Shippers question carriers’ ‘silly’ demands to meet new EU security regulations

How smoothly is the introduction going of the European Union’s requirement for an Entry Summary Declaration?  It’s early days yet in the operation of the EU’s new requirement  for submitting data about the freight being imported into the EU (or moving via the EU) prior to loading for export.  The Shipper’s Voice has heard little by way of shippers’ reactions to this new obligation placed upon them, or indeed on their thoughts about the surcharges which many carriers (air and sea) are introducing. Arising from the Shippers’ Voice Linked In group (a closed shippers’ only group), however, comes one of the first signs of frustration from a couple of shippers.
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Source: The Shippers Voice