“We drive 44-tonne killing machines. We are professionals, and in Europe we are treated like professionals, but in the UK we aren’t.”
Emergency traffic controls triggered 20 times this year as extra Brexit checks and freight volumes cause logjams.
France considers restrictions on fishing as contrary to post-Brexit agreement.
‘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.
National Assembly member says British excuses for tailbacks were ‘silly’.
£2.1bn extra for no-deal planning
01/08/2019
The government has announced an extra £2.1bn of funding to prepare for a no-deal Brexit - doubling the amount of money it has set aside this year.
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.
What has Brexit got to do with the fate of the critically endangered big cat? Quite a lot - and many other species will be affected, too
19/04/2023
This is the story of Luka the Amur leopard ... No prizes for guessing that Luka was going to be yet another victim of Brexit.
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.
Council given only hours’ notice of emergency purchase of 1.2m sq ft ‘Mojo’ site.
Companies avoiding United Kingdom landbridge, according to Chambers Ireland.
The UK has been warned by the pharmaceutical industry that some stockpiles of medical supplies have been "used up entirely" by the virus.
Lack of vets needed to stamp papers likely to delay lorries travelling to Calais, MPs told.
M20 backlog caused by French authorities testing post-Brexit checks at the Eurotunnel
"Since brexit it's been necessary to have every single passport stamped at Dover... and as a result of that everything takes much longer..."
Brexit and Covid blamed for shortages.
Departure of Matthew Coats, who was part of Brexit preparations, described as ‘alarming’.
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.
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.
The chief of the Port of Calais has branded Chris Grayling “disrespectful” for handing ferry companies £100m in a bid to prepare for a no-deal Brexit.
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
Philip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit.
With Tory leadership favourite Boris Johnson saying the UK “must” and “will” leave the EU on 31 October, a no-deal Brexit looks increasingly likely. But what could a no-deal exit mean for all of us?
For nearly a century, the Orient Express symbolised the height of wealth and extravagance in Europe. / Belmond, the company that runs today’s VSOE, has now decided to drop this leg of the route because it has become too difficult to cross the border to Calais, in France, because of Brexit.