There are a few puzzled looks on the faces of British freight carriers operating in British ports after they recieved backdated bills from 2005 for millions of British pounds. The British government recently presented container transport firms that were operating in British ports back in 2005 with bills that were a result of a re-evaluation of the freight rates that firms were being charged back in 2005. There was no reason given for the re-evaluation, but there will certainly be questions in this area that will have to be answered, along with a host of other questions that were put to government officials by freight carriers that were presented with the backdated bills.
The discussion is starting to intensify over in Britain over this affair and you can expect more news on this, before any solution is found. At present the government has recieved the questions that concerned officials want answered, before things can go forward and the bills be paid. The questions are all normal ones that should be asked in situations like this one, like what kind of discussions the government has had with the container transport ports and the process the British government used to determine the amount backdated and such things. All important questions that the British government will probably take their time before answering. The answers are going to be carefully look at to make sure everything is in order and you can expect the British government to have all of their ducks in a row.
A puzzling situation for firms that have recieved the backdated bills, for sure, and a concerning one in the present financial storm blackening the skies above business opportunities for most firms considering the difficulty of finding money to pay the bills.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...tid=20017747349
Monday, March 8, 2010
British Freight Firms Recieve Backdated Bills, British container transport, freight carriers, container transport, freight rates
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