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UK haulage shortages hit McDonald’s, Nando’s and other leading firms

Posted on 24th August 2021 at 17:55

UK haulage shortages hit McDonald’s, Nando’s and other leading firms

Fast-food giant McDonald’s has joined a growing list of companies forced to cut parts of their services or operations in the UK due to shortages of stock caused by the country’s lorry driver crisis, which is adding to stock problems caused by blockages in intercontinental supply chains.

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/UK-haulage-shortages-hit-McDonald%E2%80%99s-Nando%E2%80%99s-and-other-leading-firms/79752.htm#.YSUjA45KiUk

Ocean freight disruption could hasten re-positioning of supply chains

Posted on 5th July 2021 at 10:13

Ocean freight disruption could hasten re-positioning of supply chains

The prolonged disruption to ocean freight logistics with continuing patterns of container equipment and vessel capacity shortages, port congestion and delays, could hasten structural change in global supply chains put to the severest of tests over the past 18 months.

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Ocean-freight-disruption-could-hasten-re-positioning-of-supply-chains/79376.htm#.YOLK-uhKiUk

P&O FERRIES’ DOVER-CALAIS FLEET BACK TO FULL STRENGTH AS FIFTH SHIP SETS SAIL ON RETURN TO SERVICE

Posted on 5th July 2021 at 09:15

P&O FERRIES’ DOVER-CALAIS FLEET BACK TO FULL STRENGTH AS FIFTH SHIP SETS SAIL ON RETURN TO SERVICE

The Pride of Burgundy – P&O Ferries fifth ship on its Dover-Calais route – arrived yesterday at the Port of Dover, returning to service with its first sailing in over a year.

With capacity to carry 120 lorries, the 28,000-ton Pride of Burgundy will return in freight-only mode, making two return journeys each day. The addition of a fifth ship comes in response to growing demand from British and European customers and will expand options for those requiring rapid and reliable transportation of goods between pivotal markets.

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/po-ferries-dover-calais-fleet-back-full-strength-fifth-ship-sets-sail-return-service?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-07-02-2021&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlepoferriesdovercalaisfleetbackfullstrengthfifthshipsetssailreturnservice

European road freight prices leap as available capacity plummets

Posted on 9th June 2021 at 15:33

European road freight prices leap as available capacity plummets

European road freight spot prices jumped by more than 8% in May to a three-year high as available capacity plummeted to a three-year low, according to the latest monthly analysis by Transporeon, which attributed the changes largely to signs of economic recovery after the worst effects of the pandemic.

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/European-road-freight-prices-leap-as-available-capacity-plummets/79255.htm#.YMDP__lKiUk

Driver shortage will undoubtedly hit the consumer

Posted on 26th May 2021 at 14:23

Driver shortage will undoubtedly hit the consumer

The UK is facing a massive reduction in the number of qualified HGV drivers, which has been exacerbated by Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and recent IR35 tax changes.

The RHA has warned the Government that the UK’s ongoing HGV driver shortage will inevitably have an impact on the consumer, as the price of goods on the shelves is set to rise.

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https://news.rha.uk.net/2021/05/24/richard-burnett-driver-shortage-will-undoubtedly-hit-the-consumer/content.html

UK post-Brexit lorry management measures stood down

Posted on 21st April 2021 at 17:09

UK post-Brexit lorry management measures stood down

Some post-Brexit road freight traffic management measures put in place ahead of the UK’s departure from EU rules on 1 January will be removed this month, “as trade returns to normal levels” the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) today announced.

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/UK-post-Brexit-lorry-management-measures-stood-down/78902.htm?cl=article_3&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=7a64ed9582&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.YIBLcuhKiUk

UK announces Covid tests for inbound hauliers

Posted on 30th March 2021 at 09:16

UK announces Covid tests for inbound hauliers

Hauliers arriving in England from outside the UK from 6 April onwards will need to take a COVID-19 test if they are staying for more than two days, the UK government has announced, as the country bids to limit the numbers of infections of potentially vaccine-resistant variations of the virus.

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/UK-announces-Covid-tests-for-inbound-hauliers/78759.htm#.YGLc5q9KiUk

Disruption to cross-Channel trade if France added to COVID 'red list'

Posted on 25th March 2021 at 18:20

Disruption to cross-Channel trade if France added to COVID 'red list'

Travel to and from France may be banned to control the spread of a 'third wave' of COVID-19 coronavirus from mainland Europe despite the move creating a risk of “very serious disruption” to food and medicine supplies, according to Boris Johnson.

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Disruption-to-cross-Channel-trade-if-France-added-to-COVID-red-list/78739.htm?cl=article_3&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=6ef1e93e5c&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.YFzPSK_7SUk

New EU country measures bring border chaos to goods transport

Posted on 16th February 2021 at 09:27

New EU country measures bring border chaos to goods transport

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has urged the European Union (EU) to “stand firm” against new COVID-19 measures imposed by several member states,which it says are beginning to cause chaos to goods transport by road across Europe, in particular, on the key trade route from Italy northwards across the Brenner Pass, as well as on East-West corridors.

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/COVID-New-EU-country-measures-bring-border-chaos-to-goods-transport/78471.htm?cl=article_2&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=eb857043e1&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.YCuNpmj7SUk

Global supply chains ‘unlikely to fully recover this year’

Posted on 15th February 2021 at 11:14

Global supply chains ‘unlikely to fully recover this year’

Supply chain industry executives hold little hope for a global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, although many still see opportunities to increase business activity in emerging markets, despite a shift in the factors driving such investments, the annual Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index survey today reveals.

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Global-supply-chains-%E2%80%98unlikely-to-fully-recover-this-year%E2%80%99/78427.htm#.YCpUTWj7SUk

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Posts tagged “Road Freight”

UK haulage shortages hit McDonald’s, Nando’s and other leading firms

Ocean freight disruption could hasten re-positioning of supply chains

P&O FERRIES’ DOVER-CALAIS FLEET BACK TO FULL STRENGTH AS FIFTH SHIP SETS SAIL ON RETURN TO SERVICE

European road freight prices leap as available capacity plummets

Driver shortage will undoubtedly hit the consumer

UK post-Brexit lorry management measures stood down

UK announces Covid tests for inbound hauliers

Disruption to cross-Channel trade if France added to COVID 'red list'

New EU country measures bring border chaos to goods transport

Global supply chains ‘unlikely to fully recover this year’

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