Queues of trucks stretching for five miles unexpectedly built up in Kent earlier this week after the French started a trial of post-Brexit checks, according to The Guardian. 

 

Lorries on their way across the English Channel were forced to stop in long lines up to junction 11 on the M20 as they tried to approach the Eurotunnel entrance just outside Folkestone and the Port of Dover. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Brexit-border-checks-trial-causes-long-lorry-queues-in-Kent/77944.htm?cl=article_3&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=fdbedee6c9&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.X7_uF837SUk 

 

With the end of the UK’s Transition Period from European Union trade rules fast-approaching, there continues to be a significant lack of preparedness on the part of the trading community with regard to the post-Brexit business landscape and the implementation of the systems that will be needed from the end of December, according to leading UK customs technology specialist Peter MacSwiney, chairman of UK customs clearance solutions provider Agency Sector Management (ASM). 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/UK-EU-freight-trade-set-for-bumpy-ride-in-January/77879.htm?cl=article_2&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=ddb5aef875&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.X7Va7c37SUk 

 

The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has reported that there is still likely to be widespread disruption to UK-EU freight transport from 1 January 2021, despite some progress in recent months implementing the changes required to systems, infrastructure and resources to manage the border at the end of the UK’s post-EU Exit transition period. 

 

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The UK government has signed agreements with four ferry operators to provide freight capacity equivalent to over 3,000 HGVs per week, in an attempt to mitigate the risk of disruption to key freight flows and supply chains as the UK and the European Union (EU) adjust to new border processes at the end of the UK’s transition period from EU rules at the end of this year. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/UK-government-signs-100m-Brexit-freight-capacity-deals/77584.htm?cl=article_2&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=971c43f74e&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.X4c0IdBKiUk