CCS-UK: new ro-ro solution to help avoid border delays
CCS-UK User Group and CCS-UK (operated by BT) have jointly developed a solution to assist in the smooth movement of imports to the UK via ro-ro ports or the Channel Tunnel. The solution was approved by HMRC and Border Force at the end of January 2020, for use if there is no deal with the EU, and will be adapted to comply with the processes required at the end of the current implementation period, once these details are known.
The solution is an extension of the CCS-UK Advance Information System (AIS), which is already used to provide airline temporary storage facilities (ITSFs and ETSFs) with advance information of both intra-UK and international truck movements and road feeder services. AIS helps these temporary storage facilities plan and manage their workloads better, thereby speeding up processing and helping eliminate truck queues.
The AIS ro-ro solution enables vehicles arriving at UK ports and carrying EU origin cargo to proceed immediately to a designated CCS-UK temporary storage facility. This provides an alternative to using common transit, and means the vehicles that do not need to use a port-linked clearance facility. (mw)