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Rising HGV driver numbers ease crisis

A recent surge in HGV tests by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and drivers re-entering the profession, has added over 50,000 to the number of qualified HGV drivers, raising hopes that the driver shortage crisis might be subsiding. While…

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Freight market report – February 2022

Supply chain pressures remain well above their pre-pandemic levels, on all modes, with 2022 starting pretty much as last year finished, but there are indications that disruption may soon start to recede and analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of…

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World’s biggest container line to focus on largest shippers

One of the world’s leading container shipping lines, Maersk, has decided to focus on its largest volume customers, in a move that leaves many smaller shippers potentially exposed. It has been widely reported across the trade press, that Maersk has stopped…

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China freight market update

The critical Chinese port of Ningbo has returned to normal operation, while trucking operations in Shenzhen and Tianjin are now facing interruptions, due to COVID testing of drivers and Hong Kong air crew quarantines have slashed air cargo capacity. (more…)

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UK border changes see trucks delayed for days

Changes to the operation of the EU/UK border came into force on the 1st January 2022, with the full customs clearance of imports from the EU, but the crashing of HMRC’s new IT system left trucks stranded at Calais for…

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1st January 2022: Critical UK border changes

On the 1st January 2022 the UK is imposing full border controls, which means that HMRC will require customs declarations to permit shipments from the EU across the border, yet there are indications that many traders and hauliers are not…

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Freight market report – December 2021

Supply chains have been struggling with congestion and disruption for close on two years and the new Omicron Covid variant is likely to unleash new challenges. With sustained demand for space and a lack of capacity on all major trade…

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Warehouse space could run out within a year

Sustained consumer demand, especially online, driven by the COVID-related shift to product purchase, rather than services spending has resulted in an unprecedented squeeze on logistics space which has fallen to record low, according to data from commercial property experts. (more…)

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