On September 24, 2008 OTM (the Belgian Shippers Council) organized a seminar on Supply Chain Security. During the seminar Mr. N. Colpin, Administrator of Belgian Customs & Excises, held a presentation on AEO. After this presentation the first AEO certificates in Belgium were granted by Mr. B. Clerfayt, State Secretary of Finance and Mr. N. Colpin. The first five AEO certified companies recognized in Belgium are Nitto Europe NV, Caterpillar Belgium SA, MSC Belgium NV, D&W Bvba and Evonik Degussa Antwerpen NV. Mr. Colpin also emphasized that in the mean time the Belgian audit methodology has been acknowledged by the European Commission. Currently, only 74 AEO applications, on a potential of 3.000 applications, have been submitted. At this moment 28 applications are being investigated. Given the fact that the Belgian audit methodology has been approved it is to be expected that the AEO certification process in Belgium should speed up.    Source picture: De Lloyd

On 24th and 25th September, Prologistics will take place in the Brussels Expo.  During this fair all major providers of total solutions in Warehousing, Handling, Transport, Distribution, Logistics Software, Data Capturing and Logistics Consultancy will be present. 

Several learnshops on Logistics Management will take place and awards for the fastest growing companies, active in the transport and logistics sector, will be handed over.

Moreover, O.T.M., Belgian Shippers’ Council is organising its ’2nd Day of the Shipper’ on the hot topics of Supply Chain Security ‘Leading or threat’! on 24th September.   O.T.M offers an attractive program, with both an informative section on all sorts of mandatory security requirements and testimonies of security in practice in the business processes.  The most important announcement on the site of O.T.M is that in addition, during the ’2nd Day of the Shipper’ the first Belgian AEO certificate will be issued.

We will keep you informed !