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May the year ahead be filled with successful paths, innovative solutions, and flawless logistics, leading us toward a bright future.

 

We wish you happy and succesful 2025!

We proudly celebrate 32 years of business at RCM, d.o.o., which since its establishment in 1992 has become an indispensable partner in providing comprehensive logistics solutions for the international market.

We are thrilled to share some excellent news with you! Our company, RCM d.o.o., has achieved remarkable results on two key rankings in the Slovenian logistics industry.

From the very start, your goods are in trusted hands.

Seeking a reliable partner for international transport and customs clearance? Our customs warehouse in Kozina provides a complete logistics solution, including professional customs processing in Koper and secure storage in Kozina.

The EU Fights Against Deforestation!

As of June 29, 2023, new regulations (EU Regulation 2023/1115) apply to the import of forest products into the European Union. The goal? To reduce deforestation and protect our environment.

Yesterday, RCM employees participated in a comprehensive webinar on the latest updates on customs regulations. At RCM, expertise is one of our core values, which is why we place great importance on education in key areas of our operations.

In recent years, RCM has undergone a comprehensive digital transformation, resulting in increased business process efficiency. Despite opposition from some member states, including Slovenia, the European Union has decided to impose additional tariffs on the import of electric vehicles from China. This move will significantly impact the automotive market, both in Europe and in China. At RCM d.o.o., we are closely monitoring all developments in this area and will continue to inform you about any changes that could affect the import of electric vehicles from China.

This time, we are publishing an interview with our Director, Dejan Sušnik, in the GZS – Glas Gospodarstva magazine. 

 

Read about how our company is tackling challenges in logistics, business digitalization, and what the future of business holds. 

In today's fast-changing world, where global challenges are becoming increasingly complex, seamless business operations depend on reliable and adaptable logistics solutions. Geopolitical tensions, natural disasters, and unpredictable events significantly impact global supply chains, potentially causing business disruptions, delays, and additional costs.

In recent years, road transport and logistics have faced significant challenges, as they are key sectors for economic growth and international trade. The increased volume of online shopping and global supply chains has led to a higher demand for more efficient solutions in transport and logistics.

RCM is committed to ensuring the highest quality and establishing a culture of food and feed safety. We have successfully obtained a management system certification for the storage of food and feed at our location RCM d.o.o., PE Hrpelje - Kozina. Our company has implemented and maintains a management system that meets the HACCP standard requirements in accordance with CXC RCP1-1969, 2020.

Dear Business Partners,

We are writing to inform you that, due to our recent relocation to new business premises, the registered office of RCM špedicija, gostinstvo, trgovina in proizvodnja d.o.o. has been updated. 

Starting from 18th of May, 2024, our company can be reached at the following address:

RCM d.o.o.
Nicina 13
SI-2391 PREVALJE

We appreciate your attention to this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Best regards, RCM Team

Prevalje,20.05.2024

Dear Business Partner,

We would like to inform you about recent changes related to Regulation 2023/956 of the European Parliament and Council dated May 10, 2023, which introduced the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions in goods listed in Annex I to this Regulation.

Wishing our dedicated team and esteemed business partners a year of seamless logistics, unprecedented achievements, and shared success!

 

Let's continue to drive excellence together in 2024.

The Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services, AJPES, has just unveiled the long-awaited list of rapidly growing companies for the period 2018-2022, and we are thrilled to be part of this rapidly expanding cohort.

RCM has once again emerged as one of the fastest-growing companies in Slovenia!

Fast-growing companies represent 2.6% of all businesses, employing 8.5% of the country's workforce (46,918 employees) and achieving €17.2 billion in net sales.

Here's a quick overview of the outstanding statistics:

• Total companies: 119,710
• Fast-growing companies: 3,074
• New entrants to the prestigious list: 721
• Sustaining a rapid pace of growth: 20

 

We attribute this success to our dedicated and exceptional #RCM Team and the trust of our business partners.

