Paperless customs for a seamless corridor? Kazakhstan shows the way

A paperless Middle Corridor, where trains no longer need to stop for customs procedures. How far is this from reality? In Kazakhstan, the first steps…
ÖBB does it: entry in Trieste, customs in Austria

The Austrian Federal Railways (OBB) will launch a new connection between Italy and Austria to speed up customs operations at the port of Trieste. The…