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FREIGHT BUSINESS JOURNAL ISSUE 6 2019


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Feature: UK North-East All fi ne on the Tees and Tyne p.12


Feature: Germany Still in Europe’s driving-seat p.17


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Container industry needs an Easyjet, say shippers


P&O to run from Calais to Tilbury


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Stena brings symbol of peace to Belfast


Stena Line owner Dan Sten Olsson has applauded the unveiling of The Knotted Gun sculpture in Belfast by the Non-Violence Project Foundation on 13 September.


The city joins New York, Tokyo, Stockholm, Cape Town and Berlin in hosting a permanent version of the work, thanks to a donation by the ferry operator.


‘We will pull out all the stops to keep freight moving’


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goods fl owing across the Channel, even over securing government revue, aſt er Brexit, FBJ has been given to understand. All stops are being pulled out to ensure that Channel ports do not seize up aſt er Brexit day – currently scheduled for 31 October. The Transitional Simplifi ed


Procedures also unveiled by


Government ahead of the previous Brexit deadline will still be in place and will seek to keep the bulk of customs clearance activity away from crucial ports and airports. HMRC has also carried out port-by-port assessment of capacity and necessary resources


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will be put in place if needed, said a spokesman in an off -the-record briefi ng. Its reassurances came aſt er


the Government was forced by Parliament- before it was prorogued


on 10 September


- to publish the Operation Yellowhammer


report on the


possible eff ects of Brexit on the UK. This suggested that, in a worst case scenario, trucks could be held up in queues to board ferries or shuttles for over two days.


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Yellowhammer was that leaving the EU without a deal could lead to shortages of some fresh foods, increased prices and disruption to trade for up to six months. It warned that trucks could have to wait for up to two days to cross the Channel. Yellowhammer also predicted


that plans for a light-touch approach to checks on the Ulster/ Ireland border would be likely to


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