The AEO certifications allow BEST’s customers to streamline paperwork, go through fewer physical and document-based Customs control points, and receive priority treatment at control and inspection points as well as advanced notice if their goods require a physical inspection. Jorge Moreno, BEST’s Head of Commercial, said that “obtaining these double certifications of the AEO allows the company to add value and quality to its customer service. The AEO status signifies to customers that BEST is a safe and reliable operator across the European Union. In future, such Customs simplifications will extend globally with the mechanism of mutual recognition”
Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) is the first semi-automated terminal of Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH) and the most technologically advanced port development project in Spain. It is capable of serving multiple mega-vessels simultaneously and has an eight-track railway facility, the biggest on-dock railway terminal of any port in the Mediterranean connecting it to traffic coming from, and destined for, Southern Europe.