Attention has been given to difficulties confronting freight traffic leaving the UK in the event of a “Hard Brexit”. The “Operation Brock” contingency plan, details of which emerged through a Freedom of Information request, is meant to address this. It involves lorry parks running tens of miles back along the eastbound section of the M20, with intra-regional and inbound traffic using a contra flow. Provisions are being put in place for emergency roadside lavatories and water distribution. The...
BREXIT
Transport reassurances needed in the event of a ‘No deal’ Brexit
Ed Thomas
The British public are concerned that UK transport networks could be placed under strain in the event of a ‘No Deal’ outcome from Brexit negotiations, according to a survey by KPMG UK.
The poll, of 3,044 members of the British public, found that if the UK does not strike a deal with the European Union, then 62.9 percent believe that they will face severe travel delays across the transport network, particularly at ports. Half of the respondents (50.3 percent) believe that flight delays...
Proposals for new Brexit statecraft, Launch of Absa Africa Financial Markets Index
Commentary: Proposals for new Brexit statecraft
By Joergen Oerstroem Moeller in Singapore
After the failure of the EU Salzburg summit to agree Theresa May’s plan for withdrawal, the chances that Britain will leave without a deal have risen significantly. What is needed is a different statecraft mapping out how this outcome can be turned into a partnership that both parties can accept.
Britain must realise that it was not asked to leave; it decided to leave. Equally, Brussels must accept that it is...
FTA is worrying about Brexit
FTA, the leading business organisation which represents the UK’s logistics industry, is deeply concerned by the lack of progress in Brexit negotiations and the rhetoric used on both sides in the past few days. With the threat of No Deal looming on the horizon, FTA is urging the UK and EU-27 leaders, including the European Commission, to prioritise urgent and co-ordinated mitigation measures, focused on trading areas which will not be able to function without agreements, like air freight and...