Freight rates are expected to remain high for most of this year due to a potent mixture of reduced cross channel capacity, business uncertainty, soaring fuel prices and the war in Ukraine, according to analysts. Data from Transport Intelligence,…
HM Revenue and Customs said problems with its goods vehicle movement service (GVMS) in Dover had been fixed and it expected business as usual from Monday (11 April). This week, HGVs were forced to queue on the M20 and A20 into the port town as d…
Lorries are continuing to queue on the M20 and A20 into Dover today (5 April) as disruption to traffic crossing the Channel enters its fifth day. Hauliers have faced severe delays getting in and out of Dover since last week, as a result of a lac…
A crackdown on organised immigration crime saw Cheshire Police check 148 lorries at service stations across the county over the past three months. The search resulted in one Iranian stowaway being found and £11,200 in outstanding civil penalty f…
The government must not delay the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on imports due to be implemented from July, according to Logistics UK. However, its call to stick to the planned timetable came as the Cold Chain Federation (CCF) told M…
Lorries bringing goods into Britain from Europe are being held up at the border following the introduction of new customs regulations this month, with hauliers warning the situation is set to get worse as trade picks up after the January lull. T…
Brian Yeardley Continental is rising phoenix-like from near collapse, 14 months after it was forced to issue a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) after seeing its turnover plummet by 60% during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns in the UK and …
The traffic commissioners have made operators aware of the help and advice available about new customs rules that came into effect at the beginning of January. Anyone moving goods between Great Britain and the European Union (EU) through a goods…
Hauliers that have been fined after stowaways were discovered in their trucks could be repaid after the court of appeal found the guidance relied on by Border Force was being used prescriptively. Lord Justice Stuart-Smith also described parts of…
New laws requiring firms to hold operator licences if they undertake international work with vehicles less than 3.5 tonnes could be the start of a licensing regime for all UK vans, according to transport lawyers. From 21 May 2022, vans with a ma…
New border checks due to launch next year could cause major “permanent” tailbacks on both sides of the Channel, the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has warned in a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel. The letter sent this week…
Tariffs on most goods and increased restrictions could be imposed on EU-UK trade if Great Britain pulls out of the current Northern Ireland border solution, ParcelHero has warned. There is increasing concern that the UK government will trigger A…
The government has effectively offshored UK haulage work to foreign operators after announcing it had slackened the rules on cabotage, according to the RHA. The business group said the move to allow continental hauliers to take on unlimited work…
Brexit red tape has seen a 20-fold increase in the inspection of food and plant product consignments by health inspectors at Irish ports, according to data from Eire’s Department of Agriculture (DoE). The introduction of sanitary and phytosanita…