Schiphol Smartgate Cargo kick off

 

Today Enno Osinga, Managing Director of Cargo at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Sjoerd van Loon, Chairman of Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) and Freek van Zoeren, Chairman of the

Tax Authorities / Customs West management team signed the Schiphol Smartgate action plan.

 

The Schiphol Smartgate Cargo concept is one of the first international public-private collaborations to involve intensive and innovative forms of cooperation between the government agencies responsible for enforcing border crossing legislation and the private sector. Schiphol SmartGate Cargo involves the integrated monitoring of goods leaving the EU from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, allowing rapid and efficient clearance. The Schiphol Smartgate Cargo concept will thus help improve Schiphol's competitive position.  

 

A number of developments have already taken place. For example, the Customs Control Centre, a central helpdesk for customs services customers, was recently initiated. The Cargo Checkpoint pilot project was launched on 21 September, in which various monitoring and inspection processes are clustered in a single monitoring procedure. Schiphol Smartgate Cargo also includes the 'Information Broker', a system developed by Cargonaut that allows both the aviation sector and government bodies to determine whether a shipment will require inspection at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in advance on the basis of electronic pre-departure and pre-arrival information. The coming months will see tendering procedures for new equipment, the evaluation of pilot projects and the further development of concepts.

 

For more information on Schiphol SmartGate Cargo, visit www.schiphol-smartgate.nl.