For more information and to view the complete list of fast-growing companies, click https://www.ajpes.si/novica/Hitro_rastoca_podjetja_2018-2022?id=557

 We are proud to announce that our company RCM d.o.o. ranked among the largest and most successful companies in Slovenian logistics and transport. We ranked 41st in the "TOP 101 largest logistics companies" ranking. The TOP 101 ranking of the largest logisticians in Slovenia represents an extremely important indicator of our success and influence in the logistics and transport industry. With dedication, professionalism, and continuous investments in improving our services, we have been placed in the golden middle among the selected companies. Our company RCM d.o.o. deals with comprehensive logistics solutions, including warehousing, transportation, customs clearance, and other logistics services. Our ability to provide reliable and efficient services has contributed to our ranking in the TOP 101 list of the largest logisticians in Slovenia. We would like to thank all our business partners for their trust, and at the same time, we are committed to further developing and strengthening our position in the Slovenian logistics industry and to providing quality services to our customers.

We would like to inform all exporters that the renewed Slovenian export system (SIAES2) came into force on 05/24/2023. 

We have prepared a contribution in export formalities for all new exporters to the western Balkan countries and their carriers.

What do you need to know when importing goods from the Western Balkans? For all new importers from the Western Balkan countries, and their carriers, we have made an article to import formalities. The countries of the Western Balkans include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. Applicant countries for accession to European Union membership are still subject to stricter customs regulations and procedures.

This time we have prepared helpful information for you, which you will need to ensure worry-free import of goods from China. We are contacted by many entrepreneurs who want to enter the path of import business with China. 

Logistics are the backbone of every economy, and as the world recovers from a pandemic, there is a need for extraordinary practices to keep pace with the challenges. Today we have prepared for you a contribution to the main logistical trends dictated by the turbulent environment in our industry.

“Great things in business are never done by one person. They are done by a team of people”

Dear business partners,

01.01.2023, and by that date, the Republic of Croatia will formally enter the Schengen area. RCM, d.o.o. we have managed to obtain information from the Financial Office of Maribor and DARS that there will be no specifics from the point of view of customs clearance at the Border Crossing Gruškovje-Macelj and Obrežje-Bregana. 

We received a shipment of electric vehicles destined for the European market at our customs storage centre in OIC Hrpelje-Kozina today. With our experts, we have arranged all necessary documentation for imports and all logistics (unloading from the container, storage and shipment to the European market).

Let all your fond dreams, hopes and expectations come true in your new year. Work towards your goals and override the challenges.

In the present day, distant in 1992, the most successful business story of the family company RCM, d.o.o. began to write. The company's founders brought the company to the top of international logistics with sound management and the proper mission and values of a company. Ivan and Irena Sušnik are recipients of the Prevalje Municipality Award for an important contribution to the development of the economy and folklore in the community of Prevalje.

Volume Trends

Import volume into Russia declined again last week, down 49% week-over-week and 76% compared to 14-20 February. Last week, import volume into Ukraine remained low, down 82% compared to 14-20 February. 

As of 10 April, the seven-day average delivery volume to countries bordering Russia and Ukraine was up 43% compared to 21 February. Comparatively, deliveries to Russia and Ukraine were down 78%, and the rest of Europe was up 9% over the same period.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Serbian drivers of heavy goods vehicles on the Ukrainian border with Romania had to wait for several days as Ukrainian forces did not allow them to leave. Thanks to diplomatic mediation between Serbia and Ukraine, trucks entered Romania.

We look forward to turning the page of the past year, in which we achieved many of the set goals. 

 

 May the future bring new business opportunities to you as well.

Intermodal containers help control operational problems by ensuring fast freight forwarding with significant time and cost reductions. And that's not all. For several benefits, these containers have certainly changed operating standards in the industry.

This time we have prepared for you some advantages of using such containers.

A new shipowner is coming to our port. The new Linea Messina RO-RO line will connect Port of Koper with the ports of East and South Africa, the Middle East, and India weekly. Shipowner Ignazio Messina will accept all types of RO-RO and project cargo.

