Europe closes borders to UK?

This weekend , an increasing identification number of European land banned traveler entering from the United Kingdom . On Sunday ferry were also stopped for rider and the Eurotunnel closed for 48 hours . The move was made after the UK immortalise 35,928 unexampled casing of Corona computer virus on Sunday , more than double that record seven day antecedently , this is said to be due to a mutated variant of the virus has arise which and is said to be up to 70 % more transmissible .

Only un - manned dawdler are allow on the Dover to Calais ferry , from Calais drivers are permitted but the question is if they will be able to turn back .

Although supplying of food for thought persist essential , the British supermarket Sainsbury , among others , fears shortages of fruit and vegetables such as lettuce , cauliflower , Brassica oleracea italica and citrus tree , but argue that there is still enough of it in descent . Today , both the UK and the EU are in pressing discussions on border closure to detect interconnected action for transport to and from the UK .

An Irish importer had a load in from the UK on Saturday and one from Holland this morning and is hoping for another from the UK tomorrow , has had no result with ecstasy as yet but has just heard that there 60 Irish trucks with overbold garden truck stuck in France this morning ineffective to get a ferry to the UK .

trader in the UK are very frustrated and taking stemma of what they have , not indisputable if there will been enough ware .

Serious dearth of capacity“We had a Brobdingnagian volume spike due to Brexit in late weeks , ” says Marcus Post of the Daily Logistics Group . “ There is another peak in Christmas sales around this time and now a decreasing number of connecter between the UK and the EU . That make self-aggrandizing challenges at the moment . ”

Philip van Geest , director of Van Geest International , also see monumental orders still come in from the UK . “ The trick is to get it all across the channel now that the tunnel is close . At the moment we will not send machine driver to the UK because if they go with the freight it is still unclear whether they can come back . Not much has changed for the unconstipated customers on the ferries . After all , the ferries puzzle out with reservations and steady customers get first . ”

In the meantime , the ferrying services are declaring that they will persist in to sail to and from the UK . For model , Stena - line will continue to sail from Hook of Holland and Europoort to the ports of Harwich and Killingholme . “ We will continue to transport trucks with and without drivers to and from Great Britain until further notification , ” said a Stena - air spokesperson . " But at the moment everything is fully book , there is no distance for other trucks . " The companies P&O Ferries and DFDS also issued like statements .

“ This is plain a concerning development specially given the sudden nature of the decision , " express Richard Ballantyne , Chief Executive , British Ports Association . " Unaccompanied freight is still flow between the UK and a number of EU states including France and Ireland , for now at least . However the big impact will be on driver come with lading and passenger transport . There could a period of hoo-hah at some of the UK ’s ferry port for the next 48 hours so we are urging travellers to wait at the advice given by their carrier . It ’s not unclouded if this will last much longer . We are also in touch with the Department for Transport who are looking at a issue of resiliency result but we are confident that the UK will go on to be supplied . ”

For many years , DLG has specialized in the transport of motortruck on ferry . “ Only the trailers which can be picked up in England by British drivers go on the ferrying . However , we also do some volumes via the burrow and we have now tried hard to transport them to the ferries . That worked out quite well , but people who are now trying to reserve last minute will have to join the back of the waiting line . ”

The logistics lines to get fruit and vegetable into the UK are still receptive , its just that volumes are massively increase . “ Just look at the UK demand for Gallic and Italian products , ” suppose Philip . “ At the moment they no longer have the option of strain the other side . So the UK is very reliant on the Dutch trader . ”

For more info : Daily Logistics GroupMarcus PostTel : +31(0)174 531 792[email protected]www.post - kogeko.nlVan Geest InternationalPhilip van GeestTel : +31 174 - 514300[email protected]www.vgibv.nlStena - lineTel : +31 174 315 811www.stenaline.nl