Fatal Accident at the Port of Bilbao
20th February 2019
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We have been advised that the Port of Bilbao is currently closed due to a fatal accident which occurred at one of the terminals yesterday.
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Neptune work alongside carefully selected carriers with access to airports across the globe ensuring timely and dependable freight solutions and allowing our customers to plan and become more efficient.
We have our own in-house Customs Clearance and Port Health department, ensuring consignments pass through customs as quickly and easily as possible.
At Neptune we are always striving to make our customers lives easier and so have developed a secure, online portal providing 24/7 real time access to consignment information, much more!
Neptune has the scale, experience and knowledge to ensure a fast and reliable transit of your goods for both part and full loads wherever they are on the near continent.
We offer competitive rates and expertise in all areas of the world, export, import and cross trades (where goods do not start or finish their journey in the UK)
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Neptune Shipping Agency Ltd. was incorporated in 1953, and we are proud of the vast amount of knowledge and experience we have gained in international freight.
In 1969 we began to handle our first volume shipments of full containers to and from the US. Now we have become a major player in two key areas:
1 Shipping of containerized cargo throughout the world, both full containers (FCL) and less than full loads (LCL). And Customs clearance of non EU consignments.
2 European Trailer groupage operations with over 100 trailers arriving and departing the UK bound for most of the major European cities each week.
Now that Brexit is in motion we are faced with uncertainty over the results of the negotiations between the UK and the EU. As members of BIFA (British International Freight Association), Neptune are receiving up to date notifications on how Brexit could impact on our industry and the aims BIFA has for these negotiations which can be found here.
The UK is due to leave the EU on the 29th March 2019.
With this date drawing ever closer click the below PDF link for a step by step guide to importing your goods from the EU.
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