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15 Dec 2015

Republic of Madagascar: Advance cargo declaration – updated regulation

Updated regulation – Advance Cargo Declaration – effective from 1st December 2015   A- SCOPE OF APPLICATION The Madagascar Advance Cargo Declaration regime will apply to import, export or transit of goods. However, a ship operator or its representative (typically a ship agent) will have to declare cargo… Read More

11 Dec 2015

Kenya: Certificate of conformity – New requirement – Kenya imports

                                                              Inspection of Cargo For Issuance of Certificates of Conformity We wish to notify the public and importers that the requirement for inspection and issuance of Certificates of Conformity (CoC) has been expanded to cover all Imports. This updated… Read More

20 Nov 2015

ALGERIA: Tax ID Requirement in Algeria for imports

  According to the financial Algerian law 2006 Art. 41/42, it is mandatory that all persons/companies engaged in business activities must be holder of the NIF (Numero d’Identification Fiscal) which is composed by 15 (fifteen) numeric digits, allowing the Algerian authorities to have a better traceability of the commercial transactions… Read More

19 Nov 2015

Nigeria: Advance cargo declaration compulsory on imports and exports

Nigeria introduced the Advanced Cargo Declaration on all ports. The new regolamentation is effective from November 17th 2015. In order to execute the national plan for the implementation of the Advance Cargo Declaration (ACD) scheme on Regulation and Facilitation of International Trade as well as to ensure the safety and… Read More

04 Aug 2015

Africa Logistics Network (ALN) Newsletter #7

KEY POINTS FOR A NEW FREIGHT FORWARDERS NETWORK IN AFRICA (AND WORLDWIDE) Dear friends, Africa Logistics Network started two months ago. Our website is online since last May, our first newsletter has been sent on June 1st 2015. Our first annual meeting is scheduled next October 1st / 4th 2015, in Italy. You… Read More

23 Jul 2015

A letter from a young Freight Forwarder, Emmanuel

A very nice letter received today from a young tanzanian student. He is giving us some great idea for the future of our network and maybe our paths will cross again in the future. For the moment, we wish him good luck for his future. Hello, … Read More

05 Jun 2015

EXPO: Africa and Italy connected by a Bergamo-based shipping network

(by Francesca Morandi) EXPO MILAN – Almost one third of the Milan Expo 2015 is “Africa”, with 43 African countries participating this year at the universal exposition. The figure is much higher than the previous World Expo in Shanghai, in 2010, where there was only one collective “Arica Pavilion”. The African… Read More

01 Jun 2015

Letter from the Chairman of ALN

Dear African Freight Forwarders, Since few weeks we started with a new project called Africa Logistics Network. ALN is a Freight Forwarders Network, open to worldwide members but focused on African market. The reason that convinced us to spend our time to this new network comes from a consideration: we… Read More