Port Community Systems & Customs (Part I)

Uwe Liebschner
Consultant Customs and Foreign Trade, dbh Logistics IT AG, Germany
Published 04 May 2022
Port Community Systems & Customs (Part I)
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Customs put the pieces of the various authorities' puzzle together and release the goods with an overall decision. Therefore, among many other players, the customs administration plays an extremely important role in effective operations in the port, and close cooperation among all the stakeholders is an obvious guarantor of quality. In this part, we examine the tasks and challenges facing the logistics industry, the core mandate of customs and their challenges, and how can another dimension of effective process flow be created?

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