“Air cargo players and the wider freight transport and logistics sector – and their customers – continue to face an unnerving level of uncertainty and planning challenges over the UK’s planned departure from the European Union (EU) on 29 March.”
“The major short-term fear of the freight industry and its customers is that a ‘hard’ or ‘no-deal’, cliff-edge UK exit from the EU will trigger the re-introduction of border controls, leading to massive tailbacks of trucks at Channel ports and bringing chaos to supply chains, especially those that rely on just-in-time production cycles and perishable goods.”
“Wallenborn Transports is not expecting a hard Brexit and anticipates that potential problems will be ironed out during a transition period. But Breakwell says Wallenborn, like many other companies, is preparing for ‘no-deal’ – “not because we expect ‘no-deal’, but because there will be minimal disruption in all other scenarios”.”
The article dives into topics including road feeder issues, contingency action plans, major concerns, border bottlenecks, no-deal Brexit, RFS clearances, and queues of trucks.
To read the full article click here. It can be found on pages on 6-14.
