UK election landslide makes Brexit inevitable
The right-wing Conservative Party has won a huge majority in the UK General Election, on the back of a clear manifest pledge to ‘Get Brexit Done’. The very real probability now is that the United...Read more
Will freight win the UK General Election?
With just a few days to go until what has been called the UK’s Brexit Election, political parties have been called upon to set out their rail freight policies. With an average of one daily...Read more
Brexit means record business for Eurotunnel
Channel Tunnel has seen an all-time record in freight traffic across the North Sea last month. While the English and the French have, on occasion, not seen eye to eye on matters of state, they...Read more
UK rail network faces post-Brexit shake up
The UK rail franchise model is to have an overhaul as radical as the change from steam to diesel traction. The news from the Palace of Westminster was a surprise, but only in the timing...Read more
P&O Ferrymasters prepares for Brexit with customs tool
Another Brexit measure was announced in the run-up to the UK split with the EU on 31 October. P&O Ferrymasters has partnered up with SGS Maco, securing easy and fluid customs declarations for goods to...Read more
15 million to secure rail and road to UK ports after Brexit
The UK government has allocated a 15 million GBP fund for the development of projects that boost road and rail links to the main ports in the country, in preparation for Brexit. It wants to...Read more
UK tenders for ‘medical train’ to beat Brexit impact
The British government has tendered a 25 million pounds (27 million euros) contract to move urgent medical supplies around the UK by train in the aftermath of Brexit. This ‘medical train’ should transport small medical...Read more
UK customs declaration in Wroclaw, Poland
Customers putting their cargo on the train in Wroclaw, Poland to the Dutch port of Moerdijk now do their customs declarations for export to the UK before getting onboard. This is thanks to a membership...Read moreBrexit impacts UK intermodal activity in 2019
Domestic intermodal activity in the UK is expected to witness a decline this year due to uncertainty related to the Brexit. “While 2018 saw a notable growth in domestic bulk and semi-bulk rail freight, sentiment...Read more
European Commission adopts ‘no-deal’ Brexit contingency plan for rail
The European Commission has adopted a proposal to help mitigate the significant impact a no-deal Brexit scenario on rail transport and connectivity between the EU and the UK on Tuesday 11 February. The proposal ensures...Read moreLogistics sector should not be the the ‘whipping boy’ in Brexit process
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging the UK government once again to reach an agreement with the EU to keep the goods and services flowing. Logistics must not and will not be held up...Read moreAdditional freight trains Eurotunnel in case of no-deal Brexit
Eurotunnel is preparing to handle additional freight train services and building a new terminal for unaccompanied trailers. In doing this, it is gearing up for a no-deal scenario of the Brexit. Eurotunnel is responsible for...Read moreEuropean Shippers Council calls for transitional period Brexit to avoid ‘cliff-edge scenario’
The European Shippers Council has called for a transitional period towards the Brexit of at least until December 2020. This is needed to allow governments as well as companies to finalise their preparations for the...Read moreHard Brexit still an option, effect on entire supply chain
A day after the British cabinet approved a Brexit agreement, the Session Brexit conference took place in the Flemish port city of Zeebrugge. The further consequences of the divorce between the UK and the EU...Read moreBrexit deal does not mean companies can sit back and relax
The fact that a Brexit deal has been signed by the UK and European counterparts does not mean that companies can now sit back and relax. They should still prepare for the worst. That is...Read moreChannel Tunnel expects growth despite Brexit scenario
Channel Tunnel operator Getlink expects to achieve an Ebitda of 735 million Euros in 2022 despite a negative scenario after the Brexit. The group made these remarks after presenting its Q3 2018 results. The company formerly...Read more