Port of Calais

Brexit? No problem on our side, says Port of Calais Boulogne chairman

Port Boulogne Calais chairman Jean-Marc Puissesseau hopes the phasing-in of additional UK border checks will be as “smooth” as the initial transition into the post-Brexit trading environment.  
He told The Loadstar the French gateway had experienced “no problems” since the end of transition period on 31 December.  
Mr Puissesseau said: “At the very start of January, around 45% of trucks coming from the UK were being asked to park and go through additional checks, but this is down to about 12%, …

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‘A handful of customs clerks is not enough to prevent post-Brexit traffic chaos’

The UK government has “seriously underestimated” the operability of post-Brexit customs, with the long-term effects being compared to “self-imposed sanctions”.
Forwarder John Shirley said there was a chronic level of understaffing in customs clerk roles, which he did not believe would become clear until the transition period ends on 31 December, he wrote on University College London’s Europe Blog.
“Just a minority of forwarders retain customs clerks in the EU, all of …

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P&O launches Tilbury-Calais service to beat Dover congestion

Brexit contingency measures continue to build within the UK’s supply chain with P&O announcing a new Tilbury-Calais ferry service.   
P&O’s chief executive Janette Bell said she was “delighted” with the launch, adding that the route would “strengthen” the company’s positions and provide access to a port 25 miles from London.   
“The route saves up to 75 road miles compared with the traditional Calais-Dover crossing, meaning that our customers save on fuel and land on the …

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Exporters say simplified customs plan won’t reduce congestion around Dover

Changes to UK customs procedures in the event of a no-deal Brexit have not eased exporters’ concerns over major delays at the UK’s main ro-ro port of Dover.
Last week, HMRC announced simplified customs procedures for imports if the UK left the EU without a deal, but exporters have told The Loadstar any hopes Whitehall had that this would reduce congestion on roads near Dover were misplaced.
The FTA’s head of multimodal policy, Alex Veitch, …

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