RCM was founded in 1992 and today celebrates 29 years of successful operation in comprehensive logistics services. The company's team proves that together we can push the boundaries.

The story of the Second Track of the Divača – Koper railway line has been written for 20 years. The first variant of the route of the second track was made back in 1996. After examining 17 variants during the time of 10 governments, the current tunnel route was confirmed as the most suitable.

We have already written for you about innovations in using the new Slovenian automated import system (SIAIS2). As is known, the implementation of the new Slovenian automated import system SIAIS2 will take place on 1 January 2022.

In this article, we want to share some basic concepts in the international transport of goods.

Innovation in intermodal containers caused a revolution in international trade in the middle of the last century. The use of intermodal containers in logistics delivery verification has changed paradigms in recent decades. The use of containers allows the use of different modes of transport without transhipment. With containers, it is possible to save time and money.

This time we have prepared a contribution for you in the field of shipping containers. Demand in this area is breaking all records. According to analysts at Drewry Shipping Consultants, the production of containers has increased by more than 200%, and their prices have reached record levels. All this is due to the high demand for maritime transport services.

Prices in freight transport break all records, which affects the rise in prices of goods. In container shipping, we find that the demand for transport far exceeds the current supply.

In the company RCM d.o.o. we have been specializing in customs brokerage for more than two decades. Over two decades, together with our business partners, we have grown hand in hand and thus expanded our service range.

FURS once again calls on all declarants and importers who have not yet adjusted their customs operations to the new import declaration system to do so as soon as possible and make the most of the remaining period for testing or filing customs declarations in the SIAIS2 test environment to make the transition from the old to the new system as smooth as possible.

As a result of this, we inform you that in the company RCM, d.o.o. everything is ready for a smooth transition to the new Slovenian automated import system (SIAIS2), which will be used on 1.10.2021.

In this article, we have prepared a short guide for all truck drivers destined for the Port of Koper and are a newcomer to this field. Truck drivers often turn to our company regarding ambiguities in the area of ​​entering the port.

Tighter measures to prevent Covid-19 in China are affecting the European supply chain. A major Chinese container terminal, Ningbo-Zhoushan, closed last week. Asian ports have already closed on a single infection on Covid 19. Anti-crown measures to normalize global supply chains do not seem to end.

As a new business in international trade, you are undoubtedly faced with many innovations, demanding legislation and import and export formalities. So today, we are writing about the feasibility of working with a freight forwarding company.

 

Today we are writing for you about legal sources in the field of freight forwarding. The most important legal sources in freight forwarding are: Act Implementing the Customs Legislation of the European Union The Obligations Code regulates freight forwarding contracts, warehousing contracts and insurance contracts. General Terms and Conditions of International Freight Forwarders of Slovenia. With the freight forwarding contract, the freight forwarder undertakes to conclude a transport contract and other necessary contracts to transport certain things in his name on behalf of the client and perform other usual transactions and actions. The client undertakes to pay him a certain fee.

This time we have prepared for you a slightly dry theme for the summer months, but for all of us who are in any way connected in the freight forwarding business, an important theme.

Today we write about the types of representation in the freight forwarding business.

This time we are talking about t.i. “Hidden costs”

Today we have prepared for you a set of questions most often set up by a company dealing for the first time with importing and transporting small consignments of goods, i.e., groupage shipments (LCL) from China or other Far Eastern countries.

Dear Business partner! We were just informed about new conditions for entry or transit of the Republic of Slovenia. AMENDMENT: Until 15 August 2021, no PCT condition is required for transit and international transport!

Dear Bussines Partner,

According to the new decree of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, which will enter into force on 15 July, entry and transit for all persons entering the Republic of Slovenia are strictly limited. This regulation repeals all exceptions - there are no more exceptions for drivers in international transport entering or crossing Slovenia.

Yesterday, the third gate to the port of Koper officially opened its doors. It will be intended primarily for container trucks, representing 53% of all trucks entering the Port of Koper.

This article is dedicated to the topic of maritime transport. This article writes about choosing between FCL - Full Container Load and LCL - Less than Container Loads.