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‘We’re not there yet’ says Stena Line as Welsh ports continue to deal with Brexit aftermath
11/01/2022
Stena Line, the owners of two Welsh Ports, have said that more work needs to be done to iron out “major issues” following Brexit.
A prominent Irish politician has said there is “more to come” amid Wales being increasingly bypassed by Irish-French sea connections.
Shipping line CLdN says it has ‘contingencies’ for UK ‘landbridge’ delays in a hard Brexit.
Wrexham Lager can’t deliver to the Republic of Ireland because of Brexit, the firm has announced.
There are fears that the cost of carrying out extra Brexit border checks may fall on island ratepayers unless more cash is forthcoming from central government.
The Welsh government has warned that post-Brexit trading patterns threaten the viability of the country's Irish Sea ports.
Ian Davies, boss of Stena Line’s UK ports, said Holyhead and Fishguard have both been affected.
Numerous new 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.
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.
THE Welsh Government has called on the UK and Irish governments to work with it to resolve the "disproportionate impacts" of Brexit on ports in Wales.
A number of jobs in Wales' automotive industry could be lost due to a lack of clarity over a post-Brexit trade deal, one company's chief executive has said.
Volume of Irish-British freight traffic has been ‘significantly altered’ by Brexit, survey suggests
13/08/2021
Post-Brexit trade frictions have led to ferry freight flows between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland dropping by 29% in the first half of 2021.
Companies avoiding United Kingdom landbridge, according to Chambers Ireland.
There is uncertainty over whether new facilities will be built at Cairnryan Port to check goods coming from the Republic of Ireland and wider EU via Northern Ireland.
Lorry traffic through Holyhead, the UK's second largest port, has fallen to about one-third of its usual capacity, port operator Stena has said.
Sites being acquired as part of efforts to avoid long lorry queues at ports such as Dover.
UK Government’s approach to Brexit causing ‘potentially irreparable damage’ to the Wales’ ports
27/06/2022
The UK Government’s approach to Brexit trade policy and negotiations protocol is causing “potentially irreparable damage” to Wales’ ports, researchers have said.
UK Government still 'identifying' customs site at Holyhead for already delayed post-Brexit checks
06/05/2021
HMRC wants a suitable location close to where Welsh Government will carry out checks on animals, plants and products of animal origin.
British ports expected gridlock after post-Brexit trade rules began on Jan. 1. Instead, some are nearly empty as truckers stay away, reluctant to spend hours waiting for newly required export documents.
Mark Drakeford says during Dublin visit that his country has not found itself to be better off after leaving the EU.
The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) says that trade frictions caused by the UK’s departure from the European Union has “significantly altered” freight traffic between Ireland and Britain.
TRADE has nosedived in Wales as a result of Brexit, a shipping operator has revealed.
David Hencke reports on the growing problems experienced by firms trading with the EU and the lack of help from the Vote Leave Government.