Traffic leaving Great Britain to travel to the EU has been quieter than usual, with an average of 2,500 lorries a day from the port of Dover. Many companies took the decision to stock up before the end of the transition period, but traffic is expected …
Foreign truckers bringing freight to Britain have raised their prices by almost 700pc over fears of getting stranded in the UK or not being able to secure loads for the return journey.
Hauliers who previously charged €1.50 per kilometre now want €10 …
Hauliers are warning that freight delays will escalate this week as more firms attempt to send lorries abroad (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Hauliers are warning that freight delays will escalate this week as more firms attempt to send lorries abroad.
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The supply chain between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK is a “boat breakdown” away from collapse as a result of the post-Brexit regulatory border in the Irish Sea, the UK’s Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned the British government.
The …
By Reuters Staff3 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: A lorry passes a Brexit themed poster on the road close to the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland near Newry, Northern Ireland, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Phil NobleDUBLIN (Reuters) – The supply chain bet…
Hauliers are already counting the cost of the new post-Brexit border rules after the first week of life with the UK outside the EU’s single market saw truck queues, delays, and supply chain disruptions.
The Road Haulage Association (RHA), an industry l…
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s Michael Gove warned of “significant disruption” to come on Britain’s borders, haulage industry leaders told the Standard that the current situation is “just the tip of the iceberg”.
New post-Brexit red tape has left truckers with the wrong paperw…
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auliers say they are braced for “chaos” later this week as they warned of a shortage of customs agents at UK borders.
Crossings to the Continent have so far been described as “normal”, with only a handful of lorries being turned away, just four day…
Emmanuel Macron says that Brexit was ‘built on lies and false promises’ in his New Year messageBoris Johnson hailed the UK’s exit from the EU’s single market and customs union as “amazing moment” in his new year message. “We have our freedom in our han…
What Brexit chaos? Britain’s ambassador to France says UK and EU trade is ‘running smoothly’ as trucks cross Channel for 15 hours WITHOUT hitch… despite Remainer predictions of border chaosLord Llewellyn visited the port at Calais and the Eurotunnel …
After a week of mayhem, the roads of Kent are eerily deserted, almost devoid of freight traffic as lorry drivers from all over the EU avoid Dover and the Eurotunnel as the Brexit transition period ends.The only reminder of the potential for Brexit chao…
Road Transport and Haulage
There will be continued market access rights for UK and EU road haulage operators. This means that road haulage operators will continue to be able to:
move goods to, from, and through each other’s territories with no permit r…
Hauliers still have concerns that customs checks will cause delays for freight when the Brexit transition period ends, a trade body has said.
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) said the trade deal agreed between the UK and EU means they still face an a…
Thousands of lorry drivers are likely to spend Christmas stranded in Kent as the Government has indicated queues will not start to move for at least another 24 hours.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the 6,000 lorries, some of which have been park…
