Port chiefs warn £200m for upgrades is nowhere near enough and time running out to start work
16/11/2020
Infrastructure work has taken nearly a year in the past, but just six months will be available - even if the cash is there
M20 backlog caused by French authorities testing post-Brexit checks at the Eurotunnel
Truck drivers tell of long delays for checks at the Eurotunnel as trade barrier goes up between UK and EU.
More ferries are to sail directly from Ireland to the European mainland in a move to circumvent the traditional trade route over mainland England and Wales.
Almost half of the lorries currently crossing the Short Straits from the UK to France are empty, according to data from the Road Haulage Association.
The majority of lorries travelling from the UK to the EU via Calais and Dunkirk have nothing in them, suggesting that trade has been significantly disrupted since Brexit.
Why Irish freight trade is avoiding Britain
27/02/2021
Nearly two months after Great Britain (GB) left the EU single market and customs union, the volume of freight being shipped across the Irish Sea from the Republic of Ireland to GB is still down significantly, raising further questions about government claims that trading volumes are returning to normal.
Fishermen say Brexit deal promise ‘turned out to be a lie.’
A lack of border inspection post at French port Calais has meant live animals from the UK have been forced to make much longer journeys to meet their destinations, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warned.
Dozens of ferry routes avoiding Welsh ports have been established between Ireland and mainland Europe over the past year because of Brexit, Ireland's foreign affairs minister has said.
France considers restrictions on fishing as contrary to post-Brexit agreement.
French fishermen say they plan to also blockade the freight terminal of the Channel Tunnel as disagreements over the rights for post-Brexit fishing escalates.
Majestic Wine is calling time on its business in Calais after Brexit regulations decimated the traditional ‘booze cruise’.
Brexit and Covid blamed for shortages.
Some lorries bringing goods from the EU to the UK have been stuck at the border for four days, as logistics bosses blamed disruption on “terrible” new Brexit red tape.
‘Brexit to blame’: Huge lorry queues at Dover as port bosses call for talks on EU checks [1 min]
21/01/2022
‘It’s entirely Brexit,’ says haulier who has been caught up in 15km queues.
The UK landbridge that offered traders the fastest route between Ireland and the European continent before Brexit will not re-emerge as a preferred option for moving goods, the head of Dublin Port was quoted as saying on Friday.
Huge 15km queues piling up at the Port of Dover have been blamed ‘entirely’ on extra controls brought in after Brexit.
Two years since Britain left the EU, Brexit is still very much at the top of the news agenda with lorry queues lengthening at Dover as exporting firms struggle with red tape.
Emergency traffic controls triggered 20 times this year as extra Brexit checks and freight volumes cause logjams.
“We drive 44-tonne killing machines. We are professionals, and in Europe we are treated like professionals, but in the UK we aren’t.”
Companies avoiding United Kingdom landbridge, according to Chambers Ireland.