As of 1 July all shippers are obliged to declare the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) of each export shipping container. This SOLAS obligation applies worldwide. Customers with the TRIS Forwarding solution can send the VGM directly from their file to the shipping company/portal site

In the Netherlands, declarants must inform Customs about the quantities of supplies or bunkering they bring on board. Thanks to the TRIS Customs Management System they can send this declaration electronically to Customs directly from the application. This electronic declaration includes the obligatory fields required by Dutch Customs

The TRIS Customs module offers various extras for shippers and logistics service providers who carry out inward processing (i.e. processing of non-EU goods for resale within the EU or export from the EU). For instance, the stock administration is maintained automatically, and the solution includes a conversion module for processed goods. But the main feature is the handy decision table with a list of countries that enjoy a preferential trade tariff

During the past month our customers together sent in 28,345 Customs declarations using our TRIS Customs Communication solution. Assuming 22 working days per month and 8 working hours per day, this works out at one declaration every 30 seconds