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Pilot project Border One Stop Shop (BOSS)
BOSS – Border One Stop Shop in the Port of Hamburg is a national, innovative pilot project overseen by the Hamburg Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. The aim is to assemble a variety of control points – vet- erinary, foodstuff imports, plants and Customs – at one location. There are currently two veterinary offices in the port – one in the East and one in the West. Different opening times and the locations of the two offices re- sult in daily criss-crossing traffic across the Köhlbrand Bridge. That means extra tours and additional fuel emis- sions between terminals and whichever veterinary of- fice is open. The one planned for the Border One Stop Shop lies at the centre of the Port of Hamburg, in Wal- tershof, in the grounds of the familiar Waltershof Cus- toms HQ. Here statutory controls in the Port of Ham- burg can be conducted in one place and simultaneously, more efficiently and in a more environment-friendly way.
Preliminary trials were under way from April 2019 on- wards for a possible project. These have now culminated in a positive outcome for the project and the location.
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