Haulage bosses say plans for customs ‘dire’ and government in denial over scale of issue

During the fuel protests of the year 2000, the fury of UK truckers came closer than anything else to toppling the Blair government. Parliamentary enthusiasts for no-deal should take heed. / British truckers will get a special letter. For a lucky few, the letter will contain an ECMT Permit “golden ticket”. But for most it will only tell them they have missed out on their application.

Up to 150 lorries to be used in Kent test of government plans to cope with border disruption

More than 100 lorries have descended on a disused airfield in Kent to stage a massive fake traffic jam – all in the name of Brexit. The bizarre scene is a government test of its plans for UK border disruption in the event the UK leaves with no-deal.

Road haulage body dismisses trial involving 79 lorry drivers as ‘window dressing’

'The idea that creating a fake traffic jam will show the EU we are ready for a no deal is just plain stupid'

Britain sent a convoy of nearly 90 trucks on the road to Europe's busiest ferry port Jan. 7 to test how the country might cope with a no-deal Brexit.

Freight Transport Association prepares list of ‘mini-deals’ UK must seek from EU to ensure Britain keeps trading. / Business leaders will call for a series of emergency measures to cushion the blow of the UK crashing out of the EU if Theresa May’s Brexit deal is not ratified in a critical parliamentary vote next week.

Theresa May narrowly avoided a critical defeat in parliament. / Boris Johnson resigned as foreign secretary, using his House of Commons speech to implore MPs to "save Brexit". / BrexitCentral's Hugh Bennett says that despite fury in the Tory ranks, Mrs May is still on course to deliver on her White Paper. / Aidan Flynn on 80% of Irish/EU exports going through the UK.

More than half of Ireland’s medicines come from or are transited via the UK.

Permits for international road haulage will be allocated to hauliers using criteria set by the Department for Transport. This guidance explains how permits will be allocated and what hauliers need to do next.

Department for Transport says number of permits available will be severely limited. / A lottery-style system could be used to allocate scarce haulage permits in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a Department for Transport paper has revealed.

How to apply for permits to travel to or through European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) member countries, and the rules you have to follow.

If you carry out removals to and from Europe, you need to read this. ECMT permit applications open this week: international hauliers must apply – or miss out!

Permits required for the UK haulage sector under a no-deal Brexit could be allocated under a "lottery" style system, a new government paper has revealed.

The existing community licence will be valid until the UK leaves the EU at the end of March 2019, but thereafter operators will need ECMT permits. / The number of permits is limited so the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is advising operators to start collecting the required information now.

NORTHERN Ireland will be issued with just 60 haulage permits to operate on the EU continent in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a freight body has warned.

Applications for international road haulage permits opened this week and the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the business organisation representing the logistics industry, is advising commercial vehicle operators wanting to transport goods into EU-27 countries post-Brexit to apply sooner rather than later.

Hauliers are racing to grab a share of the permits that will allow them to continue to operate in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit outcome.

Northern Ireland hauliers who service the island of Ireland fear they will be among the first to suffer if a hard Brexit takes place.

Police fear the fallout from a "no-deal" Brexit could lead to "wide-scale disruption and dangers for the general public" and have warned they may not have the resources to cope.

This van driver gave a fascinating insight into how Brexit will affect business in Britain - leading some Brexiteers to admit they may have voted the wrong way.

Industry faces "disaster" as only root vegetables may be on sale, and cost of ready meals could surge.

More than 10,000 HGV operators have not obtained crucial annual passes.