MAJOR food supply disruption is set to hit the UK in the new year when new post-Brexit restrictions come into force, a leading industry body has warned.
Port of Dublin says in its Q3 report that core freight and container volumes from Britain declined by 21.2% to 537,680 units between January and September this year (Holyhead, Liverpool and Heysham).
Rosslare port saw a 371 per cent yearly increase in European freight volumes since Brexit came into force.
‘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.
Modelling projects 29-mile queues from potential delays caused by new digital controls, says trade body.
Ministers say port does not tell government how long hauliers are waiting for ‘security’ reasons.
According to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), shortages across various industries have been “exacerbated” by new immigration rules for EU citizens and trade barriers with the bloc.
Exporters forced to fill in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 health certificates over eight-month period.
Lorries are continuing to face tailbacks at Dover, which have been 'sparked by new Brexit checks'.
KentLive conducted a straw poll in Dover of 50 people asking how they would vote if they could repeat 2016.
Britain has delayed imposing its full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union again, pushing it back until the end of next year, saying it did not want to add more fuel to fast-rising inflation.
Northern Ireland: Government were warned of terrorist threat over Brexit sea border, claim security sources
25/03/2021
A “credible threat” from loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland may have had an influence on the Government’s decision to unilaterally extended the Brexit “grace period”, security sources and leading politicians have claimed.
Since the new year, the impact of Brexit has had a clear effect on every stage of the logistics process... According to new research, 50% of UK business decision makers felt that Brexit uncertainty had negatively impacted their supply chain in the last five years, with this only set to increase as the full effect of Brexit becomes clear.
Frozen food disruption set to hit UK from January as post-Brexit restrictions come into force
29/12/2021
Food supply disruption is set to hit the UK in the new year as new post-Brexit restrictions come into force, according to one of the country's leading industry bodies.
A customs clearance manager explains why lorries are piling up around the port, and the mood among those working on the frontline.
One port operator has had to demolish building work for new checks, while other crucial customs sites do not even have planning permission yet.
Border checks said to have increased business costs and ‘suppressed’ trade, and the situation could worsen.
Joyce Watson, Labour regional Senedd Member for Mid and West Wales, recently asked what Wales was doing to protect its ports at the Welsh Parliament.
Brexit checks to cause delays for tourists driving to Europe unless deal is made, warns Port of Dover boss
24/01/2022
New Brexit checks will cause vast delays to tourists entering the EU unless a new agreement is brought in, the head of the Port of Dover has claimed.
Stormont to pay compensation to contractors after DUP halts post-Brexit construction work at NI ports
12/06/2021
A Stormont department is paying compensation to building contractors because of the decision to stop work on permanent inspection facilities at Northern Ireland's ports, it has emerged.
Spiralling inflation, crops left in the field and travel chaos: 10 reasons Brexit has been disastrous for Britain
03/02/2022
As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?
Two major ports in Wales saw trade plummet by 30 per cent in 2021 as a result of post-Brexit changes in the way freight is moved, a ferry operator has said.
Dover port boss blames Brexit for delays as he explains passport 'checks and stamps' [6 mins]
23/07/2022
Port of Dover boss Doug Bannister has told LBC that it's "absolutely true" that Brexit is ultimately to blame for the extreme delays at the port of Dover because passports require extra checks.
Full customs controls on imports from the EU to Britain will finally begin on New Year's Day after being delayed three times - and business groups can't guarantee it'll all go smoothly.
Drop in business at Welsh ports such as Holyhead 'the reality of Brexit', says Micheál Martin
19/11/2021
Micheál Martin's comments come as Welsh ports continue to experience the fallout from the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.