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    CCS-UK makes the move to new customs system

    2024-02-27T15:02:54Z

    UK electronic air cargo community system, CCS-UK said it has migrated to HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) new platform, CDS (Customs Declaration Service).Users can now submit declarations through CCS-UK for all air imports and exports to the new system, which is due to replace HMRC’s 1980s-vintage CHIEF (Customs Handling of ...

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    CCS UK trials digital collection note at Heathrow

    2023-11-29T10:45:56Z

    Software firm CCS-UK is trialling a new e-collection note that it hopes will replace the paper version that is currently used for the pick up of air cargo shipments at airports.The electronic collection note is downloaded as a QR code by the forwarder, direct to the driver’s pre-registered smartphone through ...

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    CCS-UK adds truck slot booking capability

    2022-09-02T16:02:35Z

    Guy Thompson. Source: CCS-UKThe CCS-UK cargo community system will offer a truck slot booking module on its AIS software as part of efforts to help create efficiencies at handling facilities.The group said the new slot booking function allows handlers to offer pre-booking and priority handling to selected agents and transport ...

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    CCS-UK cargo community system ready to process CDS import declarations

    2021-10-29T11:53:28Z

    The CCS-UK cargo community system is now ready to process CDS import declarations for all UK users.HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that CDS (Customs Declaration Service) will replace Customs’ CHIEF system completely in March 2023.HMRC will gradually reduce its CHIEF services, with functionality switched off in two phases. ...

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    CCS-UK trials IATA One Record technology

    2020-09-15T10:12:48Z

    London Heathrow Airport’s air cargo community has ompleted its first trial of IATA’s ONE Record technologies, which aim to replace the legacy Cargo-Imp and XML standards.US application development and data management specialist Nexshore built a ONE Record server based in the UK, to control the storage and transmission of the ...

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    Seminars aim to tackle Heathrow truck congestion

    2019-06-21T09:58:27Z

    CCS-UK User Group – the not-for-profit body which represents users of the UK’s air cargo community data system – is hosting a series of seminars to showcase its solution for streamlining collections and deliveries of airfreight at Heathrow’s cargo terminal.Advance Information System (AIS) is a bolt-on module for CCS-UK that ...