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France-UK trade recovers with fewer cross-channel loads rejected
来源：Shipping News Headlines 编辑：编辑部 发布：2021/02/19 08:58:15
GOODS crossing the English Channel are suffering less as fewer truckers are pulling out of jobs in the past week, reports Bloomberg.
Internal government figures reported by the BBC showed that traffic coming into the UK was at 99 per cent of last year's levels.
The rejection rate for cargo shipped from France to the UK fell to the lowest since the last week of November, an indication of reduced friction at the border, according to the logistics company Transporeon.
The figures suggest that companies are adapting to new customs rules put in place on January 1 following Britain's exit from the European Union. Since then, truckers have been required to fill out forms and undergo checks at the border for the first time in decades. The high-frequency data supports the government's assertion that freight flows are returning to normal.
"Market players have slowly commenced adjusting to the new circumstances," said Transporeon CEO Stephan Sieber.
Truckers complain that the rules have made trips to the UK much less profitable. About 40 per cent of lorries are returning to the continental Europe empty because of the cost and complexity of filling out paperwork, according to Rod McKenzie, managing director of policy and public affairs for the Road Haulage Association.
But Transporeon data show a more upbeat picture. Demand to transport cargo from France to the UK increased last week to 17 per cent more than the average in the third quarter.
Internal government figures reported by the BBC showed that traffic coming into the UK was at 99 per cent of last year's levels.
The rejection rate for cargo shipped from France to the UK fell to the lowest since the last week of November, an indication of reduced friction at the border, according to the logistics company Transporeon.
The figures suggest that companies are adapting to new customs rules put in place on January 1 following Britain's exit from the European Union. Since then, truckers have been required to fill out forms and undergo checks at the border for the first time in decades. The high-frequency data supports the government's assertion that freight flows are returning to normal.
"Market players have slowly commenced adjusting to the new circumstances," said Transporeon CEO Stephan Sieber.
Truckers complain that the rules have made trips to the UK much less profitable. About 40 per cent of lorries are returning to the continental Europe empty because of the cost and complexity of filling out paperwork, according to Rod McKenzie, managing director of policy and public affairs for the Road Haulage Association.
But Transporeon data show a more upbeat picture. Demand to transport cargo from France to the UK increased last week to 17 per cent more than the average in the third quarter.