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As Dover breathes, truck traffic rises and falls – but don’t go on Tuesday

Truck queues at the UK’s major ro-ro port in Dover diminished today, from 282 lorries waiting on the A20 dual-carriageway yesterday to 189 at around 11am.
The Loadstar’s fact-finding mission to Dover has shone a light on the local traffic management system, Dover Traffic Access Protocol, known locally as the Dover TAP, which comes into use periodically.
Although much has been made in the media about the Dover Tap and the queues …

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DFDS reports return of freight through Dover after pre-Brexit stock-building

Following a dip in freight volumes in December, ferry operator DFDS reports truck crossings on Dover to Calais and Dunkirk routes have increased and could surpass January 2020 and 2019 figures.
According to the carrier, December cargo volumes, adjusted to account for route changes, were down 9.8% on the same month of 2020, but up 17% compared with 2019.
“The decrease in total volumes compared with 2020 was entirely due to lower …

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Pressure on UK borders set to intensify after chaotic first week

With the changes to post-Brexit border policies, pressure is set to intensify for UK importers next week as volumes begin to climb back, post-Christmas lull.
The first week of new import controls on EU goods saw a notable hitch when the new IT system, the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS), crashed on day one, with forwarders noting extra delays tied to Goods Movement Reference (GMR) production.
Group operations director at Priority Freight …

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Some UK logistics players claim to be ‘Brexit-ready’ – but are they really?

Increasing numbers of forwarders have announced they are “Brexit-ready”, but questions remain over how prepared companies can be, with last-minute talks on a free trade deal still in play.
A deal between the EU and UK is reportedly still hanging in the balance, as EC negotiator Michel Barnier warned this morning that the time left to conclude an agreement was now “just a few hours”.
This week, Priority Freight announced a string …

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