Franglais wrote:Any queues at the ports don`t show all the delays.
Loads with paperwork issues will either not go onto a trailer, or may end up dropped at a yard somewhere.
Last year we had a TNUK poster report half a day lost because of Brexit paper work.
"Tuesday morning sees the first problem of the trip, the back load is for Dublin but we are unable to get a ferry direct to Ireland due to them all being fully booked so I have to go via the UK. As it is short notice for the T forms they will not load me until lunch time, once the customs process has started. At 1 o'clock they have the customs paperwork started so begin loading, it takes about an hour to load 22 pallets of frozen bread, once sealed it's round to the Zollamt 3km away to collect the T forms and have the seal checked 30 minutes in there and I'm away."
https://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewto ... y#p2792298
Before Brexit those docs were unnecessary, so that is purely Brexit issues. In the autumn so not teething troubles.
If we had known earlier that we couldn't have got a direct fery then we would have had the customs paperwork done earlier for going through the UK so in reality a one off previous loads form there to the UK/Ireland had loaded with no problems or delays since Jan 2021 as they prepare the T forms a day in advance, I clearly state in the piece that this was due to the short notice requirement for transit forms yet again you have a problem reading what is written.