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German Customs Seizes Record $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine
August 5, 2019 |Europe

German customs seized more than $1 billion worth of cocaine in a container shipped from Uruguay, according to an Aug. 1 Associated Press report. The drugs, about 5 tons, were seized in mid-July, when customs officers checked a container listed as soya beans that was en route from Montevideo to Antwerp, Belgium, the report said. The container held black sports bags with more than 4,000 packets of cocaine in 211 bags, the report said, which was Germany’s biggest cocaine single seizure of cocaine to date.

UK Creating 10 New 'Freeports' After Brexit
August 5, 2019 |Europe

Britain will create up to 10 "freeports" to reduce costs and boost trade after it leaves the European Union, the country said Aug. 1. Ports and airports across the United Kingdom can bid to become one of the freeports, the country said, and the U.K. will have a Freeports Advisory Panel composed of the ministers of the Department of International Trade and HM Treasury, along with trade and business experts, some of whom were identified in the release.

Antwerp Terminal Will No Longer Accept Physical MRN Customs Documents
August 2, 2019 |Europe

Antwerp’s MPET Terminal will no longer accept physical customs documents “with [movement reference numbers] MRN for export containers,” beginning Aug. 12, according to an Aug. 1 email alert from Hapag-Lloyd. Paper customs documents without MRN are still required at the terminal, including military 302 documents, “export or T1 customs documents issued under an emergency procedure” and “carnet ATA documents,” the alert said. All customs documents with MRN must be registered in advance through the “C-Point eDesk application,” the alert said. Other terminals are expected to begin similar procedures in the “near future, Hapag-Lloyd said.